How can I use MS Windows 7 Task Scheduler to start Cisco Jabber?

[guyram]

Hello Jabber community,

I have a need to automatically start Cisco Jabber client on my Desktop and have it connect to a SIP address of our CTX, then followed by the running of a recording application. The problem is I don't know the Jabber CLI to use to start it up and connect to the SIP address.

Can anyone please advise how to do this?

cheers,

-guy                  

[coflaher]

You can use this parameter in the Jabber-config file.

Start_Client_On_Start_OS

Docs are here:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/jabber/Windows/9_2/JABW_BK_C9731738_00_jabber-windows-install-config_chapter_0101.html

[guyram]

thanks very much for providing this response but I'm not very techical, the documentation is not very friendly....could you please provide an example of how I could say setup a xxx.bat file that contains a reference to Cisco Jabber with the syntax to starup with a SIP address.

Today I have to manually login to the Jabber client then provide a SIP url to connect.....so how can this be put into a .bat file so then the .bat file can be run by the Task Scheduler.

this would be really appreciated.

cheers,

-guy

[coflaher]

Hi Guy,

I think you should probably open up a TAC case and get the TAC engineer to walk you through how to deploy Jabber.

When you say "SIP url", I presume you mean the CUPS/Webex server address. This address can be added to Jabber in 3 ways:

1. Transforming the MSI using the Orca tool.

2. Using msi install parameters

3. Entering the value when you run Jabber first.

Using a bat file in conjunction with task scheduler will not work and is not a supported way of doing. The 3 other options are also much easier to implement.

Thanks,

- Colin