Associate a device with a DN using AXL API

[laithabbas0]

Hi guys,

I am trying to add a DN to an existing phone device using AXL API via Java. I keep getting this error:

Devices can only be associated with DNs, Route Patterns and Hunt Pilots.

I have two existing lines on this device which I added through call manager, but now I am trying to add a third one using AXL API. This is what I did to get this error and I am not sure why:

XDirn dn = new XDirn();

dn.setPattern("6340");

XPhoneLine phoneLine = new XPhoneLine();

phoneLine.setDirn(dn);

phoneLine.setAsciiLabel("TESTING - 6340");

phoneLine.setDisplay("TESTING - 6340");

phoneLine.setDisplayAscii("TESTING - 6340");

phoneLine.setLabel("TESTING - 6340");

phoneLine.setBusyTrigger("2");

phoneLine.setIndex("3");

phoneLine.setMaxNumCalls("4");

UpdatePhoneReq updatePhone = new UpdatePhoneReq();

updatePhone.setName("SEPD824BDBBCAF1");

UpdatePhoneReq.Lines newLine =  new UpdatePhoneReq.Lines();

newLine.getLine().add(phoneLine);

updatePhone.setLines(newLine);

port.updatePhone(updatePhone);

the error occurs at the last line when I try to push the update.

Thanks

[paolo bevilacqua]

It would be better to post API question on the appropriate forums of developers.cisco.com

[Gergely Szabo]

Also, can you paste the exception to here.

G.

[laithabbas0]

I managed to get rid of the exception by taking out this line

newLine.getLine().add(phoneLine);

but I also told it that I want to add at index "3" and it just deleted my first two lines and it did not add anything!

What's the difference between RPhone and XPhone?

[Gergely Szabo]

Check the phone button template. How many lines do you see there.

G.

[laithabbas0]

There are many in there since I am working on a test alb that is backed up from the real thing.

I might just do it the hard way by sending the database sql commands and studying the data dictionary.

I can't beleive this API's poor documentation!

[Gergely Szabo]

Hi,

please don't use SQL there. AXL was created to hide the internals of the CUCM. Just imagine, what if Cisco changes the database tables. Or they add a constraint so you actually update something in one table but you don't do it in another. AXL gives you a configuration layer regardless of the underlying tables so you shoud stick to using it.

G.

[laithabbas0]

I agree with you, but I can't spend more time trying to get the API to work. I am basically guessing what I need to call and I keep debugging everything to see what kind of information is returned.

I hope somebody from cisco's staff sees this and start working on a proper documentation.

[laithabbas0]

I just tried to execute SQL commands through the API and that is not working well either. The Axlsoaptoolkit.java file works fine but not through the API. this what I have done:

ExecuteSQLQueryReq sqlReq = new ExecuteSQLQueryReq();

sqlReq.setSql("select * from device");

ExecuteSQLQueryRes sqlRes = port.executeSQLQuery(sqlReq);

System.out.println(sqlRes.getReturn().getRow().get(0));

System.out.println(sqlRes.getReturn().getRow().get(1));

System.out.println(sqlRes.getReturn().getRow().get(2));

This returns null on the first 3 rows where I have more than a 1500 entries in that table. I verified using the Axlsoaptoolkit.java app

[Gergely Szabo]

Hi,

can you tell me the exact CUCM version you are trying to work with.

I want to prove you that AXL is not complicated, in fact, can be fun.

G.

[laithabbas0]

I am hoping that you would.

I am using 9.1

[Gergely Szabo]

Hi,

oh, I see. I don't have that version yet, but I asked my Cisco contact. By the end of the week, I will have it.

In the meantime, I will try what I have (most likely 7.0, 8.0 or 8.5).

G.

[laithabbas0]

Sounds good, I started building my application top-to-bottom, if you can figure it out I will use the API otherwise I'll just do it using the database.

What I posted above have not been changed between 8.5 and 9.1.

btw what is the difference betwen Xphone and RPhone?

[Gergely Szabo]

Alright.

Please, double check the phone button template of the phone you are working on. Adding a third line on a phone with no third line is a no-no.

The difference between XPhone and RPhone:

http://developer.cisco.com/axl/Files/AXLSoap_XPhone.html#LinkE5F

http://developer.cisco.com/axl/Files/AXLSoap_RPhone.html#LinkB80

Looks like they are both the representation of a phone, but each element is used by a different method (the methods are listed there).

G.