How to test Cisco Voice Translation Rules with an Application easily?
Translation rules can be from simple to complex which is dependent on business requirement. If you are very good at regular expression/syntax then it is not a big deal for you, otherwise it may create some difficulties. Let’s take an example of Simple and Complex translation rule:
Simple Translation Rule
voice translation-rule 1
rule 1 /123/ /456/
Router#test voice translation-rule 1 123
Matched with rule 1
Original number: 123 Translated number: 456
Complex Translation Rule
voice translation-rule 1
rule 1 /^\(12\)3\(45\)$/ /6\1\2/
router#test voice translation-rule 1 12345
Matched with rule 1
Original number: 12345 Translated number: 61245
If you look at the simple translation rule, it is little easy to understand but not the complex one.
There are times when you have to create some configuration on the backend on a text editor before you could run them on the production on a given date and time. It is always not possible to be 100% accurate of what you are preparing may work or may not as we are not having an actual router to test the translation rule.
So, to mitigate this issue, redcage website has a web based and application based translation rule tester which you can make use of and ease your life.
Web based – Click here to redirect to the website
It’s quite simple to use, enter the Translation Rule in the box and get started to test with your string. The website process the results little slow but it serves the purpose.
Application Based – Click here to download the file
You can download Application on your machine and get going. The application is very simple to use and it does process the result immediately without any lag.
Hope this helps!
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There are error in the program. Try to do this translation rule
9911
Rule 2 /^9\(.*\)/ /\1/
The result should be 911
the software is with bug