Meridian America 555-8421-211 manual

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    Meridia n Di gi tal T eleph one IP Ada pter Installati on and Administr ation Guide Produc t release 1 .3 Standard 1.1 October 2001 555-8421-211[...]

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    Meridian Digital T elephone IP Adapter Installati on and Administr ation Guide Prod uct r eleas e: 1.3 Publica tion numb er: 555-8421 -21 1 Docu ment r eleas e: Stan dard 1. 1 Date: Octobe r 2001 Copyri ght © 2001 Nortel Networ ks, All Rights Reserved. Printed i n Canada. All infor mation co ntained in th is docu ment is sub ject to chan ge withou[...]

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    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide v Octobe r 2001 Publica tion history Publicat ion hist ory October 2 001 This is t he Standard 1 .1 issue of th e Meridian Di gital T elephone IP Adapt er Inst allation and Administrat ion Guide (NTP 555-842 1-21 1). This d ocument provide s product descrip tions, plan[...]

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    vi Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide Publica tion hist ory Standard 1.1[...]

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    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide v ii Contents About this document xv About this guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi How to use this g uide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi Product overvi[...]

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    viii Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Instal lation an d Administrat ion Guide Conten ts Standard 1.1 Connection o ptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 10BaseT Ethernet inter face . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 How Meridian Digital Telephon[...]

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    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide ix Octobe r 2001 Contents Network considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 IP addr essing and r outing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Determining DHCP Assign ed IP Addr e[...]

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    x Meridian Dig ital Tele phone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide Conten ts Standard 1.1 4 Configuring the IP Adapter unit using the telephone menu 53 Before you begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Information yo u need to know befor e configuring . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide xi Octobe r 2001 Contents Telephone featur es operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Emer gency service calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    xii Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Instal lation an d Administrat ion Guid e Conten ts Standard 1.1 Performing a fir mware upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 When to perfor m a firmwar e upgrad e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 About firmwar e upgrades and configuration files[...]

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    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide xiii Octobe r 2001 Contents B Connection pin-out tables 175 RJ-45 ethernet co nnector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Admin (serial) co nnector pin-out table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177[...]

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    xiv Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Instal lation an d Administrat ion Guid e Conten ts Standard 1.1[...]

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    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide x v Preface About this document In this preface About this guid e xvi Produc t overview xvii Skills you nee d xviii Conventio ns used in this guid e xx Related in format ion produc ts xxii[...]

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    xvi Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide About thi s document Standard 1.1 About this guide The Meri dian Digital T elephone I P Adapter In stallation and Administ ration Guide (NTP 55 5-8421-21 1) is for te lecom and da ta network managers an d administ ra tor s who plan, in st all , an d manag e corpora[...]

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    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide xvii Octobe r 2001 About thi s docume nt Product o verview Nortel Ne tworks proudly presents Meridian Digi tal T elephone IP Adap ter remote tel ecommunications equipment. Th e Meridian Digi tal T elephone IP Adapter I nstalla tion and Adminis tration Guid e (NTP 555-8[...]

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    xviii Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide About thi s document Standard 1.1 Skills you need Knowledge of , or experie nce with, the f ollowing PC conc epts as appro priate to your net work is hel pful when a dministering a Meridian Digital T elephone I P Adapte r unit: ! Microsof t W indows ! softwar e i[...]

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    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide xix Octobe r 2001 About thi s docume nt Data networking knowledge Knowledge of , or experie nce with, the f ollowing aspe cts of data n etworking: ! data li nk (Layer 2 of the OSI model) — IP proto col — routing ! network ( Layer 3 of the OSI model) — address ing[...]

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    xx Meri dian Digita l Telepho ne IP Adapter Instal lation an d Administrat ion Guid e About thi s document Standard 1.1 Convention s used in this gu ide This sec tion desc ribes the sy mbols and text convent ions used i n this guide . Precaut ionary messages Note : A “Note” des cribes the s econdary r esults of pr ocedures or c ommands, or spec[...]

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    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide xxi Octobe r 2001 About thi s docume nt Example Getting the re 91 1 x ➝ Configur ation Manage r ➝ IP Co nfiguration The long i nstruct ion for th is example is shown bel ow . 1 Do the foll owing: 2 In the left pane, click on the pl us sign (+ ) be side Configu rati[...]

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    xxii Meridian D igital Tele phone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Admi nistration Guide About thi s document Standard 1.1 Related in formation prod ucts This sectio n list s sour ces fo r a dditi onal inform ation relate d to th e Meri dian Digital T elephone IP Adapt er unit . Y ou can or der p rinte d documen tati on and the CD-ROM from your Nortel[...]

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    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide xxiii Octobe r 2001 About thi s docume nt Reach Line Car d Installati on and Administrat ion Guide (NTP 555-8421- 210) The Rea ch Line Car d Installat ion and Administ ration Gui de , wr it ten fo r the instal ler/adminis trator , descri bes how to inst all, config ure[...]

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    xxiv Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide About thi s document Standard 1.1[...]

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    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 1 Chapter 1 Meridian Digital T elephone IP Adapter description In this ch apt er Product In troduction 2 Hardware descr iption 5 Conn ection op tions 1 1 How M eridian Dig ital T elephone IP Adapte r units w ork 12 System security 18 T el ephones 19 Onli ne/Offline T a[...]

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    2 Meridian Dig ital Telepho ne IP Adapte r Installation and Adminis tration G uide Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter desc ription Standard 1.1 Product In troduction Meridian Digital T e lephone IP Adapte r units p rovide fu ll-feat ured host Pri vate Branch Excha nge (PBX) services to single users in small re mote offi ces or home of fices. M[...]

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    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 3 Octobe r 2001 Meridian Digit al Telephone IP Adap ter description Meridian Digital T elephone External IP Adapter unit The Meri dian Digita l T elephone Exter nal IP Adap ter unit con nects to t he telepho ne set line cord of the digital te lephone wit h a standard R[...]

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    4 Meridian Dig ital Telepho ne IP Adapte r Installation and Adminis tration G uide Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter desc ription Standard 1.1 Configuration - Device and Software T o make the Meridi an Digita l T elephone IP Adapte r unit ope rational, s ome configu ration i s required. Y ou ca n use the f ollowing tool s to configur e the Me[...]

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    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 5 Octobe r 2001 Meridian Digit al Telephone IP Adap ter description Hardwa re desc ription This secti on describes the LED displ ays, power supp ly , cables , connectors, a nd Intern et Access De vices (IAD) for the Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter units. Meridi[...]

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    6 Meridian Dig ital Telepho ne IP Adapte r Installation and Adminis tration G uide Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter desc ription Standard 1.1 Meridian Digital T elephone IP Adapter unit LED display di agrams G016 Meridian Digital Telephone IP Adapter circuit card Po w e r LED Rx LED Tx LED G101489I P Meridian Digital Telephone IP Adapter uni[...]

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    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 7 Octobe r 2001 Meridian Digit al Telephone IP Adap ter description Meridian Digi tal T elephone Internal IP Adapt er circuit card The Meridi an Digital T elephone Intern al IP Adapt er circuit car d provide s the connecti ons listed below: ! a fem ale RJ -45 c onne ct[...]

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    8 Meridian Dig ital Telepho ne IP Adapte r Installation and Adminis tration G uide Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter desc ription Standard 1.1 Universal power s upply support - Meridian Digital T elephone Internal IP Adapter circuit card The Meridi an Digital T elephone Intern al IP Adapt er circuit card requir es a .5A/ 24V power su pply . T[...]

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    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 9 Octobe r 2001 Meridian Digit al Telephone IP Adap ter description Universal power supply support - Meridian Digital T elephone External IP Adapter unit The Meridi an Digital T elephone Exter nal IP Adapter unit requi res a .5A/24 V power suppl y . T o order the power[...]

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    10 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter desc ription Standard 1.1 Internet A ccess Device descripti on If you are using a 10BaseT Ether net LAN at the re mote site, you can c onnect the Meridian Digital T elephone IP Adapter u nit to any hi gh-speed Int ernet Acce s[...]

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    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 11 Octobe r 2001 Meridian Digit al Telephone IP Adap ter description Connect ion options Communicati ons between the Meridian Di gital T elephone I P Adapter un it in your of fice and the hos t P BX takes p lace u sing 10 BaseT Eth ernet inter face to an Intern et Acce[...]

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    12 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter desc ription Standard 1.1 How Meridi an Digital T elephone IP Adapter unit s wo rk There ar e two major c omponents to th e Meridian Digital T elephone I P Adapter units . The y are: 1. the Meri dia n Di git al T elephone Int [...]

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    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 13 Octobe r 2001 Meridian Digit al Telephone IP Adap ter description Outgoing call process T o place outgoing ca ll s, us ers can eit her pick up the hands et on the t ele phone or press t he line key . For a deta iled desc ription of the outgoi ng call pr ocess, ref e[...]

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    14 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter desc ription Standard 1.1 Call sc enari o 1: ho st-con troll ed — corporate inte rnal call The foll owing diagr am shows how a call is routed whe n placing a host- control led call ove r the IP netwo rk to the cor porate of [...]

