Brooktrout faxing?

[JJacobs313]

I have been all over the forum, and looking at my own system. We have an older Brooktrout fax card, and it is no longer supported by eclinicalworks. So we bought a new tr1034+p24h brooktrout card. This is installed into out eclinicalworks server. I see a lot of setups, with trunk groups, route patterns, signaling groups, etc. We are ordering a new t1 line and a ds1 card. What I am really confused (as I have never done anything like this before) is that it appears that the t1 comes directly in, through a patch panel and into the Brooktrout card where the port says 'T1'. These servers are in on a second floor. I am not sure how or where you would send this to a cabinet with a DS1 card. I can't find documentation on Avaya's side or Dialogic. When I look at our current setup, it shows it having members on a DS1 card, in a data closet on the first floor, just not seeing, nor do I know how this all physically connects. I believe what I am seeing is a t1 coming in at the dmark, patched directly to the brooktrout card. Not seeing how this works with the Avaya system, (CM 6.2) cabinets or the ds1. The only port on the brooktrout card says 'T1'. Any help would be much appreciated.

There is excellent posts on the configuration. I just don't quite get the physical side of things.

 

[joesena]

It sounds like you're saying:

(1) the old eclinicalworks server was hanging off the CM
(2) the eclinicalworks server isn't being replaced, just the fax card
(3) you intend to connect it to the CM, same as before

If so, you don't need to order a T1 line OR new DS1 card, just unplug from the old card on the eclinicalworks server and plug into the new card.

If you're saying something different from above let us know and we'll take it from there.

 

[JJacobs313]

It isn't being replaced. We have a new one, with a new fax card, I would just swing the old over, but we are going to continue to use the old one alongside the new one. 2 servers, 2 cards. The one we had just isn't supported any longer. Thanks!

"I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma." - Eartha Kitt

 

[joesena]

Ah, that makes sense. So you need a new DS1 card for the PBX but you do NOT need to order a T1 line. You'll be using a T1 cable within the building so no carrier involved, just internal wiring.

Start by looking at the existing setup. On the 2nd floor, it comes out of the old fax board and goes into... a 66 block? A patch panel? Or is there just a cable run that goes into the floor? Then look at the 1st floor from existing DS1 board, where does it go?

If you have cat5 runs between the 2nd floor (eclinicalworks) and the 1st floor (PBX), just run a cat5 cable from the new DS1 card to the patch panel (1st floor) and from patch panel to fax board (2nd floor).

If you don't have cat5 runs (for example, 66 block), on the 1st floor you'd come out of the ds1 card with a cat5 cable, cut the end off the cable, punch down pairs 1 and 3 into the 66 block. Then on the 2nd floor you'd take those same pairs and basically do the same thing... fax board into cat5 cable, cut the end off, punch down pairs 1 and 3 into the same spot on the 66 block that connects the two floors.

If the cable just goes through a pipe or something (no patch panel), you'll likely need to do the same for this one. Call a cabler and have them run it for you.