Global Personal Communication Manager Service

The Personal Communication Manager service is not supported in the current version but is included for future use.

The Global Personal Communication Manager Service object is a child of the Call Services object. It contains global configuration parameters for Personal Communication Manager (PCM). There is a single Global Personal Communication Manager Service object; it is created before delivery of the MetaSwitch NE and you cannot delete it.

To configure the switch to support Personal Communication Manager, you need to set the service to Configured, specify whether it is to be available to all subscribers by default, and select the default Service Level and default SIP domain name for subscribers who use it.

Most of the parameters in this object are visible in the EMS System Explorer only when the service is set to Configured or Disabled.


Parameter

Access

Description
Personal Communication Manager support Change Inactive Specifies whether the switch is currently configured to support Personal Communication Manager (PCM). Values:
  • Configured
    The NE supports the service and subscribers can be configured to use it.
  • Not configured
    The NE does not support the service.
  • Disabled
    The NE supports the service but it is currently suspended so that subscribers cannot use it.
Personal Communication Manager - default setting Change Inactive Specifies whether PCM is available to all subscribers by default. You can override this setting to allow or disallow the service for a particular subscriber. Values:
  • True
    All subscribers can use the service unless their subscriber configuration explicitly disallows it.
  • False (default)
    Subscribers cannot use the service unless their subscriber configuration explicitly allows it.
Personal Communication Manager - default Service Level Change Inactive The Service Level that applies by default to all subscribers (unless it is overridden for a particular subscriber). Click on the ellipsis symbol at the end of the field to select from the list of Service Levels.
Personal Communication Manager - default SIP domain name Change Inactive The SIP domain name that applies by default to all subscribers (unless it is overridden for a particular subscriber). Typically this is a DNS hostname that resolves to the MetaSwitch NE's virtual IP address, or the IP address of a Session Border Controller through which the PCM accesses the NE. The domain name is used to generate the PCM's authentication key for connecting to the MetaSwitch NE. If you change this name, you will need to update the Personal Communication Manager Service for any subscriber that uses this default, re-entering the password to regenerate the authentication key.
Personal Communication Manager - total number of subscribers Read only Number of subscribers who are currently subscribed to the PCM service, whether or not they have the PCM service enabled.
Personal Communication Manager - total number of enabled PCMs Read only Number of subscribers for whom the PCM service is currently enabled.
Personal Communication Manager - total number of registered PCMs Read only Number of PCMs that are currently registered with the MetaSwitch NE.
Child Attention Required alarms Read only The total number of Service Level child objects associated with this object that are in Attention Required state.
Child Attention Required alarm events Read only / Reset The total number of times that the alarm state for a Service Level child object has gone to Attention Required.
Summary child alarm state Read only Summarizes the alarm status for all children of this object. Values:
  • Clear
    No alarms are currently raised.
  • Attention Required
    Attention Required - one or more child objects are not operating normally, and need operator intervention.
Import - number of objects imported Read only The total number of objects (including child objects) read from the import file so far in the current or most recent import operation.
Import - status Read only The status of the current or most recent import operation, if any. Values:
  • None
  • In progress
  • Succeeded
  • Failed
Import - mode Change Whether the imported information is to replace existing EMS objects or to add new ones. This field provides additional checking on the import operation if required. Values:
  • Do not overwrite
    The imported information is to add new objects. If the file contains objects that already exist in the EMS, the import operation will fail and will not overwrite them.
  • Do not create
    The imported information is to update existing objects. If the file contains objects that do not already exist in the EMS, the import operation will fail and will not create them.
  • Overwrite or create
    No checking. The import operation will create or update objects as required.
Import - file Change The name of the text file (in the EMS User's home directory on the EMS Server) from which configuration information for this object will be imported. The maximum length of the filename is 32 characters.
Import - log correlator Read only If the import status is Failed, this field contains a correlator for the log message that contains details of the failure. Click on the 'go to log' button next to this field to jump to this message in the EMS log viewer window.
Import - correlator metaswitch Read only If the import status is Failed, this field contains the name of the EMS Server or MetaSwitch Network Element that generated the failure log. You may need this information to find the log in the EMS log viewer window.
Requested status Read only Specifies whether an administrator has attempted to enable Global Personal Communication Manager Service. Values:
  • Enabled
    The object has been enabled.
  • Disabled
    The object has not been enabled or has been disabled.
Actual status Read only Specifies the current status of Global Personal Communication Manager Service. Values:
  • Enabled
    The object has been enabled.
  • Disabled
    The object has not been enabled or has been disabled.