Mike's PBX Cookbook

CS File Transfer Protocol

Sending Files to a Communications Server with File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

This is not a definitive guide to FTP, just a summary of a few useful commands for transferring files to and from a CS1000.
If you find yourself without a CF reader/writer, and need to copy files to a CF card, you can use FTP as this procedure shows.

Basic FTP commands:

open <ip>Open a connection with server <ip>
closeTerminate a session with remote system
helpList of all available FTP commands (or ? <command>)
quitEnds your FTP session

asciiSet ASCII mode (this is the default mode for most FTP programs)
binarySet Binary mode (8 bit, must be used for all non-ASCII files)

put <name>Upload a file to the server
get <name>Download a file from the server

mput <name>PUT multiple files to the server (wildcards: ? or *)
mget <name>GET multiple files from the server (wildcards: ? or *)

lsList of files in the current (server) directory
!lsList local files in the current directorylocal is 'on your PC'

cdChange directory
lcdChange local directory

pwdPrint working directory
lpwdPrint local working directory

mkdir <name>Make (create) directory
rmdir <name>Delete directory

!mkdir <name>Make (create) local directory
!rmdir <name>Delete local directory

Syntax:

FTP Session Example:

Open a command prompt window, and note the directory:

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>

Here it's C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator, so either copy the file(s) you want on the CF card to this directory, or change the directory to the desired location. Then, from the command prompt, open an FTP session with the CS1000E as follows:

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>ftp 192.168.1.5
Connected to 192.168.1.5.
220 Tornado-vxWorks FTP server ready

Login with the CS1K username and password. If the system is in the UCM security domain, use the single sign-on credentials:

User (192.168.1.5:(none)): admin
331 Password required 
Password: *******
230-
230-The software and data stored on this system are the property of,
230-or licensed to, Avaya Inc. and are lawfully available only to
230-authorized users for approved purposes. Unauthorized access to
230-any software or data on this system is strictly prohibited and
230-punishable under appropriate laws. If you are not an authorized
230-user then logout immediately. This system may be monitored for
230-operational purposes at any time.
230 User logged in

The session should default to binary mode, but to ensure it is, enter the following:

ftp> bin
200 Type set to I, binary mode

Locate where you are by printing the working directory:

ftp> pwd
257 Current directory is "/"

Change directory to where you want to upload your file(s), eg: /cf2 is the front panel CF drive :

ftp> cd /cf2
250 Changed directory to "/cf2"
ftp> pwd
257 Current directory is "/cf2"

If you're uploading a keycode file, you may need to make a directory named keycode for it:

ftp> mkdir ./keycode
200 "./keycode/" directory created
ftp> cd ./keycode
250 Changed directory to "/cf2/keycode"
ftp> pwd
257 Current directory is "/cf2/keycode"

Upload a file with the put command, followed by the filename. Note, if you are transferring a number of files, use mput which allows wildcard filenames.

ftp> put keycode.kcd
200 Port set okay
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection
226 Transfer complete
ftp: 797300 bytes sent in 2.30Seconds 347.10Kbytes/sec.

List the contents of the directory to see that your file is there:

ftp> ls
200 Port set okay
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection
.
..
keycode.kcd
226 Transfer complete
ftp: 16 bytes received in 0.08Seconds 0.21Kbytes/sec.

End the FTP session by entering the following:

ftp> quit
 
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>