Lucent Technologies Definity Audix System User Manual
DEFINITY® AUDIX® System
Release 4.0..
System Description Pocket Reference
585-300-214
Comcode 108356106
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Copyright 1999, Lucent Technologies
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Notice
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accurate at the time of printing. However, information is subject to change.
Your Responsibility for Your System’s Security
Toll fraud is the unauthorized use of your telecommunications system by an unautho-
rized party, for example, persons other than your company’s employees, agents, subcontractors, or persons working on your company’s behalf. Note that there may be a risk
of toll fraud associated with your telecommunications system and, if toll fraud occurs, it
can result in substant ial additional charges for your telecommunications services.
Y ou and your system manager are responsible for the security of your system, such as
programming and configuring your equipment to prevent unauthorized use. The system
manager is also responsible for reading all installation, instruction, and system administration documents provided with this product in order to fully understand the features
that can introduce risk of toll fraud and the steps that can be taken to reduce that risk.
Lucent Technologies does not warrant that this product is immune from or will prevent
unauthorized use of common-carrier telecommunication services or facilities accessed
through or connected to it. Lucent Technologies will not be responsible for any charges
that result from such unauthorized use.
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If you suspect you are being victimized by toll fraud and you need technical support or
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Part 15: Class A Statement. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with
the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits
are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the
equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses,
and can radiate radio-frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance
with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference, in
which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense.
Industry Canada (IC) Interference Information
This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class A limits for radio noise emissions set
out in the radio interference regulations of Industry Canada.
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EMC Directive 89/336/EEC
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Acknowledgment
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Contents
Contents iv
About this Book vii
Intended Audiences vii
Supported Product Releases vii
Special Terminology vii
Trademarks viii
How to Order Additional Documentation viii
How to Comment on This Book viii
1 Features and Compatibility 1-1
Feature Overview 1-1
Features for the Customer Organization 1-1
Features for the Subscriber 1-2
Features for the System Administrator 1-3
Compatibility 1-4
Switches 1-4
Native and Non-native Mode 1-5
2 Design and Operation 2-1
TN568 Circuit Pack 2-2
Port Board Emulation 2-2
Flashware 2-2
Hard Disk Drive 2-2
Software 2-3
Networking 2-3
MO Disk Drive 2-7
Faceplate 2-8
On-board Cables 2-9
Operating Requirements 2-9
Space Requirements 2-9
Power Requirements 2-12
Environmental Requirements 2-12
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Voice Ports 3-1
Features that Affect Voice Ports 3-3
Voice Storage 3-4
Voice Storage for Announcement Sets 3-4
NTUITY Message Manager 3-5
I
Backup Limits on the MO Disk Drive 3-6
A Transition Notes A-1
System Design A-1
Native and Non-native Support A-1
Voice Ports A-2
Digital Networking Port A-3
Alarm Origination A-4
LEDs A-5
MO Disk Drive A-5
Switch Integration A-6
DCS Networking A-6
Analog Port Emulation A-6
Limited Availability for Control Link Integration A-7
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B Customer Responsibilities B-1
Staff B-1
Environmental Requirements B-1
Cable Connections B-3
Abbreviations AB-1
Glossary GL-1
Index IN-1
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About this Book
This book describes the DEFINITY® AUDIX® system Release 4.0. This
book is not intended to replace or modify instructions provided in
task-specific documentation for the DEFINITY AUDIX system.
Intended Audiences
This book was designed for the following Lucent T echnologies audiences:
■ Customers
■ Marketing and sales teams
■ Field tec hnicians
■ Technical support organizations
■ Educators and trainers
Supported Product Releases
This book covers DEFINITY AUDIX system Release 4.0. Appendix A also
includes some important changes from previous releases of the system.
Special Terminology
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This book uses the word
AUDIX system. Although Lucent T echnologies’ documentation sometimes
uses the word
communication servers, this document uses the word
Lucent Technologies switches.