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    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 15 Octobe r 2001 Meridian Digit al Telephone IP Adap ter description Calls wor k the same i n reverse, from the h ost PBX site to the Meridi an Digita l T elephone IP Adap ter unit site. V oice over IP n etwork call 1 The M eridian Di gital T elephone IP Adapte r user [...]

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    16 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter desc ription Standard 1.1 Call scena rio 2: host-c ontrolled—corporate e xternal call The foll owing diagr am shows how a call is routed whe n placing a host- control led call to a party o utside th e org anization us ing a [...]

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    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 17 Octobe r 2001 Meridian Digit al Telephone IP Adap ter description V oice over IP n etwork call 1 The M eridian Di gital T elephone IP Adapte r user li fts the han dset (item A). Result: The Meridi an Digital T ele phone IP A dapter user h ears a di al tone. This in [...]

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    18 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter desc ription Standard 1.1 System secur ity There are two l evels of secu rity t hat you can set to cont rol ac ces s from Meri dian Digital T elephon e IP Adapter uni ts to the RLC on the host P BX. This section descri bes the[...]

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    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 19 Octobe r 2001 Meridian Digit al Telephone IP Adap ter description T eleph ones This secti on lists the tele phones, fe atures, an d modules suppor ted by the Meridian Digital T elephone IP Adapter u nit. Supported digital telephones Meridian Digital T e lephone IP A[...]

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    20 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter desc ription Standard 1.1 Note : Meridian Di gital T elephone Interna l IP Adapte r units d o not support Meridian Communication Adapt ers (MCAs). Meridia n Digital T elephone External IP Adapter units su pport Meridia n Commu[...]

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    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 21 Octobe r 2001 Meridian Digit al Telephone IP Adap ter description Automatic Call Distribution (ACD) applica tions The Meridi an Digital T elephone IP Adap ter support s all Nort el Networks Auto m atic C all D is trib u tion ( ACD) app licati ons.[...]

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    22 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter desc ription Standard 1.1 Online/Off line T able Configur e the Online/Of fline tabl e on the RLC to schedule the times tha t you want to mak e the host PBX ava ilable to the Mer idian Digital T elephone IP Adapte r unit. Note[...]

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    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 23 Octobe r 2001 Meridian Digit al Telephone IP Adap ter description Emergenc y service num ber T o make an emer gency ser vice call, you mus t use a PSTN tele phone. The Meridian Digita l T elephone IP Ada pter un it does not support emer gency servi ce cal ls. A TTEN[...]

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    24 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter desc ription Standard 1.1 Configurati on Manager After t he initial configurati on is complet e, you can us e Configurati on Manager administ ration soft ware to make configurat ion changes and administe r the Meridian Digital[...]

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    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 25 Octobe r 2001 Meridian Digit al Telephone IP Adap ter description Power re qu irements This sec tion lis ts characte ristic s of the reco mmended power supplies f or the Meridian Digital T eleph one IP Adapter u nits. Input specifications Input sp ecifica tions for [...]

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    26 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter desc ription Standard 1.1[...]

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    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 27 Chapter 2 Planning for installation In this ch apt er Physi cal envi ronment 28 Adminis tration PC 31 Netw ork c onsid erati ons 34 Deploym ent 36[...]

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    28 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide Planning for insta llation Standard 1.1 Physical environm ent This secti on provides the spac e, temperature, cab ling, and mounting informat ion you need t o know befor e you install Meridian Digi tal T elephone IP Adapter units. Space Insert the Mer idian Digita l[...]

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    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 29 Octobe r 2001 Planning f or install ation Specification Minimum Maximum Norma l opera tion Recommended: ! T emperature ! Relati ve humidity ! 0 ° C (32 ° F) ! 10% ! 65 ° C (149 ° F) ! 95% (non-con densing) Absolute : ! T emperature ! Relati ve humidity ! 0 ° C [...]

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    30 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide Planning for insta llation Standard 1.1 Mounting options Place t he Meridian Digi tal T elephone External IP Ada pter unit on a desk, or mount the unit on th e wall. If mo unting on the wall, make su re that the c hosen locati on allows you t o easily view the LEDs [...]

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    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 31 Octobe r 2001 Planning f or install ation Administration PC This sec tion desc ribes the way that you ca n connect a n administra tion ter minal to the Me ridian Digital T el ephone IP Adapter unit. It also des cribes the har dware and soft ware requi rements for u [...]

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    32 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide Planning for insta llation Standard 1.1 Administering multiple nodes in the network If you are resp onsible f or admini stering one or more Meridian Digital T elephone IP Adapte r units a nd the RLC on th e host PBX, you can access them and the RLC from anywhe re on[...]

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    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 33 Octobe r 2001 Planning f or install ation Y ear 2000 compliance The Meridi an Digital T elephone IP Adap ter unit and Configurat ion Manager softwar e are Y ear 2000 compl iant. However , you must en sure that th e administ ration PC is Y ear 2000 compli ant by veri[...]

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    34 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide Planning for insta llation Standard 1.1 Network cons id erations Refer t o the Remote Office Network Engineering Gui delines (NTP 555-84 21-103) for detail ed informati on on planning a nd prepari ng your network f or the a dditi on of IP Ada pter u nits. Th e Meri [...]

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    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 35 Octobe r 2001 Planning f or install ation Network diagram The foll owing diagram s hows the Meri dian Digita l T elephone IP Ada pter unit ’ s positi on in an IP network. Router 10 . 2 .1. 3 10 . 3 .1. 3 G101520IP Meridian Digital Telephone External IP Adapter uni[...]

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    36 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide Planning for insta llation Standard 1.1 Deployment This sec tion pres ents the Meri dian Digital T elephone IP Adapter unit deployment models (op tions) that are support ed by Nortel Net works. Tr a n s p o r t m e d i a Y ou can only confi gure the Meridian Di gita[...]

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    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 37 Octobe r 2001 Planning f or install ation IP deployment Before de ploying your Mer idian Digit al T elephone IP Adapter uni t, ensure that you engi neer t he IP networ k p roperl y . Y ou can configur e a pe rmanent (Mod el 1) or on-de mand (Model 2) IP connect ion.[...]

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    38 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide Planning for insta llation Standard 1.1[...]

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    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 39 Chapter 3 Installing the Me ridian Digita l T elephone IP Adapter unit In this ch apt er Prepar ing for installatio n 40 Installi ng the Mer idian Digi tal T e lephone In ternal IP A dapter cir cuit card 42 Installi ng the Mer idian Digi tal T e lephone E xternal IP[...]

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    40 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide Install ing the M eridian Digita l Telephon e IP Adapter uni t St andard 1.1 Preparin g for in stallation This sec tion shows y ou how to pre pare for the install ation of th e Meridian Digital T elephon e IP Adapter uni t. General S afety The fo llowing is a list o[...]

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    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 41 Octobe r 2001 Installi ng the Meridi an Digit al Telephon e IP Adapter uni t Required hardware a nd software tools The fo llowing is a list of req uired har dware and so ftware in stallatio n tools: ! an anti static ES D wrist strap (reco mmended) ! a Phill ips-head[...]

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    42 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide Install ing the M eridian Digita l Telephon e IP Adapter uni t St andard 1.1 Installing the Meridian Digital T elephone Internal IP Adapter circuit card Before yo u can inst all the Meridia n Digital T elephone Interna l IP Adapter circui t card, you must first remo[...]

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    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 43 Octobe r 2001 Installi ng the Meridi an Digit al Telephon e IP Adapter uni t 3 Unscrew and remove the footsta nd of th e digital tel ephone. Note: Refer to “A” in the fo llowing d iagram. 4 Punch ou t the front panels in th e footstan d of the telephone t o make[...]

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    44 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide Install ing the M eridian Digita l Telephon e IP Adapter uni t St andard 1.1 3 Use both han ds to push forward un til the c ircuit card sn aps into pl ace under the brac kets. Note: T wo hol es on eit her side of the circui t card sho uld now be aligned with the cor[...]

  • Page 69

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 45 Octobe r 2001 Installi ng the Meridi an Digit al Telephon e IP Adapter uni t Installi ng ferrit e beads The Meridi an Digita l T elephone Intern al IP Adapter circuit card instal lation k it contain s two ferr ite bead s. Ferrite be ads prote ct the Ether net and po[...]

  • Page 70

    46 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide Install ing the M eridian Digita l Telephon e IP Adapter uni t St andard 1.1 Connecting the Meridian Digita l T elephone Internal IP Adapter circ uit card Ensure t hat you have obtained the followin g telephone an d Ethernet cables for your netw ork: ! Ethernet cabl[...]

  • Page 71

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 47 Octobe r 2001 Installi ng the Meridi an Digit al Telephon e IP Adapter uni t Com plete the foll owing proc edur e: 1 If you want to route cal ls over the IP network or administer the Meridi an Digital T eleph one Intern al IP Adapte r circui t card with C onfigurati[...]

