Automatic Switch Interface (ASI)

The CAIRS OSS ASI module is a multiple switching platform provisioning tool that increases the power and accuracy of the CAIRS system substantially. Working in either a single or multiple switch environment, the ASI module is a cross platform scripting language that can communicate to any switch that utilizes ASCII, Binary, XML file configuration commands (i.e. Nortel, Avaya, Lucent, Siemens & Redcom). Although the ASI module carries the complexities of a programming language, all of the hard work is done behind the scenes. When CAIRS users open a work order that requires a switch assignment, CAIRS writes a change request to the ASI sub-folder in the CAIRS database. Watching the CAIRS database real time for new work orders requests, the ASI module interprets each new work order to determine the assignment type. Once the ASI module has successfully programmed the switch it returns an assignment summary to the CAIRS users. The assignment summary notifies the CAIRS user that the assignment has been completed successfully.