Lucent Technologies’ Technical Services Organization (TSO) and its
satellite organizations, such as the Technical Services Center (TSC), the
Sales Design & Support Center (SDSC), and the Multimedia Messaging
Implementation Support Center (MMISC), provide technical support for
Lucent Technologies customers in the U.S. Regional Centers of
Excellence (COEs) support Lucent Technologies customers outside the
U.S. This book broadly categorizes all of these organizations as the
Remote Services Center (RSC).
system
system
to abbreviate the name of the DEFINITY
to refer to other products, such as DEFINITY
switch
to refer to
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Trademarks
Trademarks
This book references the following products trademarked by Lucent
Tec hn olo gi es:
■ DEFINITY
■ INTUITY
■ AUDIX
■ ProLogix
®
™
®
™
This book references the following products trademarked by their
respective vendors:
■ Windows
■ dBASE III PLUS
■ U.S. Robotics
■ Sportster
®
, Microsoft Corporation
®
, Ashton-Tate
®
, 3Com Corporation
®
, 3Com Corporation
How to Order Additional Documentation
In addition to this book, installation, maintenance, and administration
books are available for the DEFINITY AUDIX system.
These books or any other Lucent Technologies product documentation
can be ordered from the Lucent Technologies Product Publications
Catalog website:
www.lucent.com/enterprise/documentation
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Feature Overview
Chapter 1 — Features and Compatibility
With the high-quality voice messaging system DEFINITY AUDIX system
Release 4.0, customers don’t have to answers telephones, and they can
exchange messages at times when it is unnecessary or inconvenient to
talk in person. The DEFINIT Y AUDIX system saves valuable office space
and simplifies system administration by residing inside the customer’s
switch and sharing a single administration terminal. These features, as
well as new enhancements for reliability, make the DEFINITY AUDIX
system Release 4.0 a desirable voice messaging solution for customers
worldwide.
Feature Overview
The DEFINITY AUDIX system offers many features for customer
organizations, individual subscribers, and DEF INITY AUDIX system
administrators to help streamline informati on exchange among
employees.
Features for the Customer Organization
Here are a few of the things the DEFINITY AUDIX system can do to help
improve voice messaging efficiency in customer organizations:
■ Support up to 2000 local subscribers and 100,000 remote
subscribers
■ Store up to 100 hours of voice messages
■ Exchange messages with other voice messaging systems via
Digital Networking and Audio Messaging Interchange
Specification (AMIS) Analog Networking
■ Post greetings and instructions in up to 9 languages from 30
available announcement sets, including a set for teletypewriters
(TTYs)
■ Answer calls with different messages according to the time of day
and holidays
■ Broadcast messages to large groups of subscribers
simultaneously
■ Record messages with the highest voice quality available for
digital voice messaging
■ Deter toll fraud with the Call Transfer Restriction features and
Administ rat i on Password Aging
■ Allow customers to track and bill subscribers’ calls with the
Administration and Data Acquisition Package (ADAP)
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1. AUDIX software uses a voice-encoding algorithm known as
code-excited linear predication (CELP). CELP captures the
nuances and subtle inflections of the human voice, which are an
integral part of interpersonal communication.
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■ Maintain a direct connection with Lucent Technologies’ Remote
Services Center (RSC) to spur immediate support for
maintenance problems
■ Ensure the stability of services by automatically backing up data
on removable optical disks (also called
■ Save money with a small voice messaging system that resides in
MO
disks)
the cus tom er’s sw itch
Savings from A Smaller System
The space the DEFINTY AUDIX system Release 4.0 requires from the
customer’s switch has decreased from previous releases of the system
by 60%. The system now only requires two universal port slots in the
customer’s DEFINITY switch or one slot in a Compact Modular Cabinet
2
(CMC),
while previous releases required five slots.
For smaller switches, such as the CMC, a voice messaging system that
only takes one or two slots can make expanding the customer’s
telecommunications capacity much more efficient in the long run. With a
two-slot v oice messaging system, customers can further expand their
telecommunications capacities—adding voice ports or local area
network (LAN) features, for example—before they must invest in switch
upgrades.