  • Page 72

    48 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide Install ing the M eridian Digita l Telephon e IP Adapter uni t St andard 1.1 Installing the Meridian Digital T elephone External IP Adapt er unit Y ou can inst all the Mer idian Digit al T elephone Extern al IP Adapt er unit on a desk or o n the wall. The unit ha s [...]

  • Page 73

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 49 Octobe r 2001 Installi ng the Meridi an Digit al Telephon e IP Adapter uni t Note : Do not af fix the r ubber fee t to the bott om of the Meridi an Digital T elephone Exter nal IP Adapte r unit. Oth erwise, th e unit cannot be mounted flush again st the wall. Ensure[...]

  • Page 74

    50 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide Install ing the M eridian Digita l Telephon e IP Adapter uni t St andard 1.1 Com plete the foll owing proc edur e: 1 Choose the locatio n on the wall wh ere you want to mount the Meridian Digital T eleph one Exter nal IP A dapter unit. 2 Use the pr e-drilled s crew [...]

  • Page 75

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 51 Octobe r 2001 Installi ng the Meridi an Digit al Telephon e IP Adapter uni t If you ar e connect ing the Meridi an Digita l T elephone Externa l IP Adapte r unit to a hub, you nee d a standa rd CA T5 unshield ed twiste d-pair (UTP), strai ght-t hrough Ethern et cabl[...]

  • Page 76

    52 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide Install ing the M eridian Digita l Telephon e IP Adapter uni t St andard 1.1 b. Connect th e other en d to either a n Ethernet hu b or a netw ork router. 2 Connect th e Meridian Digital T elepho ne Externa l IP Adapter unit to the power so urce as follows: a. Connec[...]

  • Page 77

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 53 Chapter 4 Configuring the IP Adapter unit usi ng the telephone menu In this ch apt er Before you begin 54 Runnin g the telep hone menu script 57[...]

  • Page 78

    54 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide Config uring the IP Ada pter unit usi ng the tele phone me nu Standard 1.1 Before you be gin T o complete ini tial confi guration of the Meri dian Digital T elephon e IP Adapter unit, you must use th e telephone men u. After in itial conf iguration, yo u can use Con[...]

  • Page 79

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 55 Octobe r 2001 Config uring the IP Adapte r unit using the teleph one menu Accessing the telephone menu Y ou can acces s the teleph one menu by qu ickly pres sing the Relea se key four times wit hin a three second time spa n. Refer to “Running the t elephone men u [...]

  • Page 80

    56 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide Config uring the IP Ada pter unit usi ng the tele phone me nu Standard 1.1 Backing up while in the telephone menu If, at any t ime while worki ng with the telephone se t menu, you make a mistake, you can retu rn to the previ ous leve l in the menu sy stem by pressi [...]

  • Page 81

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 57 Octobe r 2001 Config uring the IP Adapte r unit using the teleph one menu Running the teleph one menu sc ript After i nstalling a nd powering up the Meridian Dig ital T elephone IP Ad apter unit, co mplete the following procedure: 1 Press the release k ey four time [...]

  • Page 82

    58 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide Config uring the IP Ada pter unit usi ng the tele phone me nu Standard 1.1 IF you want to THEN do t he following: display read-onl y IP par amete rs, a. Press 1 . b. Press the Hold key . Result: The teleph one disp lay show s the rem ote site’s current IP addres s[...]

  • Page 83

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 59 Octobe r 2001 Config uring the IP Adapte r unit using the teleph one menu 4 The tele phone dis play asks if you w ant to res tore defa ult value s, simi lar to the follow ing: Restore D efault Values ? [1-Yes 2-No] IF you want to THEN do t he following: retain curr [...]

  • Page 84

    60 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide Config uring the IP Ada pter unit usi ng the tele phone me nu Standard 1.1 5 The tele phone dis play a sks if you wan t to modi fy the unit ID of the M eridian Digital T eleph one IP Adapter uni t, similar to the fo llowing: Modify Unit ID ? [1-Yes 2-No] IF you want[...]

  • Page 85

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 61 Octobe r 2001 Config uring the IP Adapte r unit using the teleph one menu 6 The tele phone dis play asks if you want to mo dify the M eridian Digital T ele phone IP Adapter uni t’s setting for the differen ce in the time at the local site and the remote site, si m[...]

  • Page 86

    62 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide Config uring the IP Ada pter unit usi ng the tele phone me nu Standard 1.1 7 The tele phone dis play asks if you w ant to modi fy the emer gency code, simila r to the follo wing: Modi fy Emergenc y Code? [1-Yes 2-No] This step does not apply to M eridian Digital T e[...]

  • Page 87

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 63 Octobe r 2001 Config uring the IP Adapte r unit using the teleph one menu 8 The tele phone dis play asks if you w ant to modi fy the SPR E code th at you must dia l to go online ma nually , sim ilar to the fol lowing: Modify Online SPRE? [1-Yes 2-No] IF you want to [...]

  • Page 88

    64 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide Config uring the IP Ada pter unit usi ng the tele phone me nu Standard 1.1 9 The tele phone dis play asks if you w ant to modi fy the SPR E code th at you must dia l to go of fline m anually , si milar to th e followin g: Modify Offline SPRE? [1-Yes 2-No] IF you wan[...]

  • Page 89

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 65 Octobe r 2001 Config uring the IP Adapte r unit using the teleph one menu 10 The tele phone dis play asks if you w ant to modi fy the SP RE code th at you must dia l to registe r for , or begin a work sessi on, the regi stration SPRE code, similar to the followin g:[...]

  • Page 90

    66 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide Config uring the IP Ada pter unit usi ng the tele phone me nu Standard 1.1 11 The tele phone dis play asks if you w ant to modi fy the SPR E code th at you must dia l to deregis ter from , or end a wor k sessi on, the Der egistratio n SPRE code, similar to the follo[...]

  • Page 91

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 67 Octobe r 2001 Config uring the IP Adapte r unit using the teleph one menu 12 The tele phone dis play asks if you want to modify th e IP param eters, sim ilar to the fo llowing: Modify IP P a rameters? [1-Yes 2-No] IF you want to THEN do t he following: retai n the c[...]

  • Page 92

    68 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide Config uring the IP Ada pter unit usi ng the tele phone me nu Standard 1.1 manually ent er static IP info rmation f or this Me r idian Digital T elephon e IP Ada pter unit, a. Press 2 . b. Press the Hold key . Result: The teleph one disp lay pro mpts you for the Mer[...]

  • Page 93

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 69 Octobe r 2001 Config uring the IP Adapte r unit using the teleph one menu manually ent er static IP info rmation f or this Me r idian Digital T elephon e IP Ada pter unit, (conti nued) g. Press 2 and proceed t o Enabl e DiffSe rv? [1-Ye s 2-No] , belo w , to le ave [...]

  • Page 94

    70 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide Config uring the IP Ada pter unit usi ng the tele phone me nu Standard 1.1 13 The tele phone dis play asks i f you want t o modify RLC Param eters, sim ilar to the fo llowing: Modify RLC P ara meters? [1-Yes 2-No] not en able priori tizing o f voice pa ckets in the [...]

  • Page 95

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 71 Octobe r 2001 Config uring the IP Adapte r unit using the teleph one menu mod ify th e curr ent RLC settings, (conti nued) a. Press 1 . b. Press the Hold key . Result: The teleph one disp lay prompts you to e nter the RLC por t number that you wa nt to proces s this[...]

  • Page 96

    72 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide Config uring the IP Ada pter unit usi ng the tele phone me nu Standard 1.1 restr ict access t o the Me ridian Digital T elephone IP Ada pter unit according to a te n digit sec urity code main taine d by t he securi ty ID of th e qualif ied call ers, a. Press 2 t o s[...]

  • Page 97

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 73 Octobe r 2001 Config uring the IP Adapte r unit using the teleph one menu 14 The tele phone dis play asks if you w ant to modi fy the loc al callin g settings on this M eridian Dig ital T elephone IP Adapte r unit, sim ilar to the fo llowing: Modify Local Calling? [[...]

  • Page 98

    74 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide Config uring the IP Ada pter unit usi ng the tele phone me nu Standard 1.1 15 The tele phone dis play asks if you want to mo dify the c urrent ana log locali zation s etting for this Merid ian Digit al T e lephone IP Adapter unit, simila r to the follo wing: Modify [...]

  • Page 99

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 75 Octobe r 2001 Config uring the IP Adapte r unit using the teleph one menu 17 The tele phone dis play asks if you want t o conf igure the ty pe of telep hone set at tached to th is Meridian Digital T el ephone IP A dapter unit , simila r to the follow ing: Configure [...]

  • Page 100

    76 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide Config uring the IP Ada pter unit usi ng the tele phone me nu Standard 1.1 18 The tele phone d isplay as ks if you w ant to save th e configu ration you h ave just entere d, sim ilar to the following : Save Configura tion? [1-Yes 2-No] modify th e current telephon e[...]

  • Page 101

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 77 Octobe r 2001 Config uring the IP Adapte r unit using the teleph one menu Note : Do not inte rrupt the po wer to the Meri dian Digital T elephone IP Adapter unit dur ing the s ave proces s. 19 The tele phone d isplay asks if you w ant to rebo ot the Mer idian Digita[...]

