OCTEL 200 S.1.0.1-2 and the ELAN card

[doktor]

Just to make shure that it will work??

I am going to add an ELAN card to this OCTEL 200.
Can the ELAN card work with the s/w S.1.0.1-2

---------------- SYSTEM SOFTWARE RELEASE S.1.0.1-2 (11/09/95) ----------------
WED 11/17 09:52:49 2006 TEST ID:5 S/N:xxxxxx PBX:58

MODEL TYPE: OCTEL VOICE 200
FEATURE PACKAGES:
SW-40001 SW-40004 SW-40007 SW-40013 SW-40019 SW-40020 SW-40021 SW-40022 SW-40025 SW-40031 SW-40041
--------------------------------------------------------------
Authorized Used Unused Installed
---------------------------------------------------
Ports : Analog -- 4 0 4
Fax -- 4 0 4
DSP 0 0 0 0
PIC 0 0 0 0

MBXs : System 100 44 56 5000
VMB 0 0 0 100
Fax 100 1 99 100

Storage : Hours 10 0 9 10
--------------------------------------------------------------

MAXIMUM NUMBER OF DRIVES: 3
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PORTS: 16
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF SCHEDULE TABLE ENTRIES: 8
NUMBER OF LANGUAGES: 2
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Thanks in advance...
///doktor

 

[ChuckRCT]

The eLAN isn't supported until release S.3.X., and even at that release I think it was only for the Octel Designer. Release S.4.X gives you the telnet and LAN backup (with the LAN backup feature turned on).

Chuck

RCT Technologies

 

[ChuckRCT]

I double checked and the LAN card came out with L.8.1 and S.1.X . It only mentions the Digital Networking features SW 40049. Release S.2.X mentions LAN backup. The telnet feature is S.4.x (system paramter 297).

 

[doktor]

Thanks Chuck.
We have some customers using Serenade S2 with the ELAN board. They are using LAN backup and Digital Networking with the S2.
I will try to upgrade the OCTEL 200 to S2 to see if I can add the LAN backup feature.
Upgrading from S1 to S2 is just a matter of extra RAM, but with the upgrade from S1 to S4, I will need a new CPU.

Anyway thanks for your info.
///doktor.

 

[jon24422531]

Doktor

I have the original Serenade 1 manuals (paper) and there is the relevant chapter for Digital networking in there, so I am sure it will work without the upgrade, but you may need the correct software packages.

Many years ago I upgraded a system from 1 to 2 and had to install the RAM. I was alone on a Sunday morning in the customers offices in Copenhagen, I had never done this upgrade before and I was a little nervous. I snapped the RAM chips whilst trying to force them in. After a mild bout of panic and swearing I decided to contine with the upgrade with just 8 mb of RAM (I think it was supposed to have 16). The upgrade worked (with a few error messages) and I left on time for my flight home. Never told anyone, but it worked OK!

Jon

http://www.telecom-stuff.com

http://www.jonschofield.com

 

[doktor]

Hi Jon


I did the same job upgrading from S1 to S2. No additional RAM was installed because the RAM didn't arrive on time. It was installed some weeks later.
I was a bit scared that the system would go down in the period, where there was lack of RAM, but no problems at all.
///doktor

 

[doktor]

ELAN works fine with OCTEL S.2.
With OCTEL S.1 I did not succeed very much.
Problem solved, case closed.
///doktor