Features for the Subscriber
Subscribers can perform many tasks with the DEFINITY AUDIX system
that make communication faster, easier, and more convenient:
■ Store incoming and outgoing messages in a voice mailbox
■ Use a streamlined voice menu to speed through complex
transactions
■ Post multiple personal greetings on the system, which
subscribers can change according to their availability
■ Compose spoken messages with Voice Mail, which they can
send to one or more other subscribers on the DEFINITY AUDIX
system
■ Send messages to many recipients at once using mailing lists
■ Address voice mail messages by typing recipients’ names, rather
than their extensions, on their telephone keypads
■ Advance or rewind messages as they listen
■ Receive visual notification of new messages with message
waiting indicators (MWIs)—lights or display screens on
subscribers’ telephones that indicate new messages
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■ Receive audible notification for all incoming messages or just
priority messages on remote telephones or pagers
■ Retrieve, create, and send messages on their personal
computers (PCs) using I
NTUITY Message Manager
The Advantages of INTUITY Message Manager
INTUITY Message Manager software provides DEFINITY AUDIX system
subscribers access to the system through a TCP/IP connection with their
PCs.
This PC interface allows subscribers to access and organize their
messages much more quickly than an audible interface. Here are a few
of the things DEFINITY AUDIX system subscribers can do with I
Message Manager:
■ Receive visual notification of their voice mail messages on their
PCs
■ View their entire message lists at once
■ Read message headers, including callers’ names and telephone
numbers, to prioritize the messages they receive and listen to the
messages in the order they choose
■ Access voice mail features through a visual, Windows-based
interface
■ R ecord, edit, and play back messages and personal greetings
using a mouse, rather than a telephone keypad
■ Forward and reply to me ssages
■ Annotate messages with a subject line
■ Save messages on their PCs, creating a permanent record of
important messages and freeing storage space on the DEFINITY
AUDIX system
■ Set up mailing lists and administer personal greetings and
outcalling
■ Access the system’s subscriber directory and mailing lists
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with ease using a keyboard
NTUITY
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Features for the System Administrator
The DEFINITY AUDIX system offers many features that allow system
administrators to easily track system use and change system functions
to meet subscribers’ needs. A few of those features are described here:
3. With the Outcalling feature, the DEFINITY AUDIX system calls
subscribers at a number of their choice, including pagers, to notify
them of incoming messages.
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■ The Class of Service feature allows administrators to manage
system resources by defining up to 12 categories of subscribers
with varying access to system features.
■ The Traffic Reports feature and ADAP allow administrators to
effectively track subscribers’ system use, identify where to
allocate system resources, and decide when to upgrade
hardware.
■ The Administration Password Aging feature helps prevent
unauthorized syste m access.
■ The Alarm Origination feature provides the administrator
immediate technical support by automatically calling Lucent
Technologies’ RSC to report alarms.
Compatibility
Before customers install the DEFINITY AUDIX system, they should
ensure they have a switch release that can accommodate the system.
Switches
The DEFINITY AUDIX system can operate in any of the following
switches:
■ System 75 R1V3
■ System 75 R1V3n
■ System 75 XE
■ DEFINITY Communications System Generic 1
■ DEFINITY Communications System Generic 3i
■ DEFINITY Communications System Generic 3s
■ DEFINITY Communications System Generic 3si
■ DEFINITY Communication System Generic 3csi (ProLogix)
■ DEFINITY Communications System Generic 3vs
■ DEFINITY Communications System Generic 3r
Tab le 1-1
lists special considerations for using the DEFINTIY AUDIX
system with these switches.
