Cisco Cisco Computer Telephony Integration OS 8.5 Technical References

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CTI Server Message Reference Guide (Protocol Version 17) for Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise
Release 10.0(1)
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Messaging Conventions
Communication between the CTI client and the CTI Server is accomplished by the exchange of 
messages. Cisco’s CTI Server message set is modeled after the Computer-Supported 
Telecommunications Applications (CSTA) messaging conventions defined by the European Computer 
Manufacturers Association. CTI Server messages, in general, follow CSTA naming conventions and the 
request/confirmation and unsolicited event paradigms. However, CTI Server messages use a simpler set 
of data types than those defined by CSTA.
In the CSTA model, one party acts as a server and the other as a client. In the Cisco interface, as the 
names suggest, the CTI client takes the client role and issues requests to the Unified CCE. The Unified 
CCE CTI Server takes the server role, responding to requests from the CTI clients and originating 
unsolicited events.
This chapter provides the following information about CTI Server messages:
A list of the complete CTI Server message set 
A description of the following CTI Server message components:
Data Types
Floating Fields
Invoke IDs 
Call Event Data
The format for CTI Server failure indication messages