Method for the management of a telephone automatic branch exchange, external management device and corresponding automatic branch exchange

A method for management of a telephone automatic branch exchange (11) in which the telephone automatic branch exchange (11) is provided with a management program that makes use of raw configuration data (62, 63) to ensure operation of said telephone automatic branch exchange (11),

• the method characterized in that it comprises three main distinct phases of management:
• a phase (21) of initialization of a basic configuration (60) for said telephone automatic exchange;
• a phase (22) of extraction of a configuration diagram (51) representing said basic configuration (60);
• an optional phase (23) for transfer of said configuration diagram (51) from an external management device (12) to said telephone automatic branch exchange (11) or vice versa;
• these being phases in which:
• said phase (21) of initialization of a basic configuration (60) essentially consists in:
• structuring (211) configuration of said telephone automatic branch exchange (11) in a form of a plurality of distinct objects and/or sub-objects each characterized by at least one parameter;
• describing (212) in detail said basic configuration (60) in a form of a raw data base that can be exploited by said program for the management of said telephone automatic branch exchange (11);
• said phase (22) of extraction of a configuration diagram (51) that represents said basic configuration (60) essentially consists in:
• exploring said basic configuration (60) on all or part of said raw data base so as to prepare a descriptive condensed image of said basic configuration (60) in a form of a diagram (51) of configuration instructions constituted by a list of configuration instructions;
• said optional transfer phase (23) essentially consists in:
• downloading (231) all or part of said diagram (51) of configuration instructions from said external management device (12) to said telephone automatic branch exchange (11) in order to configure said telephone automatic branch exchange (11);
• and/or (233)
• preparing (232) and uploading all or a part of said diagram (51) of configuration instructions from said telephone automatic branch exchange (11) to said external management device (12) so as to store a partial or full image of current said basic configuration (60) of said telephone automatic branch exchange (11) in storage means accessible from said external. management device (12).