  • Page 102

    78 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide Config uring the IP Ada pter unit usi ng the tele phone me nu Standard 1.1 reboot t he Meridian Digital T elephone IP Adapter un it, a. Press 1 . Result: Press th e Hold key . The tele phone d isplay asks if you w ant to shut the system down or res tart the sy stem,[...]

  • Page 103

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 79 Octobe r 2001 Config uring the IP Adapte r unit using the teleph one menu confir m your instru ction to restar t the Meridian Digital T elephone IP Adapter un it, a. Press 1 t o restar t the Meri dian Digital T elephon e IP Adapte r unit. b. Press the Hold key . Res[...]

  • Page 104

    80 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide Config uring the IP Ada pter unit usi ng the tele phone me nu Standard 1.1 abort yo ur instru ction to shut down the Meridian Digital T elephone IP Adapter un it, a. Press 2 . b. Press the Hold key . Result: Return to Di splay Lo cal IP? [1-Y es 2- No] on page 57. c[...]

  • Page 105

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 81 Chapter 5 Changing configurat ion settings using Configuration Manager In this ch apt er Before you begin 82 Merid ian Digital T el ephone IP Adapter uni t system configura tion 83 IP con figurati on 8 8 RLC co nnection configurati on 91[...]

  • Page 106

    82 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide Chang ing configura tion sett ings using C onfigura tion Manage r Standard 1.1 Before you be gin This sec tion desc ribes the co nfigurat ion setting s that app ly to Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adap ter unit s. If you need remote seria l access to Con figuratio[...]

  • Page 107

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 83 Octobe r 2001 Changi ng configurati on settings using C onfiguration Man ager Meridia n Di gital T ele phone IP A da pter unit system con figuration This sec tion desc ribes the settings t hat apply to the Meri dian Digit al T elephone IP Adap ter unit sys tem. Note[...]

  • Page 108

    84 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide Chang ing configura tion sett ings using C onfigura tion Manage r Standard 1.1 Configuring the system settings T o configure t he system set tings, compl ete the followi ng procedu re: 1 Complete th e fields as descr ibed in the “ Meridian Di gital T elephon e IP [...]

  • Page 109

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 85 Octobe r 2001 Changi ng configurati on settings using C onfiguration Man ager Meridian Digital T elephone IP Adapter System Configuration field descripti ons Field Descriptio n Unit ID Assign a nu mber between 1 a nd 20 to the Mer idian Digit al T elephone IP Ad apt[...]

  • Page 110

    86 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide Chang ing configura tion sett ings using C onfigura tion Manage r Standard 1.1 SPRE Codes: Online En ter t h e SPRE code (max im um seve n digit s) tha t is use d to place your site into onli ne mode, or a ccept the def ault. The defaul t is #99. Note: Th e SPRE cod[...]

  • Page 111

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 87 Octobe r 2001 Changi ng configurati on settings using C onfiguration Man ager Local Call: Autohold This sett ing does n ot apply to Meri dian Digita l T elephone IP Adapter s. Local DN This se tting doe s not appl y to Meridian Di gital T elephone IP Adapter s. Anal[...]

  • Page 112

    88 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide Chang ing configura tion sett ings using C onfigura tion Manage r Standard 1.1 IP c onfiguratio n This sec tion explai ns how to chan ge the IP addr ess, subnet mask, and def ault gateway f or the Meri dian Digital T elephone IP Adap ter unit . Getting ther e 91 1x [...]

  • Page 113

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 89 Octobe r 2001 Changi ng configurati on settings using C onfiguration Man ager Configuring IP information T o change the I P informati on, complet e the followi ng procedure: 1 Complete th e fields of the IP Co nfiguration property s heet as d escribed in “IP Confi[...]

  • Page 114

    90 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide Chang ing configura tion sett ings using C onfigura tion Manage r Standard 1.1 IP Configuration field des criptions Field Description Automatic DHCP Configuration ! Cl ick on the Obtain IP Addr ess fr om Server option button t o allow th e Meridian Digi tal T elepho[...]

  • Page 115

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 91 Octobe r 2001 Changi ng configurati on settings using C onfiguration Man ager RLC connectio n configuration This sec tion shows y ou how to cha nge the RLC connect ion info rmation needed by the Meridi an Digit al T elephone IP Adapt er unit to estab lish connec tio[...]

  • Page 116

    92 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide Chang ing configura tion sett ings using C onfigura tion Manage r Standard 1.1 Configuring the RLC connection information T o change the RLC co nnection i nformation, c omplete the f ollowing pr ocedure: 1 Complete th e fields of the RLC Co nnection pr operty shee t[...]

  • Page 117

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 93 Octobe r 2001 Changi ng configurati on settings using C onfiguration Man ager RLC Connection configuration field descriptions Field Descriptio n Unit ID The RLC’ s non-conf igurabl e unit ID of 254. RLC Port Number Enter the RLC voice port nu mber designate d for [...]

  • Page 118

    94 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide Chang ing configura tion sett ings using C onfigura tion Manage r Standard 1.1 Securit y Level Select No Security f rom the drop down list box if you d o not want t he RLC to perform a security ch eck. Select Pr ovi si on ID from the dr op d own l is t box to requir[...]

  • Page 119

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 95 Chapter 6 Using the digital telephone In this ch apt er Modes of operatio n 9 6 Placin g and rec eiving calls 98 Indicato r updates 100 Display messag es 101 T ele phone f eatures oper ation 103 Going o nline and offline 105[...]

  • Page 120

    96 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide Using the digital telephone Standard 1.1 Modes of ope rati on Digital telephones at your Meri dian Digit al T elephone IP Adap ter unit si te can operate in the f ollowing mode s: ! host-co ntrolle d ! online t o host PBX ! of fline fr om host PBX Host-controlled mo[...]

  • Page 121

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 97 Octobe r 2001 U sing the d i gital telephon e ! special prefix (SPRE) codes conf igured on the Meridi an Digital T elephone IP Adapte r unit at your site For more i nformation, r efer to “ SPRE Codes: Online” on page 86 and “ SPRE Codes: Of fline” on page 86[...]

  • Page 122

    98 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Adapter Installa tion and Ad ministrat ion Guide Using the digital telephone Standard 1.1 Placing and re ceiving calls Place out going cal ls by pressi ng the cal ling key to r eceive an outgoing lin e. Receiving i ncoming calls A Meridian Digital T elephone IP Adapter u nit rece ives host-c ontrolled incoming c a[...]

  • Page 123

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 99 Octobe r 2001 U sing the d i gital telephon e DSP lim it indicates th at there we re not eno ugh availab le DSP res ources in the system to comple te the reques ted task. 2 Dial the n umber of t he party you want to call. Result: The host P BX recei ves and pr ocess[...]

  • Page 124

    100 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Using the digital telephone Standard 1.1 Indic ato r updates Digital telephone i ndicator s reflect t he current s tatus of th e telepho ne. For example, t hey identif y when call s are waiting , active, on hold, or (if your of fice has voic e mail) th at message s[...]

  • Page 125

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 101 Octobe r 2001 U sing the d i gital telephon e Display mes sages This sec tion desc ribes the mess ages that ca n appear on your digital telephone display . Messag e descriptions Message Description Going O ffline in 30 S ecs Going O ffline in 20 Se cs Going O fflin[...]

  • Page 126

    102 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Using the digital telephone Standard 1.1 Online Mode This means you can pl ace and re ceive call s through t he host PBX. Port Alre ady in Use If this message appears on your statio n, your sta tion partici pates in a mul ti-user or dynamic pool por t on the RLC. T[...]

  • Page 127

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 103 Octobe r 2001 U sing the d i gital telephon e T eleph on e featur es o peration This sec tion desc ribes how to us e the fol lowing digita l telephone features in host-co ntrolle d modes: Emergency ser vice calls Do not place an eme rgen cy service ca ll, for i nst[...]

  • Page 128

    104 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Using the digital telephone Standard 1.1 ! An incoming host-cont rolled cal l is direct ed to the call waitin g key by the host PBX. ! An incoming locally controlled c all flashe s the local calling k ey indicator and sounds the aler t tone. Call T ransfer T o tran[...]

  • Page 129

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 105 Octobe r 2001 U sing the d i gital telephon e Going o nline a nd offlin e Y our Meridian Digital T elephone IP Adapter uni t site can opera te in ei ther online mod e or off line mode. Th is is contr olled by on e or both of t he following: ! SPRE codes t o manuall[...]

  • Page 130

    106 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Using the digital telephone Standard 1.1 Overriding an automa tic offlin e event from the host P BX If the host PBX attempts to proces s an off line event wh ile you ar e on a host- control led call, yo u are aler ted by both an audible a lert and a di splay mess a[...]

  • Page 131

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 107 Chapter 7 Administration In this ch apt er Changing th e admini stration pas sword 108 Crea ting a backup config urati on fil e 1 10 Restoring t he conf iguration 1 1 3 Display logs 1 18 Statisti cs screens 122 V erif ying the f irmware and s oftware ve rsion 139 O[...]

