METHOD FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF A TELEPHONE AUTOMATIC BRANCH EXCHANGE, EXTERNAL MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING AUTOMATIC BRANCH EXCHANGE

The invention relates to a method for the management of a telephone automatic branch exchange (11) provided with a management program that makes use of the raw configuration data of a basic configuration enabling its operation. The method comprises a phase of initialization that consists in structuring the configuration into a plurality of objects characterized by parameters and in describing the basic configuration in the form of a raw data base; a phase for the extraction of a configuration diagram that consists in exploring the raw data base so as to prepare a diagram of configuration instructions constituted by a list of configuration instructions; an optional phase for the transfer of the diagram from an external management device to the telephone automatic branch exchange and/or prepare and upload the diagram within the device to store a descriptive condensed image of the current configuration of the telephone automatic branch exchange. The invention also relates to a corresponding external management device and telephone automatic branch exchange.