Serial connection to a NEC NEAX 2000 IVS

[Sgtlu75]

We have a NEC NEAX 2000 IVS system, which I just recently got into. I have a CallXpress attached to it and I can now make changes remotely to that piece. The connection between the NEAX IVS card PN-DAIA to the Call Xpress system is through a special cable into a serial connection. My question is how can I use MATWorx to connect to the NEAX IVS system? I tried using the RS ports on the backplane of both chassis units and even tried using the serial connection from the PN-DAIA card that was for the voicemail serial connection. I used the Matworx software to connect and it ran through all the baud rates, no dice. Is there something else I need to configure or am I looking at this all wrong? The diagrams I see in the installation manual the RS connection is listed for coming from the MP.

Update: Doing more research on here, it looks like the same cable RS RVS-4S CA-C that is used for the voicemail connection, can be used for the programming and connecting to a PC. There are four ports on that AP00-A card, so one of those other three have to be a MCI port. If I connect and test all three remaining ports the MatWorx software should find it, correct? It checks all the baud rates on a port when connecting.

Another entry said the 25pin ports on the switch can also be used, there are one on each chassis above the batteries, which I tried previously. Are there specific baud rates for those? There are two, do I need a separate cable to talk to each one or are they joined together on that switch?

 

[belevedere]

Connection to the system is with either a RVS-CA, OR A mat-CA cable. Usually the bottom port (0) on the CPU is set for local connection. The top port (1) is used for remote connection. Baud rate is set in programming. Usually set to 9600.

 

[OzzieGeorge]

Oh my, casting back in time! I think if you want to use the smdr cable for connection to the CPU, you will need a null modem adaptor but it has been ages since I have tried this! Why not try a modem connection? I have used this in the past, if you have a built in modem or an external modem, use an analogue port to connect the modem to the system and then dial up the internal modem from there!