  • Page 132

    108 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Adminis trat ion Standard 1.1 Changing the administration p ass word T wo layers o f password security pr otect the Meridian Digi tal T elephone I P Adapter u nit’ s configur ation. If you want t o secure the Mer idian Digi tal T elephone IP Adap ter unit ’ s c[...]

  • Page 133

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 109 Octobe r 2001 Administ ration 2 Complete th e fields in the Chan ge Pass word - L ocal dialog box. 3 Click on th e OK button. Changing the Meridi an Digital T elephone IP Adapter unit’ s password T o change the Meri dian Digi tal T elephone I P Adapter unit’ s [...]

  • Page 134

    110 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Adminis trat ion Standard 1.1 Creating a ba cku p config u ration file Create a backup copy of the Meridi an Digital T elephon e IP Adapter unit’ s configu ration by downloading the configur ation flash memory to a t ext file on your admin istration PC. Nortel Ne[...]

  • Page 135

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 111 Octobe r 2001 Administ ration Creating the backup fi le T o create the backup fi le: 1 From the M enu Ba r , choo se Upload /Download ➝ Do wnload Confi g. Result: The Downlo ad Configur ation di alog box display s, simila r to the foll owin g: 2 Choose the mode y[...]

  • Page 136

    112 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Adminis trat ion Standard 1.1 3 Click on th e Browse button and navi gate to the f older whe re you want to keep the c onfig uration tex t file. 4 Enter a name for the file in the Fil e name fiel d. Note: This conf iguration fi le becom es your ba ckup fil e, so en[...]

  • Page 137

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 113 Octobe r 2001 Administ ration Restor ing the co nfi gurat io n Restore the Meridi an Digital T elephone IP Adap ter unit’ s configurati on in flash memory by upl oading a co nfiguratio n text fi le from your ad ministra tion PC. Perform t he upload ov er the IP n[...]

  • Page 138

    114 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Adminis trat ion Standard 1.1 Uploading a configuration file over the IP network T o upload a conf iguration f ile over the IP network , complete the f ollowing procedur e: 1 Navigate to the locati on of the confi guration fi le. 2 From th e Menu Ba r , choo se ➝[...]

  • Page 139

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 115 Octobe r 2001 Administ ration 4 Click on the Browse button . Result: The Open dialog bo x disp lays, si milar t o the follo wing: 5 Ensu re the File s of type li st drop down box s hows T ext Fi le (*.TXT ) 6 Navigate to the folde r contai ning the con figurati on [...]

  • Page 140

    116 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Adminis trat ion Standard 1.1 8 Click on th e Upload butto n. Result: The middl e of the Upl oad Config uration d ialog box d ispla ys status message s relating to the u pload. The followi ng is an example. . CAUTION Risk of incorrect operation due to par tial conf[...]

  • Page 141

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 117 Octobe r 2001 Administ ration Note: Do not ignore error me ssages in Save to F lash proc ess. If Sav e to Flash fai ls, retry upl oading an d saving to Flash. If the problem persists , check t he file be ing uploa ded and r eport the pro blem to No rtel Network s. [...]

  • Page 142

    118 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Adminis trat ion Standard 1.1 Display lo gs The Meridi an Digital T elephone IP Adap ter unit kee ps track of system perfor mance throug h the maintena nce of dis play logs. Each line, or displa y log, repres ents a sep arate acti on comple ted by the uni t. Use th[...]

  • Page 143

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 119 Octobe r 2001 Administ ration Printing the display logs to a file If you r equest techn ical suppo rt, your s upport re presentati ve can ask y ou to provide a copy of th e display lo gs. T o recreate the log in a f ile on you r administ ration PC, use the foll owi[...]

  • Page 144

    120 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Adminis trat ion Standard 1.1 Changing the number of display logs retained by the Meridian Digital T elephone IP Adapter unit A Meridian Digital T elephone IP Adapter u nit retain s a maximum of 10 00 display logs, each requiri ng one line of text. When t he unit?[...]

  • Page 145

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 121 Octobe r 2001 Administ ration Clear logs The Meridi an Digital T elephone IP Adap ter unit al lows you to delet e unneeded informat ion by cleari ng the display log s. T o discard or clear display logs that are no longer useful, c omplete the f ollowing pr ocedure:[...]

  • Page 146

    122 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Adminis trat ion Standard 1.1 Statistics screens All sta tistics sc reens provid ed by the Al arms/Stats/ Logs menu, func tion primari ly to hel p you obtain in formation to provide to techn ical suppo rt personne l, upon req uest. Getting ther e 91 1x ➝ Configur[...]

  • Page 147

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 123 Octobe r 2001 Administ ration T o display the Bandwidth Con nection Stat istics s creen, refe r to “Display ing the Bandwidth Co nnection S tatistics screen”, as f ollows. T o obtai n the defini tions for the statis tics presen ted on the Bandwidth Conne ction [...]

  • Page 148

    124 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Adminis trat ion Standard 1.1 Bandwidth Connection Stat is tics field descripti ons The fo llowing tabl e describes the stat istics o n the Bandwidth Connection Statis tics scr een: Statis tic Descriptio n Remote Unit Number Iden tifies the re mote u nit tha t init[...]

  • Page 149

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 125 Octobe r 2001 Administ ration Caller Information Stati stics Caller In formation (Inf o) Statistics, si milar to the followi ng, allow you to see the type of call bei ng made. Use the Cal ler Informat ion Statis tics to h elp you determi ne if the band width used b[...]

  • Page 150

    126 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Adminis trat ion Standard 1.1 Displaying the Cal ler Info Statistics screen Choose Alarms/ Stats/Logs ➝ Cal ler Info S tatistics from the Menu Bar to d isplay the Caller In fo Statistic s screen. Result: Configurati on Manage r gathers t he statis tics from the M[...]

  • Page 151

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 127 Octobe r 2001 Administ ration Caller I nfo Statisti cs field descriptions The fo llowing tabl e descri bes the stat istics o n the Call er Info St atistics screen: Statis tic Descriptio n Connection ID Identif ies the seria l number of this cal l through the li fet[...]

  • Page 152

    128 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Adminis trat ion Standard 1.1 Digita l Signal Proce ssor (DS P) Statisti cs Digital Signal Proce ssor (DSP) S tatistics , similar to the foll owing, show informat ion a bout t he DSP device s on the logge d-in Meri dian Digi tal T elephone IP Adapt er unit. Use t h[...]

  • Page 153

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 129 Octobe r 2001 Administ ration Displaying the DSP Statisti cs screen Choose Alarms /Stats/Logs ➝ DSP Stati stics from t he Menu Bar to dis play the DSP Stati stics sc reen. Result: Configurati on Manage r gathers sta tistics from the Mer idian Digi tal T ele phone[...]

  • Page 154

    130 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Adminis trat ion Standard 1.1 DSP Statistics fiel d descri ptions The fo llowing tabl e describes the stat istics o n the DSP Stati stics sc reen: Statis tic Descriptio n Single Digit Device ID Ident ifies an in ternal s equence number f or indexing t his DSP devic[...]

  • Page 155

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 131 Octobe r 2001 Administ ration A vailable Mod em Channels Ident ifies the n umber of unused c hannels on th is DSP that can trans mit modem calls. T otal Flex Channels Identifies the n umber of chan nels on this DSP that can prov ide m ultip le fun c tion a liti es [...]

  • Page 156

    132 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Adminis trat ion Standard 1.1 Ethernet Int erface Stat istics Ethernet Interface Statisti cs, similar t o the fol lowing, list information a bout the connecti on between the IP net work and the Meridian Di gital T elephone I P Adapter unit that is achieved over the[...]

  • Page 157

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 133 Octobe r 2001 Administ ration Displaying the Ethe rnet Interface Stati sti cs screen Choose Alarm s/Stats/Logs ➝ Ethernet Interfac e Statistic s from the Menu Bar to display the Ether net Interf ace Statis tics scr een. Result: Configurati on Manage r gathers sta[...]

  • Page 158

    134 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Adminis trat ion Standard 1.1 Ethernet I nterface Stati stics field descr iptions The fo llowing tabl e descri bes the stat istics o n the Ethern et Interf ace Stat istics scr een: Statis tic Description Channel Iden tifies t he Etherne t device th at the s tatisti[...]

  • Page 159

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 135 Octobe r 2001 Administ ration MPkts Identifi es the number of outbound pa ckets sent t o multiple recipi ents. Disc Identi fies the number of outbou nd packets discarded by the interf ace due to resource pr oblems. Err Identifi es the numbe r of outbound pa ckets d[...]

  • Page 160

    136 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Adminis trat ion Standard 1.1 Networ k Statist ics Network St atistics a llow you to see the pe rformance of t he Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adap ter unit in terms o f the transmi ssion and rec eption of frames and packet s dur ing the las t 24 hour s. Use thi[...]

  • Page 161

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 137 Octobe r 2001 Administ ration Displaying the Networ k Stati stics screen Choose Alarms /Stats/Logs ➝ Network S tatistics from the M enu Bar to d isplay the Network S tatistics screen. Result: Configurati on Manage r gathers sta tistics from the Mer idian Digi tal[...]

