HP OpenCall SS7 APIs

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) provide applications with access to the HP OpenCall SS7 platform libraries and the SS7 network. These APIs support the management and protocol services required to achieve SS7 connectivity.

Categories of API

The HP OpenCall SS7 APIs can be divided into three main categories:

SS7 APIs
Each protocol level is accessible via its dedicated API, such as the MTP3/M3UA, SCCP, ISUP, TUP and TCAP APIs. In the case of TCAP, the stack’s default round robin algorithm (for load sharing when there are several users connected on the same SSN) can be replaced by a user algorithm using the TCAP Application Message Dispatcher.
SS7 Management APIs
Operations, Administration and Maintenance (OA&M) services of MTP, SCCP and TCAP are accessible via their respective OA&M APIs.
Application Guardian API By using the Application Guardian, user applications can benefit from the High Availability facilities of HP OpenCall SS7.

An application can use a single API (either an SS7 Stack or an SS7 Management API) or simultaneously use multiple APIs.

Permission to Access HP OpenCall SS7

Only members of the group ocadmin. can access the HP OpenCall SS7 APIs. To allow access, you do not need to change a user’s account, you just add the user to the list of members of the group ocadmin.

For a developer, who does not need to operate the platform, membership can be defined as secondary. For an operator, who needs to operate the platform, the user’s primary group must be ocadmin.

See also the group(4) and password(4) man pages.

HP OpenCall SS7 APIs

Technical documentation

» Table of Contents

» Index

Categories of API

Permission to Access HP OpenCall SS7