Norstar ATA 2

[mididman]

Does anyone know much about the Norstar ATA 2??

 

[Arr]

Likely we all do...
What do you need to know?

PhM

 

[mididman]

Yeah, thanks for responding, I have installed an external ATA to an extension, i.e. jumpered onto 2&5 on the telephone plate digital side, connected to the telephone in on the ATA, taken connector of the out to a new tele plate jumpered onto 3&4, but my problem is no dial tone on the analog side. I have also checked the programming with no joy, can you give me any direction please.

 

[Arr]

Use a butt set to check your pin outs and test for both dial tone and digital side tone from the TCM port at the KSU side.
From your description, the problem is likely to be wiring pinouts. The ATA is looking for and sending its info on the center two pins in the RJs.

hope this helps
PhM

 

[mididman]

Yeah I have no problem from the digital side, I also swapped them over and tried the Digi through analog and could here something, but nothing from analog, I have also tried swapping around pin-out's, I am starting to wonder if I have a duff ATA.

 

[Arr]

If you are feeding the TCM to center pins on input side, and get no dial tone on center pins on output side, then, yes, you may have duff unit. It is not an unknown factor. I've seen this most often on the ATA1.


PhM

 

[fastwalker2u]

Arr - along those ATA lines; Our goal is to have
an Adtran 550 at our HQ site with 5210's at the remote sites (26), connected w/ Frame Relay for an old AS/400 serial host connection to terminals. I want to use same bandwidth for voice since it will all be intracompany. The Norstar supposedly uses ATA's for each OPX. Well, after hanging 26 ATA's on the wall next to the Norstar, how do I connect the Norstar to the ADtran 550? I know I will lose some CMS/CLASS features (and possibly disconnect supervision on voice mail) but the cost savings for the free voice ride is worth it. Any thoughts????

fastwalker2u

You can contact fastwalker2u at az7986@sbc.com.

 

[Arr]

Yowzer!
Not familiar with the Adtran unit you are describing but..
There is likely a DB25 or some such other and the analog circuits connect to each of those pairs of pins..
So you will need to put the DB25 onto distribution, and then you will need to put your ATA outputs on distribution and then cross connect.
What system do you have.. and WHY didn't you use ASMs?
Did you look at using MCK single mode module extenders? If you incorporated that method you would be able to put an SM at the other side and have the full functionality of all N* features inluding Vmail disconnect.

Post back details and/or how close my guess on the Adtran set up is.

Cheers
PhM