sourcetechab/extendserver repository overview

⁠SourceTech Extend

SourceTech Extend enables sharing of one single Alcatel-Lucent OmniPCX Enterprise, OXE (or Office, OXO), with multiple Hotel Property Management, PMS, systems, which is otherwize not possible due to protocol constraints*.

SourceTech Extend solves this problem by routing the communication protocol through a dedicated server; SourceTech Extend Server. The server dispatch data from OXE/OXO to PMS using a routing mechanism based on data frame's extension number, which is always present.

The solution consists of a server and a client for each connected PMS. Each client connects to the same server.

*OXE/OXO uses AHL, Alcatel Hotel Link, protocol for PMS connection which is restricted by the support for only one endpoint.

⁠SourceTech Extend Server

The server connects to OXE/OXO using AHLTCP on tcp port 2561 and listens on tcp port 52561 for inbound connections from the client(s). The application requires a runtime license which defines the number of clients allowed to connect. This licence is dowloaded automatically from SourceTech Portal at application startup and requires a valid customer id. The customer id is set in the enviroment variable 'EXTENDCUSTOMERID' which must be defined when the container starts.

⁠Required args

• Environment
  • EXTENDCUSTOMERID; Customer identifier, you’ll find this in SourceTech Spectra⁠.
• Publish
  • The tcp port 52561 is where the clients connect.
• Volume
  • The path to configuration storage for data persistance
    • extend:"C:/ProgramData/SourceTech/Extend"
• Restart
  • Always
    • Restarts the container automatically if unintentionally stopped

⁠Command line

docker run -d -p 52561:52561 --restart always -e EXTENDCUSTOMERID=(customer identifier) -v extend:"C:/ProgramData/SourceTech/Extend" sourcetechab/extendserver:latest