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Table 1-1. Considerations for the DEFINTIY AUDIX system
Switch releases Considerations for the DEFINTIY AUDIX system
All Calls using loopback trunks cannot terminate at the
Earlier than 5.3 These switches do not support the use of multifunction
Earlier than
2g.04.5.0.099
DEF INITY AUDIX system
analog telephones (MFATs)
These switches do not support the Transfer Out of AUDIX
feature
Native and Non-native Mode
The DEFINITY AUDIX system can operate with almost any Lucent
Technologies switch release. However, only DEFINITY switch releases
7.1 and later will recognize the DEFINITY AUDIX system’s TN568 circuit
pack.
The circuitry for the DEFINITY AUDIX system is assigned a vintage
number that communicates the system’s function to the switch. The
vintage number for DEFINITY AUDIX system Release 4.0 is 48. Switch
releases 7.1 and later recognize this number as belonging to the
DEFINITY AUDIX system’s TN568 circuit pack. Switch releases earlier
than 7.1recognize vintage number 48 as belonging to one of two digital
port circuit packs:
■ TN754, an 8-port digital circuit pack
■ TN2181, a 16-port digital circuit pack
When the DEFINTY AUDIX system operates in a switch that recognizes
its vintage number as a TN568, the system is operating in
When the DEFINITY AUDIX system operates in a switch that recognizes
the system as a TN754 or TN2181 circuit pack, it is operating in
non-native mode
.5
4
native mode
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4. Even though the TN2181 is a 16-port digital station circuit pack,
the DEFINITY AUDIX system will only support 12 voice ports.
Administering the DEFINITY AUDIX system’s voice ports for
TN2181 emulation requires the use of special proced ures. For
more information about voice port administration, see Chapter 2
Chapter 3, Appendix A, and
for the DEFINIT Y AUDIX System Release 4.0
5. Even though the DEFINITY AUDIX system is emulating a circuit
pack other than the TN568, the digital port circuit pack the system
is emulating will still register a vintage number 48. This vintage
number is unique to DEFINIT Y AUDIX system Release 4.0. See the
system description for the customer’s switch for more information
about accessing circuit packs’ vintage numbers.
Installation and Switch Administration
, 585-300-122
.
,
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Operating in non-native mode does not affect subscribers’ or outside
callers’ use of the system. System administrators, however, should be
aware that messages from the switch, such as alarms, that refer to a
TN754 or a TN2181 circuit pack the system is emulating may actually
refer to the DEFINITY AUDIX system.
NOTE:
Lucent Technologies strongly recommends that the DEFINITY
AUDIX system emulates a TN2181 digital port circuit pack in
switch versions 2 and later. A TN2181 emulation supports a
maximum of 12 voice ports, while a TN754 emulation only
supports a maximum of 8 voice ports. If the DEFINITY AUDIX
system emulates a TN2181 circuit pack, system expansion may be
easier. Switch versions earlier than 2 do not support TN2181
circuit pack emulation.
shows which switches and switch software releases support
Tab le 1-2
the DEFINIT Y AUDIX system and whether or not they support the system
in native mode. For more information about the TN568 circuit pack or the
system’s operations native and non-native mode, see Chapter 2
more information about Alarm Origination and the DEFINITY AUDIX
system’s interactions with the switch, see Chapter 3
.
. For
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Table 1-2. Switch Releases Compatible with the DEFINITY AUDIX
Compatible switch releases
System 75
■ Release 1 Version 3
■ Release 1 Version 3n
G1
■ G1.1
■ G1.1n
G3vs
■ Version 1 to Version 4
■ Release 5 to Release 6
G3s
■ Version 1 to Version 3 No
G3i
■ Version 1 to Version 3 No
G3si
■ Version 4
■ Release 5 to Release 6
G3si
■ Release 7 or later Yes
G3csi
■ Release 6 No
G3csi
■ Release 7 or later Yes
G3r
■ Version 1 to Version 4
■ Release 5 to Release 6
G3r
■ Release 7 or later Yes
System
Do these software
releases support the
system in native mode?
