SwitchKit Software

Global Variable Updates without Restarting

This feature allows modification of values associated with specific SwitchKit control variables at runtime, without requiring a restart of the Low Level Communicator (LLC). Eight of the most widely-used Control Variables can now be modified on a live system.

Technical Publications

The Converged Services Administrator User’s Guide has two new procedures in Chapter 7 to support this feature:

• Changing Environment Variables at Run-time

• Querying Environment Variables

CSA Support for Routing

This feature embeds the Route Control Tool (RCT) capability within the Converged Services Administrator (CSA) GUI. The RCT was made more intuitive and usable, and now provides the ability to create, save, and download .cfg files within CSA.

Technical Publications

The Converged Services Administrator User’s Guide Chapter 3 has a new procedure, Using the Route Control Tool.

Additional Channel Recovery Method Functionality

Current functionality allows all Non-Idle channels to be released or brought Out Of Service when an application terminates. This feature enhances that functionality to have ALL channels within a channel group, non just the Non-Idle subset, be taken Out Of Service when there is no application watching. This improves LLC’s ability to return channels to a known state after application termination. In addition, it allows the network to reroute calls until an application is available.

Technical Publications

The API Reference includes the following new information to support this feature.

New SK API message:

• Force GroupState

New TLVs used in the GenericLLC Report message:

• 0x1004 (SK_CHANNEL_GROUP_TLV)

• 0x1005 (SK_CHANNEL_RANGE_TLV)

New Report Types in the GenericLLC Report message:

• SK_GROUP_WATCHER_STATUS 0x08

• SK_CHANNEL_RANGE_STATUS 0x09

The SwitchKit Installation and Maintenance Guide, includes a new environment variable in Chapter 2.

SK_CHANNEL_RECOVERY_METHOD