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TalkAnytime Quick Start Instructions URL Configuration
TalkAnytime URL Configuration
End users will access the TalkAnytime by clicking on an icon on a web site. The web server must include a
URL link expression that not only directs the caller to the TalkAnytime unit but also specifies values for
several other parameters (four parameters are required; two are optional).
The general form of the URL expression is as follows:
TalkAnytime URL Command Line
http://a.b.c.d/tat.cgi?Service=string1&Protocol=n&Codec=q&SC=w
&Packetization=y&Digits=z
Configuration
Parameter
Involved
Portion of URL in
question
Comment
TalkAnytime
IP Address
where a, b, c, and d are
variables;
Values: 0 to 255
Service where string1 is a variable;
Values: any
letters/numbers;
no spaces, periods,
commas, or symbols;
40 characters max.
This value must match the value of the
Description field in the Inbound Phonebook.
Protocol where n is a variable;
Values: TCP or UDP
Codec where q is a variable;
Values: G711A, G711U,
G723
Silence
Compression
where w is a variable;
Values: ON, OFF
Optional parameter. If omitted, remove the
entire expression “SC=w” from URL.
Packetization where y is a variable;
Values: 30, 60, 90, 120
Optional parameter. If omitted, remove the entire
expression “Packetization=y” from URL.
Digits where z is a variable;
Values: Yes, No
When Digits=No, the end user can use the
TalkAnytime keypad to dial only after connection
has been made. When Digits=Yes, TalkAnytime
keypad is available immediately.
allowed variant
of tat.cgi?
tatfrm.cgi? Eliminates black background behind TalkAnytime
user screen.
Note: All non-italicized characters in the URL expression are fixed literal characters that
must be included verbatim. As noted above, the tat.cgi? expression has an
allowed variant.
Use of phonebook entries and URL command lines is illustrated in the
TalkAnytime System Examples section
that follows.
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