  • Page 162

    138 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Adminis trat ion Standard 1.1 Network Stat istics fiel d descriptions The fo llowing tabl e describes the infor mation on t he Network St atistics screen: Statistic Descrip tion Hour Identi fies t he ho ur that the st atis tics on tha t line appl y to. Thes e nu mb[...]

  • Page 163

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 139 Octobe r 2001 Administ ration V erifying the firmware an d so ftware version This sec tion desc ribes how to de termine t he version of firmware a nd software curr ently in stalled. Before y ou per form a firmwar e or software upgrade , y ou shoul d determi ne what[...]

  • Page 164

    140 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Adminis trat ion Standard 1.1 V eri fy i ng t h e fi rmwa re ve rsi on T o verify the firmware vers ion on your Meridian Di gital T elephone IP Adapter unit, co mplete the following procedure: 1 From the M enu Ba r , choo se Sys tem Informati on ➝ Syst em Data . [...]

  • Page 165

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 141 Octobe r 2001 Administ ration Obtaining th e latest upgrad e file If you ne ed to upgrade t he firmwar e or softwar e, you can obtai n the lates t upgrade f iles by cli cking on the Cus tomer Suppor t and Soft ware Distrib ution links at the follow ing webs it e: w[...]

  • Page 166

    142 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Adminis trat ion Standard 1.1 Extracting upgrade files from the download file Before yo u perform an upg rade, ensur e you have obta ined the l atest upgrade files fr om your Nortel Ne tworks distr ibutor . The upg rade files are enclosed in self- extracting execut[...]

  • Page 167

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 143 Octobe r 2001 Administ ration 4 Click on th e Unzip button. Result: The file e xtraction beg ins. A s tatus bar s hows the extrac tion progress . When co mpleted, a n “unzi pped succe ssfully” message displays , simila r to the follo wing: 5 Click on th e OK bu[...]

  • Page 168

    144 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Adminis trat ion Standard 1.1 Performing a firmware up grade This sec tion desc ribes how to pe rform a firmwar e upgrade o n your Meridian Digital T elephone IP Adap ter unit . Y ou perform th e upgrade o ver the I P network using th e TF TP protocol. Y ou must ha[...]

  • Page 169

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 145 Octobe r 2001 Administ ration Getting ther e 91 1x ➝ Configuration M anager Upgrading the Meridian Digita l T elephone IP Adapter unit firmware T o upgrade the Mer idian Digit al T elephone IP Adapt er unit firmware , complete the fol lowing proc edure: 1 From th[...]

  • Page 170

    146 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Adminis trat ion Standard 1.1 3 Click on th e Browse button . Result: The Open dialog bo x disp lays, si milar t o the follo wing: 4 Ensure the Files of type dr op down bo x shows Upgrade Fi les (*.U PG). 5 Navigate to the folde r where the firmware file is located[...]

  • Page 171

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 147 Octobe r 2001 Administ ration Resta rting the system After a firmware up grade or a conf iguration c hange, it is often necessary to restar t the Meri dian Digital T elephon e IP Adapter unit. Use the following procedur e to restar t the unit u sing Confi guration [...]

  • Page 172

    148 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Adminis trat ion Standard 1.1 Performing a softwar e upgrade Perform a software upgr ade if you have determin ed that you are using out-of- date softwar e. For ins tructions o n determining i f you need to perform an upgrade, refer to “V erifying the firmware and[...]

  • Page 173

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 149 Chapter 8 T roubleshooting In this ch apt er Before you begin 150 Meridian D igital T ele phone IP A dapter unit LEDs 152 Digital t elepho ne 153 Network connecti vity 159 Software problems 162 Using Co nfiguration Manager ’s PING 16 3 Recovering from a catas tro[...]

  • Page 174

    150 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Troub lesho oti ng Standard 1.1 Before you be gin The quest ions lis ted in this section c an help you det ermine the proper cou rse of action for addre ssing your pro blem. Identifying why a problem occurred If you ex perience pro blems in se tting up or r unning [...]

  • Page 175

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 151 Octobe r 2001 Troub leshooting Did you modify the configura tion or change any h ardware components? yes 1 V erify that c hanges were comple ted corr ectly . 2 Check t he hardware componen ts to ensure t hey are i n working order . 3 Perfo rm troubleshoo ting for t[...]

  • Page 176

    152 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Troub lesho oti ng Standard 1.1 Meridia n Di gital T ele phone IP A da pter unit LEDs During t he Meridian Digi tal T elephone IP Ada pter unit powe r-up cycl e, watch the fro nt panel o f the Meridian Dig ital T elephone Ext ernal IP Adapt er unit, o r the rea r p[...]

  • Page 177

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 153 Octobe r 2001 Troub leshooting Digital telephone This section iden tifies some proble ms that can occur o n the digita l telepho ne, and descr ibes what to do to resol ve them. Symptom descriptions If you ar e having tro uble with d igital telep hones, perf orm tro[...]

  • Page 178

    154 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Troub lesho oti ng Standard 1.1 There is no dial tone whe n pressing either t he host ca lling or local cal ling ke ys and this is a firs t-tim e inst allat ion. (continue d) 5 Use Conf iguration M anager to verify that th e following configurati on is corre ct on [...]

  • Page 179

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 155 Octobe r 2001 Troub leshooting IF Symptom THEN What to do There is no dial tone whe n pressing either t he host ca lling or loc al calli ng keys. 1 Check the IP network to ensure the followi ng: ! The IP network is not down. ! T raffic is b eing rout ed between t h[...]

  • Page 180

    156 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Troub lesho oti ng Standard 1.1 The displa y is blank (that is, the time a nd date ar e not displayed ). 1 T ak e the dig ital telep hone hands et off hook a nd dial the online SPRE c ode. The Meridian Dig ita l T elephone IP Adapter u nit attempts to connect to th[...]

  • Page 181

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 157 Octobe r 2001 Troub leshooting There are noticeable g aps or poor quali ty when a voice call is activ e on the IP network . Contact your net w ork admin is tr at or to conduct a tr aff ic stu dy on your voi ce and IP network t raf fic patter ns as descri bed in the[...]

  • Page 182

    158 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Troub lesho oti ng Standard 1.1 Incoming calls are n ot being received from the host PBX. (continue d) 5 The netwo rk administra tor should check the I P network (if it is being used) an d ensure that: ! it is n ot dow n ! traf fic i s being route d between t he Me[...]

  • Page 183

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 159 Octobe r 2001 Troub leshooting Network connec tivity This secti on iden tifies some p roblems th at can occ ur on the da ta network , and descri bes what to do to resolve them. System des criptions If you ar e not abl e to establi sh or maint ain data network conn [...]

  • Page 184

    160 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Troub lesho oti ng Standard 1.1 10060 TELNET CONNECTION FAILED appears when attempti ng to conne ct to the Meridian Digital T elephone I P Adapte r unit. The Meridian Dig it al T elephone IP Adap te r unit can not be reached on the IP ne twork. 1 Check the confi gu[...]

  • Page 185

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 161 Octobe r 2001 Troub leshooting The Meridi an Digital T elephone IP Adap ter unit does not send or recei ve Ethernet traf fic. 1 Ensure the Merid ian Digit al T el ephone IP Ada pter unit is powered up . The Merid ian Digital T el ephone IP Adapter unit canno t send[...]

  • Page 186

    162 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Troub lesho oti ng Standard 1.1 Software prob le ms This secti on iden tifies some proble ms that can o ccur with the Config uration Manager so ftware, an d describes wha t to do to re solve the m. Symptom descriptions If you ar e not abl e to complete a task wit h[...]

  • Page 187

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 163 Octobe r 2001 Troub leshooting Using Co nfi guratio n Manage r ’ s PING PING, or Packet Inter Net Gro per , is a protoc ol and pro gra m to test that a device is acce ssible on a ne twork. This section expl ains how to use the PING opt ion provide d in the Conf i[...]

  • Page 188

    164 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Troub lesho oti ng Standard 1.1 4 Click on th e OK button. Result: The PING tes t window disp lays, show ing the PIN G results. The following is an ex ample of a successf ul PING. The foll owing is an examp le of an un successf ul PING. 5 Click on th e Close button[...]

  • Page 189

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 165 Octobe r 2001 Troub leshooting Unsuccessful PING options If the PING was unsuccess ful, answer these quest ions: 1 Did you e nter the IP address c orrectly? 2 Are the subn et mask and default gat eway config ured prop erly at your site? (Confirm th is by c hecking [...]

  • Page 190

    166 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Troub lesho oti ng Standard 1.1 Recovering from a catastrophic failu re C atastr ophic failu r e is defined a s a fail ure of the eq uipment to operat e after review of all troubl eshootin g informat ion and impl ementation of appropriate procedur es. Should you r [...]

  • Page 191

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 167 Octobe r 2001 Troub leshooting Repair and warranty informati on The Meridi an Digita l T elephone IP Adapte r unit con tains no user -servic eable components . If the p roblem experie nced with your Meridian Di gital T elephone IP Ada pter uni t persis ts aft er yo[...]

