Configure Hardware and Channels| Call Recording Reference

Configure VSLogger Recording Hardware or Recorded Input types

For VSLogger configuration purposes term Hardware refers to:

actual class of hardware voice boards, such as AudioCodes SmartWorks boards, Synway voice boards or Cybertech MOD boards
software based recording technology for specific class of the recorded inputs/media or recording style. For example: voip - passive (network traffic sniffing) VoIP recording , siprec - active(terminated) VoIP recording when recorded device sends media data to the recorder.

Command Line Interface (CLI) (How to use CLI Tool - refer to CLI Tool Overview)		Graphical User Interface (GUI)
Get List of HW options `cli>(config)` `->hw ?` `[code] - hw configuration mode` `Vendor codes:` `shcti - Synway boards` `smart - AudioCodes boards` `parrot - Nice(Cybertech)` `voip - Software only, VoIP` `siprec - Software only, SipRec` `ipcast - Software only, IPCast` `show - show current configuration` `cli>(config)`		Get List of HW options 1) Sign in through VSLogger as an Administrator Default logins: user: admin, password: admin user: admin, password: adutante user: admin, password: Welcome1! 2) Click on the dropdown arrow next to “ at the top, 3) Select “Setup” from the dropdown menu 4) Click “Hardware” on the left sidebar 5) Click the edit button for your selected hardware. Finalize selected settings 6) After enabling the selected board type and clicking submit, save and reload the settings. This step is necessary any time a setting is changed.
Get list of Hardware options currently available for use `cli>(config)` `->hw list` `----------------------------------------` `# \|hw \|available/enabled` `----------------------------------------` `1 shcti n/n` `2 smart n/n` `3 parrot n/n` `4 voip n/n` `5 siprec/n` `6 ipcast y/n` `cli>(config)`
Specific HW option becomes available for use, when: shcti - Synway drivers installed. smart - AudioCodes SmartTap drivers installed. parrot - Parrot MOD drivers drivers installed voip - WinPCap drivers installed siprec - no special requirement. Always available. ipcast - no special requirement. Always available.
Enabled Hardware and channel list Channel list and channel objects available for configuration will be created on Recording service start (reload) HW configuration is validated and channels created in following order (order can be changed with hw swap command) shcti available and enabled - total number of channels from all installed Synway boards added to channels list 1..N. smart available and enabled - total number of channels from all installed SmartTap boards appended to channels list. parrot available and enabled - total number of channels from all installed Parrot MOD boards appended to channels list. voip available and enabled - numdev (number of devices ) configured in hw voip appended to channels list. voip trunks configured - numch (number of channels in trunk) for each trunk appended to channels list. siprec available and enabled - numdev (number of devices ) configured in hw siprec appended to channels list. ipcast available and enabled - numdev (number of devices ) configured in hw ipcast appended to channels list.
For example, if Administrator enabled hw smart, and recorder has single 8 channel board installed in the system. After reload Administrator can expect following channel list
`cli>(config)` `->channel list` `channels` `----------------------------------------` `ch# \|type \|hwch# \|hw \|enabled` `----------------------------------------` `1 SMART_LD 0 smart y` `2 SMART_LD 1 smart y` `3 SMART_LD 2 smart y` `4 SMART_LD 3 smart y 5 SMART_LD 4 smart y 6 SMART_LD 5 smart y 7 SMART_LD 6 smart y 8 SMART_LD 7 smart y` `cli>(config)`
If later at the same recorder Administrator also enabled hw voip, and set up 4 channels (numdev = 4). After reload he can expect following channel list
`cli>(config)` `->channel list` `channels` `----------------------------------------` `ch# \|type \|hwch# \|hw \|enabled` `----------------------------------------` `1 SMART_LD 0 smart y` `2 SMART_LD 1 smart y` `3 SMART_LD 2 smart y` `4 SMART_LD 3 smart y` `5 VSVOIP_CH 1 voip y` `6 VSVOIP_CH 2 voip y` `7 VSVOIP_CH 3 voip y` `8 VSVOIP_CH 4 voip y` `cli>(config)`
