Abstract: Digits dialed using a pulse dialing device, such as a rotary phone or pulse-based alarm system, are detected by an MTA device that has been configured using an MIB object in the MTA configuration file. Upon detection the MTA generates a DTMF signal, or RFC2833 digit event, and forwards the DTMF signal or RFC2833 digit event corresponding to the dialed digit toward a communication network.

Abstract: A device examines a configuration file having type, length variables that contain a plurality of file names referring to a corresponding plurality of software images to determine a vendor table having only TLV records containing information related to the device's vendor. Predetermined matching criteria, including device model/revision number, and/or software revision number, for example, are used to determine which record from the vendor table corresponds to the device. A device-MIB referring to the model/revision number is compared to the vendor table TLV. When a matching record having a TLV value equal to the model/revision MIB is found, the filename contained in the record is sent in a request to a file server which downloads to the requesting device the file corresponding to the filename. The device installs the downloaded filename and reboots, loading the new software.