(PM) Called-Station-Id disappears ...

Dick St.Peters (stpeters@NetHeaven.com)
Wed, 20 May 1998 20:29:45 -0400

We ran into an oddity ... Bell Atlantic upgraded the generic for our
local 5ESS switch and we stopped getting Called-Station-Id logged.
Their protocol analyzer said the digits were still being sent. We had
them change the number sent from 4 to 7, and the PM3 started logging
Called-Station-Id again. Anybody else seen this?

Obviously this isn't anything earth-shaking, but it does suggest some
mismatch is lurking in there, maybe waiting to bite harder next time.

I suppose this means that now when reporting problems we need to
include not only what OS the PM3 runs but what OS the switch runs.

Details:

PM3/3.8b15/PRI (AT&T Custom)/switch-type setting "att-5ess"[*]

5ESS upgraded from generic 9.1 to generic 10.1

Before: 4-digit Called-Station-Id and 10-digit Calling-Station-Id logged

After: 4-digit Called-Station-Id NOT logged and 10-digit Calling-Station-Id logged
7-digit Called-Station-Id and 10-digit Calling-Station-Id logged

The change is reproducible; when they changed the number of digits
back to 4, Called-Station-Id went away; change back to 10 digits and
Called-Station-Id came back.

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