serial port or modem access to Partner Mail VS 4.1 1

[Spotwith]

I'm attempting to maintain a Partner II 4.1 system with a Mail VS 4.1 module. The module does not contain a PC card. I have made a cable to connect between the SMDR port on the processor and my laptop. It works fine. I can capture CDRs with HyperTerminal.
So now I would like to get configuration information out of the system both for the Mail VS and the Partner II system.
The question is: how do I make a connection to my computer? I've tried plugging the same RJ-45 that works in the processor's SMDR jack into the RS232 jack of the Mail VS card - nada.
What is that RJ-45 jack on the mail card labelled RS232? Is it input to a modem? Is it some flavor or the RS-232C spec such as appears on the SMDR jack of the processor? What is the unmarked RJ-45 jack located just above the one saying RS232? Do I need a modem to talk to this beast or does it understand RS232 signalling?
Any help for this noob will be appreciated.

 

[TouchToneTommy]

It does exactly NOTHING! Finally, on the R5, you could connect to the serial port, go into the System Administrator's mailbox, and command an info dump through the port. Before R5, it's there, but doesn't do anything.

 

[madwok]

TouchToneTommy,

Would you kindly elaborate more on exactly how to dump info from VS versioon 5 out to PC, please ?

Do we need somekind of interface such as RJ45( on VS ) to DB9 ( serial port on PC) ?

I have no problem dumping Partner ACS 6 via direct connection on AUX port off ext 10 with PC Partner software but have no clue on this Partner VS mail .

I just start to tinker with Partner as my background is in Definity G3r and Prologic.

Thanks,

madwok

 

[TouchToneTommy]

You will use Avaya's standard 355-A(F) adapter, a Cat-5 patch cable, perhaps a DB-25 to DB-9 adapter to match your PC. Launch Hyperterminal, connect directly to the serial port. I forget the baud rate, but it's probably 9600, and not too hard to figure out with trial and error. Then log into the System Administrator's mailbox, 9 for Programming, 8 for Reports, be sure Hyperterminal is set to capture text, and follow the next prompt from the voice mail to start the dump.