Changing hw order `cli>(config)` `->hw list` `----------------------------------------` `# \|hw \|available/enabled` `----------------------------------------` `1 shcti n/n` `2 smart n/n` `3 parrot n/n` `4 voip n/n` `5 siprec/n` `6 ipcast y/n` `cli>(config)` For example, to exchange orders of shcti and ipcast hardware use hw swap 1 6 cli command, where 1 and 6 current hw index (as shown after list command). `cli>(config)` `->hw swap 1 6` `cli>(config)` Attention!!! Recorder settings will be saved and recorder will be reloaded. `cli>(config)` `->hw list` `----------------------------------------` `# \|hw \|available/enabled` `----------------------------------------` `1 ipcast/n` `2 smart n/n` `3 parrot n/n` `4 voip n/n` `5 siprec/n` `6 shcti y/n` `cli>(config)`		Click on Hardware Order A new window will appear The hardware order can be changed using the blue up and down arrows to relocate the selected hardware device.
AudioCodes SmartWorks Hardware (hw smart) `cli>(config)` `->hw smart` `cli>(config-hw_smart)` `->?` `help\|? - embedded help` `enable [y\|n] - enable/disable hw` `exit - exit current configuration mode` `show - show current configuration` `cli>(config-hw_smart) ->show ---------------------------------------- hw [smart] ---------------------------------------- available: y enabled: y` As you see, AudioCodes hardware is: available - drivers installed enabled - VSLogger adds all channels from the installed AudioCodes boards to the recording channels list. and the only parameter we can change is enable parameter If you disable AudioCodes SmartWorks hardware, all channels from the AudioCodes boards will be removed from the recording channels list, even if you have AudioCodes boards in the system. `cli>(config-hw_smart)` `->enable n` `cli>(config-hw_smart)` `->show` `----------------------------------------` `hw [smart]` `----------------------------------------` `available: y` `enabled: n` `cli>(config-hw_smart)`		AudioCodes SmartWorks Hardware For AudioCodes the only parameter we can change is: Enable: enables/disables the card If you disable AudioCodes SmartWorks hardware, all channels from the AudioCodes boards will be removed from the recording channels list, even if you have AudioCodes boards in the system.
Synway Hardware (hw shcti) `cli>(config)` `->hw shcti` `cli>(config-hw_shcti)` `->?` `help\|? - embedded help` `enable [y\|n] - enable/disable hw` `inifile [ini files folder path] - set ini files location folder` `show - show current configuration` `exit - exit current configuration mode` `cli>(config-hw_shcti)` `->show` `----------------------------------------` `hw [shcti]` `----------------------------------------` `available: y` `enabled: y` `inifile: c:\shcti` `cli>(config-hw_shcti)` As you see: Synway hardware is available but disabled, all channels from the Synway boards are currently removed from the recording channels list.. two parameters available for configuration: enable and inifile. inifile - should point to folder with Synway driver initialization files (e.g. C:\ShCti ) `cli>(config-hw_shcti)` `->show` `----------------------------------------` `hw [shcti]` `----------------------------------------` `available: y` `enabled: y` `inifile: C:\ShCti` `cli>(config-hw_shcti)`		Synway Hardware The two parameters available for configuration are: Enable: enables/disables the card .ini files folder: Should point to folder with Synway driver initialization files (e.g. C:\ShCti )
Parrot MOD Hardware (hw parrot) `cli>(config)` `->hw parrot` `cli>(config-hw_parrot)` `->show` `----------------------------------------` `hw [parrot]` `----------------------------------------` `available: y` `enabled: n` `inifile: C:\Program Files\CyberTech\Parrot DSC` `input: mlaw` `reversedir: n` `reversenum: n` `cli>(config-hw_parrot)` `->?` `help\|? - embedded help` `enable [y\|n] - enable/disable hw` `exit - exit current configuration mode` `show - show current configuration` `input [alaw\|mlaw] - set input codec` `reversedir [y\|n] - reverse call direction` `reversenum [y\|n] - reverse callid/dialed numbers` `inifile [ini files folder path] - set ini files location folder` `cli>(config-hw_parrot)` As you see: MOD hardware is available but disabled, all channels from the MOD boards are currently removed from the recording channels list.. five parameters available for configuration: enable, inifile , input, reversedir and reversenum		Parrot MOD Hardware MOD has five parameters available for configuration: Enable: enables/disables the card .ini files folder: Should point to folder with MOD driver initialization files (e.g. C:\... ) Input Codec: Audio compression protocol Reverse Call Direction: Software will reverse call direction Reverse Numbers: Swap caller ID and dialed number fields
Passive VOIP Recording package (hw voip) `cli>(config)` `->hw voip` see Passive VOIP Recording configuration
Terminating VOIP Recording package (hw siprec) `cli>(config)` `->hw siprec` see Terminating VOIP Recording configuration
Terminating RoIP (Unicast or Multicast )Recording package (hw ipcast) `cli>(config)` `->hw ipcast`