  • Page 192

    168 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Troub lesho oti ng Standard 1.1 Asia/Pac ific Nortel Di stributio n Center c/o ACCO T ran sport 21 South St . Unit#2 R ydalmere, NSW 21 16 Australia CALA Note : When you ne ed warranty an d repair ser vice in Centr al American and Latin Amer ican count ries, you mu[...]

  • Page 193

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 169 Appe ndix A Planning forms In this appendix IP Adapte r Network Co nnection s 170 IP Adapte r Configu ration In formation —Dialing Plans 171 IP Adapte r teleph one menu— Co nfiguration V a lues 172 Note : Y ou can locate el ectroni c Remote Off ice Planning for[...]

  • Page 194

    170 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Planning forms Stand ard 1.1 IP Adapter Network Connections Secu rity leve l: No secu rity Provisi oned security Meridian Di gital Telephone I P Adapter site ide ntification Node n umber: Node n ame: IP address: Subnet m ask: Defaul t gateway: If the s ecurity le v[...]

  • Page 195

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 171 Octobe r 2001 Planning forms IP Adapte r Configura tion Informati on—Dialing Plans Notes: ! The poun d sign (#) is mandat ory and is auto maticall y preconfi gured i n Configur ation Man ager. The poun d sign pr events conf licts with the dialing plan on the ho s[...]

  • Page 196

    172 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Planning forms Stand ard 1.1 IP Adapter telephone me nu— Configurati on V alues Use the va lues shown b elow to conf igure the Mer idian Digita l T elephone IP Ada pter unit using th e telepho ne menu. Configur ation V alue Description V alue User Name GUEST (483[...]

  • Page 197

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 173 Octobe r 2001 Planning forms Configur ation V alue Description V alue Securit y Level (RLC) ___________ ______________ ________ Enable I P (V oi ce over IP) Y / N (c ircle on e) RLC IP Addres s ___________ ______________ ________ IP Signal ing ___________ _________[...]

  • Page 198

    174 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Planning forms Stand ard 1.1[...]

  • Page 199

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 175 Appe ndix B Connection pin-out tables In this appendix RJ-45 ether net conn ector 176 Admin ( serial) connecto r pin-ou t table 177 Power c onnector pi n-out table 178[...]

  • Page 200

    176 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Conne cti on pin -out tables Standard 1.1 RJ-45 ethern et co nnector Pin # Signal 1R X + 2 RX- 3T X + 4 NC 5N C 6 TX- 7N C 8 NC[...]

  • Page 201

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 177 Octobe r 2001 Conn ection pin-o ut tables Admin (se rial) connec tor pin-out ta ble Pin numbe r Signal name I/O Description 1 2 MMI-RXD I MMI RS-232C Receive Da ta 3 MMI-TXD O MMI RS-232C T ransmit Data 4 5 Ground I Log ic Ground 6 7 8 9[...]

  • Page 202

    178 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Conne cti on pin -out tables Standard 1.1 Power co nnector pin-o ut table Pin numbe r Signal name I/O Current Description 1 Ground I Lo gic Ground 2 +24V AC I 1. 5 A +24V AC[...]

  • Page 203

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 179 Appe ndix C Equipment attachment notices In this appendix Industry Canad a 180[...]

  • Page 204

    180 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Equipme nt attachmen t notices Standard 1.1 Industry Canada NOTICE: Th e Industr y Canada label identif ies cert ified equip ment. This certi fication mean s only tha t the equipment meets telec ommunication s network protect ive, oper ational, and safety r equirem[...]

  • Page 205

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 181 Appe ndix D Safety and regulatory information In this appendix Internati onal saf ety compl iance 182 Electrom agnetic c ompatibi lity 183 Electrom agnetic i mmunity 184 Electros tatic disc harge 185 FCC req uirements 186[...]

  • Page 206

    182 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Safety an d regulato ry informa tion Stand ard 1.1 Interna tiona l sa fety compl iance The Meri dian Digita l T elephone IP Adapte r unit and the Remote Of fice s ystem comply wit h interna tional saf ety regul ations as listed on t his page. Underwriters Labora to[...]

  • Page 207

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 183 Octobe r 2001 Safety and regul atory informa tion Electromagnetic comp atibility The Meridi an Digita l T elephone IP Adapte r unit doe s not interf ere with operati on of othe r licensed c ommunicatio ns systems acco rding to t he standards set for th by Australia[...]

  • Page 208

    184 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Safety an d regulato ry informa tion Stand ard 1.1 Electromagnetic immunity The Meridi an Digita l T elephone IP Adapte r unit re sists elec tromagneti c inter feren ce. The Meridi an Digital T elephone IP Adap ter unit per forms correc tly when subject ed to narro[...]

  • Page 209

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 185 Octobe r 2001 Safety and regul atory informa tion Electrostatic discharge The Meridi an Digita l T elephone IP Adapte r unit is immune to elect rostati c dischar ges typical for an of fice envir onment (carpet ed floor s, low humidity) accordi ng to the tes t metho[...]

  • Page 210

    186 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Safety an d regulato ry informa tion Stand ard 1.1 FCC requi re ments Informat ion in th e following pa ragraphs pertains to FCC-requir ed informatio n. These par agraphs de scribe where to locate de tails co ncerning the Meri dian Digital T elephon e IP Adapter un[...]

  • Page 211

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 187 Octobe r 2001 Safety and regul atory informa tion Note : Changes or modi ficati ons not exp ressly appro ved by Nor tel Network s can void your right t o operate Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter unit equipment. T elephone network plug and jack The Meridi an [...]

  • Page 212

    188 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Safety an d regulato ry informa tion Stand ard 1.1[...]

  • Page 213

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 189 Glossary 10BaseT Ethernet The E the rne t st and ard for b aseband l ocal ar ea networks us ing twis ted-pair cable carryi ng 10 megabits p er second ( Mbps) in a s tar topology . A A-law A companding technique used in encodi ng and deco ding audio sig nals in 30-c[...]

  • Page 214

    190 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Glossa ry Stand ard 1.1 applicati on program interf ace A set of r out ines, pr ot ocol s, and tools t hat p rog rammers use t o d evelop so ft wa re applica tions. APIs si mplify th e development pr ocess by pr oviding commonly used progra mming procedures . Async[...]

  • Page 215

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 191 Octobe r 2001 Glossary BIOS See Basic Input/Output System. bit Short fo r binary di git, the s mallest un it of inf ormation on a machine. A sin gle bit can hold only one of two v alues: 0 o r 1. Boolean logic A logic s ystem that ena bles a compu ter to use el ect[...]

  • Page 216

    192 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Glossa ry Stand ard 1.1 In a net work, the bus (also ca lled the backbone) is the main cab le that c onnects all de vic es on a LAN. byte Abbrevia tion for binary te rm, a unit of st orage cap able of holdi ng a singl e charact er . On almost all modern compute rs,[...]

  • Page 217

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 193 Octobe r 2001 Glossary CBT See c omput er- ba sed trainin g . CD-ROM A type of optical dis k capable of s toring lar ge amoun ts of data ( up to 1 Gbyte), althoug h the most co mmon size is 630 Mbytes. A singl e CD-ROM has the storage capacity of 700 floppy disks a[...]

  • Page 218

    194 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Glossa ry Stand ard 1.1 computer-based tra ining A type of educa tion that stu dents learn by runni ng special tra ining programs on a computer . CBT is especi ally ef fecti ve for tr aining peo ple to use compu ter applica tions, becaus e the CBT pro gram can be i[...]

  • Page 219

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 195 Octobe r 2001 Glossary DB9 connector A 9-pin co nnector labe led ADMIN that provides t he RS-232 se rial port interf ace. This ser ial port con nection can b e used to confi gure a Remote Of fice 9150 unit that is directly co nnected to a PC. DB25 connector The DB2[...]

  • Page 220

    196 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Glossa ry Stand ard 1.1 DIP switch A series o f tiny switches bu il t into ci rcu it boar d s tha t en abl es you to con fi gur e a circui t board for a particula r type of c omputer or appl ication . DIP switches a re always togg le switc hes . This means tha t th[...]

  • Page 221

    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 197 Octobe r 2001 Glossary dynamic link library A librar y of executab le function s or data tha t can be used by a W indows applica tion. T ypically , a DLL provi des one or more p articul ar functions and a program ac cesses th e functions by creating e ither a st at[...]

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    198 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Glossa ry Stand ard 1.1 electrost atic discharge Dischar ge of a static ch arge on a surface or body through a conducti ve path to ground. Can be damaging to i ntegrated c ircuits. embedded local area network This is the networ k connection f rom the host PBX to th[...]

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    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 199 Octobe r 2001 Glossary Ethernet A widely used LAN prot ocol tha t uses a bus top ology and su pports data tra nsfer rates of 10 M bps . event An occurr ence or ac tion on the RLC or remote uni t, such as the sending or receiv ing of a me ssa ge, t he open ing o r c[...]

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    200 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Glossa ry Stand ard 1.1 G G.71 1 G.71 1 is the inter national st andard for e ncoding te lephone aud io on a 64 Kbps channel. It is a p ulse code mod ulation (P CM) scheme operat ing at an 8 kHz samp le rat e, with 8 bits per sa mple . Acco rding to the N yqui st t[...]

