Merlin Legend 012 Module, and max ports in use at one time

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Greetings!

I was looking through some Avaya docs regarding "System Planning", and it mentioned that 012 Analog boards could only ring 4 ports at once, which I already knew.. Then it continued to say something to the effect of "and you can only have 8 ports in use at any one time".. Which, to me means, that you will have a denial-of-service on four people's phones, depending on your situation?

I'm researching an option for someone that makes alot of outbound calls (telemarketing), and already uses two T1's, and two Newbridge channel banks that are terminated right into a bunch of analog phones.

I'm trying to get him to switch to a Legend with two 100DS1 cards, and at least (5) 012 modules.. That doesn't count the CO and MLX boards of course..

The problem is, in this configuration, the potential for EVERY port to be in use at once is amazingly high (as in .. every day , and telling a saleman that there "aren't enough circuits to handle your call" isn't an option here.

So.. I guess I'm asking for clarification on how the 012 module is engineered, and if that indeed is a true statement, how can I design a system so I don't have to deal with those problems?

Thanks!

- Joel

 

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Why not use the 016 T/R module instead? You get more ports on a card, and according to System Planning on page 2-5 it can ring all 16 if necessary. It seems like a better card per the description with fewer restrictions. I could not find the blurb about "denial of service" for analogue stations per card. In the Pocket Reference on page 39, - Up to 108 simultaneous two-party conversations can take place at once, blocking can occur after that.

Hope this helps!

....JIM....