SIT Treatment for Call Classification

Last Updated : Oct 12, 2023 |

The treatment of Special Information Tones (SITs) used for Outbound Call Management type calls with USA tone characteristics. Branch Gateway internal tone detector resources in classified mode are used to detect SITs. The classifiers are capable of detecting the following SITs:

  • SIT Ineffective Other

  • SIT Intercept

  • SIT No Circuit

  • SIT Reorder

  • SIT Vacant Code

  • SIT Unknown

  • AMD (Answering Machine Detected) Treatment

Available only if ASAI Link Core Capabilities and ASAI Link Plus Capabilities are enabled for the system.

Example command: change sit-treatment

The screenshot of the SIT Treatment for Call Classification screen

AMD Treatment

Specifies the treatment for Answering Machine Detected. An ASAI adjunct can request AMD for a call. If an Answering Machine is detected, one of two treatments is specified.

Valid Entry

Usage

answered

Calls are classified as answered, and are therefore sent to an agent.

dropped

Calls are classified as unanswered, and are therefore not sent to an agent. This is the default.

Pause Duration

Fractions of a second pause duration, as opposed to Talk Duration that is for full seconds.

Valid Entry

Usage

0.1 to 2.0 seconds in increments of 0.1 seconds

The amount of time Communication Manager looks for a pause before it classifies the call as a live person.

The Pause Duration timer should be set longer than the typical silence between words in an answering machine greeting, but shorter than the typical space between words in a live greeting.

Defaults to 0.5 seconds.

SIT Ineffective Other

The treatment for Ineffective Other messages. An example of an Ineffective Other message is You are not required to dial a 1 when calling this number.

Valid Entry

Usage

answered

Calls are classified as answered, and are therefore sent to an agent.

dropped

Calls are classified as unanswered, and are therefore not sent to an agent. This is the default.

SIT Intercept

The treatment for intercept messages that direct callers to another number or extension.

Valid Entry

Usage

answered

Calls are classified as answered, and are therefore sent to an agent. This is the default.

dropped

Calls are classified as unanswered, and are therefore not sent to an agent.

An example of an intercept message is XXX-XXXX has been changed to YYY-YYYY, make a note of it.

SIT No Circuit

The treatment for calls with circuit problems, such as busy.

Valid Entry

Usage

answered

Calls are classified as answered, and are therefore sent to an agent.

dropped

Calls are classified as unanswered, and are therefore not sent to an agent. This is the default.

SIT Reorder

The treatment for reorder calls.

Valid Entry

Usage

answered

Calls are classified as answered, and are therefore sent to an agent.

dropped

Calls are classified as unanswered, and are therefore not sent to an agent. This is the default.

SIT Unknown

The treatment for calls when a situation or condition that is unknown to the network is encountered.

Valid Entry

Usage

answered

Calls are classified as answered, and are therefore sent to an agent.

dropped

Calls are classified as unanswered, and are therefore not sent to an agent. This is the default.

SIT Vacant Code

The treatment for calls when a vacant code is encountered.

Valid Entry

Usage

answered

Calls are classified as answered, and are therefore sent to an agent.

dropped

Calls are classified as unanswered, and are therefore not sent to an agent. This is the default.

Talk Duration

Full second talk duration, as opposed to Pause Duration that is for fractions of a second.

Valid Entry

Usage

0.1 to 5.0 seconds in increments of 0.1 seconds

The amount of time Communication Manager looks for voice energy. If it finds that much continuous speech, Communication Manager classifies the call as an answering machine.

The Talk Duration timer should be set to a time longer than it takes to say a typical live greeting.

Defaults to 2.0 seconds.