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    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 201 Octobe r 2001 Glossary GPCP General purpose compu ting platfo rm GPF See gener al protect ion fault. graphica l user int erface The infor mation di splayed on the monitor when a W indows ap plicati on (or another non-command-b ased appli cation) run s. A graphic al[...]

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    202 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Glossa ry Stand ard 1.1 I icon A small pictur e that repre sents an object or progra m in a graphical user interfac e. IDE Commonly used to describe t he A T attachmen t design, the dominant har d disk inter face . IDE i s a cost- effecti ve int erfac e tec h nolo [...]

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    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 203 Octobe r 2001 Glossary IP address Intern et Protoc ol address. An i dentifi er for a comput er or device on a TCP/IP network. Ne tworks use the TCP/IP prot ocol to rout e messages base d on the IP address of the des tination. The format of an I P address is a 32-bi[...]

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    204 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Glossa ry Stand ard 1.1 LED Light emi tting diode. A semiconductor diode that emits light when a current is passed t hrough it . local ar ea network A computer network tha t spans a relatively small area. M ost LANs connect workstat ions and p ersonal c omputers an[...]

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    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 205 Octobe r 2001 Glossary megahertz One milli on cycles per second. MHz See megahe rtz. RLC An abbrev iati on for Re ach Li ne Card . The RLC is i nstal led on th e host PBX and relays voice and signal ing inform ation from the di gital tel ephones connect ed at a rem[...]

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    206 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Glossa ry Stand ard 1.1 NetBIOS enhanced user interf ace An enhance d version of t he NetBIOS proto col used by net work operat ing systems s uch as LAN Manager , LAN Server , W indows for W orkgroups, W indows 95 and W indows NT . Network Basic Inp ut Output Syste[...]

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    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 207 Octobe r 2001 Glossary object linki ng and embedding A compound doc ument stand ard that enab les you to create ob jects with o ne applica tion and then link or e mbed them in a sec ond applic ation. ODBC See Open Dat abase Connecti vity. OEM Origina l Equipment Ma[...]

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    208 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Glossa ry Stand ard 1.1 P packetized voice Digital signal proc essors (DS Ps), located i n the Remote Office 9150 unit a nd RLC, convert ana log voice in to digital data. The data i s construct ed as a UDP/IP voice pa cket for transmiss ion over an IP network. pari[...]

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    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 209 Octobe r 2001 Glossary position ID A unique i dentifier for a phone set, used b y the switch t o route call s to the phoneset . POST See power- on self-te st. power-on self- test Initi alizes and pe rforms rud imentary tes ts on baseboar d hardware , includin g CPU[...]

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    210 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Glossa ry Stand ard 1.1 R RAM Random Access Memory . This is the most common type o f memory found in computers and other dev ices, such as printers . The term RAM is usually synonymo us with main memory , the memory availab le to programs . For example, a computer[...]

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    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 211 Octobe r 2001 Glossary RJ-45 Connector An eight posi t ion , eigh t co nductor modul ar j ack used for da ta tra nsmi ssi on ov er a standa rd telep hone wire. The RJ- 45 jack provi des the 10Ba seT Ethern et connecti on. ROM Read-Only Memory . This is the co mpute[...]

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    212 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Glossa ry Stand ard 1.1 serial port A general -purpose int erface that can be used f or almost any t ype of device , includi ng modems, mice, and pri nters (alth ough most printer s are connect ed to a parall el port). Most serial ports on pers onal compute rs conf[...]

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    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 213 Octobe r 2001 Glossary single conne ctor architect ure A method for supplyin g power and data lines in one connector on hard disks . Provides hot-swap capa bility . single-user ports A RLC port th at supports o ne remote sta tion. Small Computer System Interface A [...]

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    214 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Glossa ry Stand ard 1.1 stop bit In async hronous communi cations, a bit that i ndicates a byte has ju st been transmi tted. Every byt e of data is preceded by a start bi t and followe d by a stop bit. subnet mask A subnet mas k is the p art of the I P address u se[...]

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    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 215 Octobe r 2001 Glossary telephone appli cation programming inter face A term tha t refers to th e W indows T elephon y API. T API is a ch anging (i .e. improv ing) set of functions su pported by W i ndows that all ow W indows applica tions to program te lephone-line[...]

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    216 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Glossa ry Stand ard 1.1 trunk access digits T runk acce ss digits are numbers that are used by the remote unit t o determine the trunk t o use when ro uting a call . For example , 9 is a common tru nk access d igit used to o btain an o utside line. trunk groups A t[...]

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    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 217 Octobe r 2001 Glossary ! a Channel Ser vice Unit/ Data Servi ce Unit (CSU/DSU) t o access a swi tched 56K line s ervice voice compression Prior to tran smi ssion , the vo i c e data is com pre ssed; after t ransm issio n, the data is conv erted ba ck to vo ice data[...]

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    218 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Glossa ry Stand ard 1.1[...]

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    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 219 Fields Ind ex Symbols 802.1p Map ping 90 A Addo n Mod ule Ty pe 87 Address I nformation IP Addres s 90 IP Gateway 90 IP Networ k Mask 90 Analog Localization 87 Autohol d 87 Automatic DHCP C onf ig uration 90 Available Flex Channels 131 Available MIPS 130 Available [...]

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    220 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Fields Ind ex Standard 1 .1 Total MIPS 130 Total Modem Channel s 130 Total Reserved Channels 131 Total Tones Channels 131 E Emergency A ctivation Code 85 Error % 138 Ethernet Interface Statistics UPkts 134 H Hour 138 I In Service 130 Inbound Securit y ID 94 IP Addr[...]

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    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 221 Octobe r 2001 Fields Ind ex Remote Unit Number 124 Resize Logs Messages 120 RLC Port Numb er 93 Rx Dis cPkt 138 Rx Dropped 138 Rx Error 138 Rx Frames 138 Rx MultiPkt 138 Rx UCastPkt 138 S Security ID Inbound Security I D 94 Outboun d Security ID 9 4 Security Level [...]

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    222 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Fields Ind ex Standard 1 .1 T Time Offset 85 Total Channels 130 Total Flex Channels 131 Total MIPS 130 Total Modem Channel s 130 Total Reserved Channels 131 Total Tones Channels 131 Total Up Trunk BW 124 Total Voice Channels 130 Tran si tio ns to IP 12 7 Transition[...]

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    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 223 Index Numerics 10BaseT Ethe rnet connection op tions 11 desc ripti on 2 A ACD features features ACD features 20 Admin 134 Admin connector 177 Automatic Call Distributio n (ACD) applications 21 B backup creating a backup configuration file 111 introduction 11 0 rest[...]

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    224 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Index Standa rd 1.1 placing a host-con trolled call 98 bandwidth limi t 98 DSP limi t 98 Canadian Standards Association CSA C22. 2, No 950 182 Canadian Standards Association (CSA) 182 Chan nel 134 computer telephony integration applications 20 conference 10 5 confe[...]

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    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 225 Octobe r 2001 Inde x online mode 96 placing and receiving calls metho ds f or pla c ing ou t going call s 98 pla c ing ho st-co ntr olled call s 98 suppo rted set s 19 telephone feat ures introduction 10 3 troubles hooting 153 Disc 134 , 135 Displa y Logs defini ti[...]

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    226 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Index Standa rd 1.1 performing 14 4 G going offline disp l a y mess a ge 101 H Hardware Statistics introduction 12 8 , 132 Help Display Lo gs defini tions 162 hold 20 , 103 hold feat ure 20 host-controlled calls pla cing 98 bandwidth limi t 98 DSP limi t 98 host- c[...]

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    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 227 Octobe r 2001 Inde x Meridian Digital T elephone Internal IP Adapter universal power supply 8 Meridian Digital T elephone IP Adapter cable connections 7 cable connectors 7 cables y ou must su pply 30 configuri ng using th e telephone men u 53 deploy ment options 36[...]

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    228 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Index Standa rd 1.1 unpacki ng and inspec tion 41 Q QLen 135 QoS T ransitioning T echnology Caller Information Statistics 125 R Reach Line Card (R LC) desc ripti on 3 registration registration S PRE code 65 related documents xxii release and try again disp l a y me[...]

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    Meridia n Digital T elephone IP Adapter Insta llation an d Administra tion Guide 229 Octobe r 2001 Inde x telephone feat ures emerg ency service calls 103 hold 103 introduction 10 3 teleph one menu 57 accessing 55 default pas sword 57 IP 57 disp l ay loc a l IP 57 modify dereg istration SPRE code 66 modify emergency cod e 62 modify offline S PRE co[...]

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    230 Meridia n Digital Te lephone IP Ada pter Installa tion and Ad ministration Guide Index Standa rd 1.1[...]

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    Meridia n Di gital T ele phone IP A da pter Installati on and Administr ation Guide Copyri ght © 2001 Nortel Networ ks, All Rights Reserved. Printed i n Canada. All infor mation co ntained in th is docu ment is sub ject to chan ge without noti ce. Nortel Ne tworks reserve s the right to make changes to equipment design o r program c omponents, as [...]