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Automating DSLAM Capacity Management
Chris Page
13th February [email protected]
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Overview
• Recap: Review of demonstration at X project meeting June 2014
– access to BT data on the web using
– Google Sheets and Tableau
• Checking that cabinets have capacity
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What’s on the Web?
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DSLchecker.bt.com
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Google Drive – use ImportHTML
• =IMPORTHTML("http://www.dslchecker.bt.com/pls/adsl/ADSLChecker.AddressOutp
ut?buildingnumber=25&buildingname=&
thoroughfare=ST.%20MICHAELS%20CRESCENT&posttown=SOUTH
AM&PostCode=CV47%208JH&URL=&SP_NAME=a%2520service%2520provider&VERSION=36&MS
=E&AEA=yes&CAP=no","table",1)
• Plus “table”,4)
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Results, updated each time
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Tableau – Premise Level Speeds
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Direct Lookup from map…
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Check Postcodes
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Information Direct from BT
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Overview
• Recap: Review of demonstration at X project meeting June 2014
– access to BT data on the web using
– Google Sheets and Tableau
• Checking that cabinets have capacity
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What does dslChecker say?
Sorry your cabinet is temporarily unavailable, capacity will be restored as soon as
possible.
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Dslchecker.bt.com
• Address level data
• Public domain
– FTTC (Clean) Speed
– FTTC (Impacted) Speed
– FOD availability
– ADSL (all types) Speed
– Cabinet Status
Click below to see video…
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Automating dslChecker.bt.com
• Use parameters in URL
• Use ImportHTML
• Scan results for information you require
• Get template from http://goo.gl/BAU3ov
• Make a copy…
Click below to see video…
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Adding your own Addresses
• The dslChecker tab is driven from the Addresses tab
• Each line can take 10 seconds to load
• Use URL in Column A to verify address opens dslChecker result page
Click below to see video…
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Check one address per DSLAM
• Choosing an address
– Unambiguous
– Test URL
• Sources of addresses
– C3 Report
– dslChecker
– BT API
Click below to see video…
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Populating Addresses
• We need to populate
– Building Name
– Building Number
– Thoroughfare
– Post Town
– Postcode
• Can use dslChecker if C3 report unavailable
dslChecker: http://www.dslchecker.bt.com/pls/adsl/ADSLChecker.AddressOutput?buildingnumber=&b
uildingname=&thoroughfare=&posttown=&PostCode=B37 6UJ &URL=&SP_NAME=a%2520service%2520provider&VERSION=36&MS=E&AEA=yes&C
AP=no
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Thank You• Template: http://goo.gl/BAU3ov
• Presentation: https://mix.office.com/watch/1jo82wbcipmel
• Previous presentation: www.slideshare.net/ChrisPageUK/presentation-
to-x-project-meeting-24-jun14
