
D15 317. 0 7 Cisco TelePresence SX80 API Reference Guide CE9.1, JUNE 2017. Copyright © 2017 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.2
Cisco TelePresence SX80 API Reference Guide
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Introduction........................................................................... 3
About this guide...................................................................... 4
Downloading the user documentation .................................4
What’s new in CE9.1 ...............................................................5
What’s new in CE9.0...............................................................9
About the API...................................................................... 14
API fundamentals.................................................................. 15
Connecting to the API ........................................................ 15
Password............................................................................ 15
SSH .................................................................................... 15
Telnet .................................................................................. 15
HTTP/HTTPS ...................................................................... 15
Ethernet port ...................................................................... 15
RS-232 / serial connection ................................................ 16
User roles ........................................................................... 16
API output ............................................................................. 17
The output modes.............................................................. 17
Using the command line ....................................................... 18
API commands ................................................................... 18
Other commands................................................................ 18
Command line shortcuts .................................................... 19
Searching ........................................................................... 19
Value types and formats.....................................................19
Commands............................................................................20
Configurations.......................................................................20
Status....................................................................................20
Events ................................................................................... 21
Feedback mechanism...........................................................22
Feedback expressions .......................................................22
Terminal connections .........................................................23
Using HTTP...........................................................................24
HTTP XMLAPI Authentication............................................. 24
HTTP XMLAPI Session Authentication...............................24
Getting status and configurations ......................................25
Sending commands and configurations.............................25
Using HTTP POST ..............................................................25
Feedback from codec over HTTP.........................................26
Registering for feedback ....................................................26
Translating from terminal mode to XML .............................27
Dos and don’ts......................................................................28
xConfiguration commands.................................................. 29
Description of the xConfiguration commands ......................30
xCommand commands ....................................................... 96
Description of the xCommand commands ...........................97
xStatus commands ........................................................... 155
Description of the xStatus commands................................ 156
Appendices....................................................................... 215
About startup scripts .......................................................... 216
The SystemTools commands.............................................. 217
About disconnect cause types ........................................... 219
User documentation on the Cisco web site........................220