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
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Chapter 2 — Design and Operation
Figure 2-1 shows the five main hardware components that compose the
DEFINITY AUDIX system:
■ TN568 circuit pack
■ Hard disk drive
■ Magneto-optical (MO) disk drive
■ Faceplate
■ On-board H600 cables
H600-500
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H600-502
TN568
Circuit pack
Magneto-optical
disk drive
Emer Reset
Hard disk drive
H600-501
ckdx568t KLC 012099
Faceplate
Shutdown
Figure 2-1. The DEFINITY AUDIX System
This chapter describes each of these components in detail and its role in
voice messaging on the DEFINITY AUDIX system. This chapter also
describes the system’s requirements for resources from the customer’s
switch, such as space and power.
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TN568 Circuit Pack
The TN568 circuit pack holds the systems main circuitry and performs
system’s main processing functions, including message routing,
self-diagnosis, and Alarm Origination.
Port Board Emulation
The TN568 holds the system’s voice ports. These voice ports
correspond to the voice ports on a TN754 or TN2181 circuit pack.
DEFINITY switch releases 7.1 and later recognize the TN568 circuit
pack. However, the system’s voice ports interact with the switch like the
voice ports on a TN754 or TN2181 circuit pack regardless of whether the
system is operating in native or non-native mode. For more information
about digital port emulation, see Chapter 1.
Flashware
The T N568 circuit pack uses
boot the system and programs specific to the TN568. Flashware are
programs that reside on flash programmable read-only memory
(FPROMs). FPROMs are hardware that reside on the TN568 and are
protected from accidental erases or rewrites. Copies of all the active
flashware programs are also stored on the hard disk.
If the customer installs software upgrades or fixes, the new program is
transferred from a MO disk to the hard disk. When the system reboots,
the new program automatically transfers from the hard disk to the
FPROMs and replaces the existing flashware.
flashware
to store the sequences it uses to
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Hard Disk Drive
The hard disk drive stores the system’s AUDIX software, subscriber
information and voice messages.
Voice messages that customers may store on the system include voice
mail, personal greetings, automated attendants, and announcement
sets—the sets of automated, verbal instructions that compose the
system’s user interface.
The hard disk drive provides up to 100 hours of voice storage. The
system comes with a minimum of 10 hours of voice storage. Customers
can purchase additional voice storage in five-hour blocks.
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Software
AUDIX software allows the DEFINITY AUDIX system to communicate
with the switch through a telephone-like interface. This type of operation
is called set-type emulation. The commands that subscribers and the
switch use to access the system’s software correspond to the interface
on a digital telephone, or set.
The digital set the system emulates depends on whether the system is
operating in native or non-native mode. In switch releases earlier than
7.1, the DEFINIT Y AUDIX system emulates a 7405D digital telephone. In
switch releases 7.1 and later, the system communicates with the switch
using an ADX16D set-type interface, through which the switch can
recognize the system’s AUDIX software.
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Networking
Because of its telephone-like interface, the system can send and receive
messages from other voice messaging systems as a telephone can.
AUDIX software helps the system to communicate efficiently with other
AUDIX systems.
The DEFINITY AUDIX system has two networking options that use these
capabilities for message exchange:
■ AMIS Analog Networking
■ Digita l Networkin g
AMIS Analog Networking
AMIS is a standard protocol among voice messaging systems. AMIS
Analog Networki ng uses the Message Delivery feature to send
messages to subscribers on other voice messaging systems that use
the AMIS protocol.
AMIS Analog Networking sends a message through the system’s voice
ports much like a telephone call. The recipient’s voice mail system
receives the message as it would receive any other voice message and
stores it in the recipient’s voice mailbox. Other voice messaging systems
can send messages to the DEFINITY AUDIX system in the same way.
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Digital Networking
Digital Networking is an efficient way for DEFINITY AUDIX, AUDIX R1,
NTUITY, and Interchange systems to communicate with each other
I
without using the systems’ voice ports. The DEF INIT Y AUDIX system has
one Digital Networking port that can be dedicated solely to Digital
1. For more information about digital station emulations, see
Installation and Switch Administration for the DEFINITY AUDIX
System Release 4.0
, 585-300-122.
