Technical data

About the Dialogic® Diva® SIPcontrol™ Software
Dialogic
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Diva
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SIPcontrol
TM
Software 1.8 Reference Guide page 9
CHAPTER 1
About the Dialogic
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Diva
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SIPcontrol™ Software
The Diva SIPcontrol software is a gateway that translates call control information from the PSTN into SIP
messages and vice versa. The Diva SIPcontrol software is installed on top of a Dialogic
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Diva
®
Media Board,
allowing the Diva board to be used as a SIP gateway within the computer or server that hosts the media server
platform. The Diva SIPcontrol software is delivered with a default license for the simultaneous use of two channels.
Feature Overview
New features in the Dialogic
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Diva
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SIPcontrol™ software 1.8
• Support for the audio codecs: G.711 A-law and µ-law, G.729, GSM-FR, iLBC
Note: For G.729, you need to purchase and activate a license before you can use it. See License Activation
on page 14 for more information.
• Codec configuration: Configuration options for supported audio and fax codecs
• Support for Proxy and Registrar authentication
• Support for registering the Diva SIPcontrol software as an e-phone gateway
• Support for Early Media: Early Media is supported for calls from SIP to the PSTN
• Configuration of Dialogic
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Diva
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Media Board parameters via the web interface
• Interoperability with the Dialogic
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Host Media Processing (HMP) software
• Support for up to 64 ports per system for Dialogic
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Diva
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BRI and Analog Media Board installations
• Support for up to 240 ports per system for Dialogic
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Diva
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PRI Media Board installations
General features
• Configuration via web interface
• Standard web browsers can be used for configuring. The Dialogic
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Diva
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SIPcontrol
TM
Software has been
tested with the following browsers:
• Microsoft
®
Internet Explorer version 6 and 7
• Mozilla Firefox version 2.0
• Remote configuration of the Diva SIPcontrol software from any computer in the network
• Cause codes: Configurable translation of ISDN cause code to SIP response code and vice versa; consequently,
the Diva SIPcontrol software can adapt to the specific behavior of the PSTN, PBX, and/or SIP peer.
• Configuration changes during runtime: Modify most parameters of the Diva SIPcontrol software without the
need to restart the service; active calls are not affected by configuration updates and continue undisturbed.
• Support for North American numbering plan: The configuration of multiple area codes is handled as local.
Therefore, the Dialogic
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Diva
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SIPcontrol
TM
Software dialplan engine is able to automatically format dialed
numbers according to local phone provider requirements without any additional regular expressions.
• Interoperability with the Dialogic
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Brooktrout
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Bfv API SDK: The Dialogic
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Brooktrout
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SR140 Fax Software
version 5.2.1 has been confirmed via testing to be V.34/T.38 interoperable with the Diva SIPcontrol software.
The Brooktrout SR140 Fax Software is high-performance, host-based T.38 fax software for IP networks.
Call handling
• SIP methods: ACK, BYE, INVITE, NOTIFY*, REFER, CANCEL, OPTIONS
• Configurable IP transport layer UDP or TCP
• Basic call incl. numbering services: