this is only the second switch I ha 3

[acewarlock]

this is only the second switch I have worked on that has Meridian Mail, all the others used Octel. My question is can I access the Vmail from the main term and the dialup that I use for maint on the switch?

Using a PC connected to TTY port
Using Procomm 4.8
Option 81c Rls 24.25
MM Rls 13

Thanks

William

 

[acewarlock]

Any help?

 

[iptuser]

William,

Depending on the S/W after you have logged in normally enter AX or Ax 8

wayne

 

[wolfi24]

Wayne67

AX is only for Option 11 , no for modular like 81C.
I think , you must dial another number for Vmail modem.

Wolfi

 

[vztech]

You can us the same VT terminal and set a new session up using comm 2 with a direct connection to the mail.You also can set up a AB box for a dial in to Vmail.

good luck

 

[Reusser]

vztech is right - you access mermail through a single serial connection. The typical setup is the serial connects to a A/B box which is connected to a modem and a dumb terminal. Either the terminal or modem will also have a nulmodem adapter.

To use terminal - set A/B box to terminal side
To use modem - set A/B box to modem side

procom or reflections are best for access voice mail remotely as you can map the keyboard correctly. hyperterm also works but may not be able to use F10 key

 

[acewarlock]

Reusser

Thats what I was going to do but I was hoping there was an easier way.

Thanks all for your input.

 

[janaya]

As far as I know that is the standard way to set up dial access to the Meridian Mail. Should have been done at install time.

 

[metcoman]

A/B box is good only if you're on site. In our systems we are utilizing a Gordon Kapes Model 125 Site Monitors(pardon me, I am not advertising them). It's a dial-up modem with three RS-232C ports. Ports 1 and 2 can be connected to your equipment (i.e. Mer.1 and Mer. mail), and port 3 is to terminal for on-site maintenance. So from remote you can choice which port do you want to connect from it's menu. The only draw back with this machine is that it disconnect us when we use it for PDT.

 

[NTOldTimer]

With RLS 19 and later Nortel has created this thing called Single Terminal Access. It uses an MSDL card and your switch and Meridian Mail can be accessed with the same terminal and/or modem. I wouldn't say it's easier but it exists. Personally I didn't care for it but it may be just what you are looking for.

 

[ChristyJ]

MSDL is fine but expensive....!! - buy a second com port for your PC. You can run 2 terminal sessions from accessing the M1 and Mail through different Com ports.

A decent engineer will put together a couple of com to RJ45 connectors so you can run CAT5 between the switch and your management terminal - you wont have to stand in a cold comms room.

For remote why not dial up onto your lan and use a PCAnywhere or VNC session to remotely control your management terminal rather than a direct modem. Pushes the security back to your IS staff

CJ

 

[acewarlock]

NTOLDTimer
Can you explain how to hook this up?

Option 81c Rls 24.25
MM Rls 13
approx 500 ft from Switch Rm. but use dialup to access PBX and walk to Switch rm. to use MM term.

 

[Supernn]

I suggest a single terminal with both TTY ports connected (com 1 PBX, com2 MM). Like ChristyJ mentioned there are several tools available for remote login (if you install it on WinXP, you can even use the Remote Desktop from Windows. Just remember that VNC only encrypts the initial password, so not the traffic itself. I would suggest the WinXp solution with maybe an additional ISDN or analog modem (would be an internal one then, or you should have more than 2 serial connections on that PC) for remote admin and use PCAnywhere.

 

[vvhitekid2]

This thread might be a good place to pose the following question that I have been working on for some time:

I use linux for just about everything I can. I use it to administrate option 11s and option 81 in minicom. It works perfectly except for MerMail. When I ax into mermail, my fuctions keys do not work. Does anyone know the character mappings to put into minicom to get this to work right. For example, I do the same thing to get into my Avaya G3R, and had to map F1 to ^[OP and so on in order to get the function keys to work.

 

[wdhb]

Depending on your setup, if your M1's are all inhouse, why not use a term server & connect your M1 / Mail etc to that. Awfully lot easier & fstaer than dial up.