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Networking features. In its maximum configuration, the DEFINITY AUDIX
system can connect through this Digital Networking channel to up to 100
remote systems, or
nodes
.2
Digital Networking offers several advantages over AMIS Analog
Networking:
■ Digital Networking is more secure than AMIS Analog Networking.
■ Digital Networking uses Lucent Technologies’ Digital
Communications Protocol (DCP) to send subscriber profiles and
message status information along with messages, while AMIS
does not send this information.
■ Digital Networking messages have higher voice quality than
AMIS messages because Digital Networking uses CELP
encoding.
There is one important consideration, however, for customers who want
to use Digital Networking. If customers use Digital Networking, the
DEFINITY AUDIX system will have a maximum of 8 voice ports, rather
than 12. Tab le 2-1
shows the maximum number of voice ports the
DEFINTIY AUDIX system can have with and without Digital Networking.
Table 2-1. Maximum Voice Ports and Digital Networking Ports
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Digital Networking ports Voice ports
Without Digital Networking 0 1 2
With Digital Networking 1 8
1. In switch releases earlier than Version 2, the system has a
maximum of 8 voice ports.
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High-speed Digital Networking Connections
The DEFINTIY AUDIX system offers three types of Digital Networking
configurations: DCP Mode 1, DCP Mode 2, and DCP Mode 3.
DCP Mode 1 and DCP Mode 3 connections are high-speed Digital
Networking connections. DCP Mode 1 and DCP Mode 3 connections
require high-speed facilities to operate, but these connections offer
advantages where there is heavy voice messaging traffic among
customer sites. These high-speed Digital Networking connections can
accommodate the maximum numbers of local subscribers (2000) and
remote subscribers (100,000) the system allows.
2. This configuration is only available with high-speed Digital
Networking connections.
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■ DCP Mode 1 connections transmit data at 56 Kbps. DCP Mode 1
uses a DS1 facility on the switch or a dedicated facility on a T1
carrier.
■ DCP Mode 3 connections transmit data at 64 Kbps. DCP Mode 3
can use a DS1 facility or an ISDN facility on the switch or a
dedicated facility on a T1 carrier.
Figure 2-2
shows a DCP Mode 1 and DCP Mode 3 Digital Networking
connection.
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DEFINITY
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T1 PRI
Port on a
*
DS1 trunk
*
board
or ISDN for Mode 3
*
cydxsl15 LJK 021999
Figure 2-2. DCP Mode 1 and DCP Mode 3 Connections
Low-speed Digital Networking connections
DCP Mode 2 is a low-speed (9.6 Kbps) Digital Networking connection.
DCP Mode 2 requires external hardware to translate digital
transmissions to analog, but it works with most DEFINITY switch
configurations.
3. The DEFINITY AUDIX system uses EIA RS-232 Asynchronous
protocol to communicate with other AUDIX systems in a DCP
Mode 2 connection. Some documentation for Lucent T e chnologies
voice messaging systems may refer to low-speed Digital
Networking connections as RS-232 connections.
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DEFINITY AUDIX System Release 4.0
System Description Pocket Reference
585-300-214
Design and Operation
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In a DCP Mode 2 connection, the DEFINITY AUDIX system connects to a
DCP port on a TN754 circuit pack. It then connects to an analog port in
the switch’s analog trunk group via a data module and a modem .
Customers can use this connection with any DEFINITY or System 75
switch release. Figure 2-3
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Figure 2-3. DCP Mode 2 Connection
Other DCP Mode 2 connections may be available for switch releases
earlier than 7.1. See
DEFINITY AUDIX System — Digital Networking
585-300-534, for more information about DCP Mode 2 connections in
these switches.
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CAUTION:
Operating the DEFINITY AUDIX system in a DCP Mode 2 Digital
Networking connection with higher numbers of subscribers will
significantly degrade the system’s performance. The configuration
for a DCP Mode 2 connection cannot exceed the following limits:
— 10 remote nodes
— 100 local subscribers
— 1000 remote subscribers
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