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Bulk Administration Tool

BAT Installation and ConfigurationBy

Prof. Yousif @Valencia Community College

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Installing BAT

Applications Install Plug-in Cisco Bulk Administration Tool

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Download the application to the CallManger’s Hard Drive

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Starting BAT

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BAT Administration Page

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Creating a New Template

1. Configure Template Phone

2. From the Phone Template Configuration screen click “Add a new phone template”

3. Configure the above parameters

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Remember to Add the two lines

1. Scroll to the bottom and click on “line 1”, then click on “Insert and close”.

2. Repeat for line 2

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Working with BAT Spread Sheet

From the Call manager Hard Drive go to:

C:/ciscowebs/BAT/EcelTemplate

Copy the bat.xl file to your desktop

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Change the Security Level to Medium

Before you open the Excel template launch MS Excel and select Tools Macro Security and set the security level to Medium.

Must close and reopen Excel.

Security must be set to medium for macros to run

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BAT Fields

Devices that can register with BAT

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Configuring BAT

1. Set the number of phone lines to 2, and the number of speed dials to 4

2. Enter the MAC address of the Phone(s)

3. Enter the number for Directory Number 1 and 2

4. Configure the Display for the two lines

5. Configure the Description as “BAT Phone”

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Export the Excel Template to BAT Format

1. Click on “Export to BAT Format (CSV-txt)

2. Save the file to your hard drive using the name “BAT_ExcelFiles”

3. Copy the file to the following directory on the CallManager: C:/batfiles/phones/insert

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Deleting PhonesBefore Using BAT Registration

1. You cannot register a phone using BAT if it has already been registered (Using Auto-Registration for example)

2. From the CallManger Adminstration select Devices Phones then click on the “Find” button

3. Check all the phones that you want to delete then click on the delete button

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Erasing The EPhone Config (might be needed)

On your phone press the Settings button, Select Network Configuration (#3) then select Erase Configuration (#33) then select Save

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Importing the Database

1. From BAT Administration click configure Phones

2. Follow the above configuration

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Verify BAT Registration

From Devices Select Phones then click on the Find button

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Verify BAT Registration

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LAB

• BAT Installation and Configuration

• Changing Phone registration from Auto to BAT