Upgrading Partner Plus for Caller ID

[arib]

We would like to add caller id to our current setup in the simplest and cheapest possible way.

Our current setup is:
Partner Plus r4.0 processor
4 206e r3.1 Partner modules
3 phone lines
20 extensions

Thanks!!

 

[TouchToneTommy]

Can't do it.

Caller ID was only supported on Partner II, and then only when using 206EC modules.

Change the whole thing out to an ACS, R6 or R7, with 308 expansion modules.

Oh, and which model phones do you have?

 

[arib]

phones are mls-18d

if i put in an ACS 6, would my 206e cards still work?
Would they provide caller id if the phone lines plug into the acs??
Will the acs fit into my current carrier?

 

[TouchToneTommy]

Yes, but......

Those 206's are pretty old. They will eventually develop persistant static and need to be replaced. The old style carrier doesn't help that situation because the modules are dovetailed right up against each other, creating more heat and speeding up their eventual failure.

But, it would be the least expensive way to get CID working.

 

[phonesaz]

If you put a Partner R7 processor in your old cabinet, and then reused your 206 cards, at least your 1st 5 lines would have caller ID; or if you went with just 1 addl 308 card, you would have 8 lines w/ caller ID (which is what you have now) and then you could save your remaining 206 cards for spares if/when the old ones start to give out. Its actually a pretty easy swap - I do it literally every week. And then...since you have a new system, there is a PCMCIA-based voice mail you could add to the processor when you are ready for on-site voice mail. It is actually a nice upgrade path that lets you make changes a little bit at a time.

The only thing to watch is in order to put the R7 in the old cabinet, you will have to take a pair of plyers and snap the tab off the middle slot on the bottom of the "box" all the cards fit in - it interferes with the changing of backup batteries on the new processor.

 

[arib]

im a computer guy... never programmed any of these systems from scratch before. is it difficult to program an acs 7 from the ground up? is it done via pc or telephone extension?

 

[TouchToneTommy]

http://support.avaya.com/japple/css...a&temp.productID=107628&temp.releaseID=194851

 

[SYQUEST]

The cabinets are very inexpensive, I would replace it! That way the modules will have better ventilation and will last longer, less trouble in the long run...

....JIM....

 

[phonesaz]

Most times I just leave the covers off - have had no problems w/ old cabinets and I figure money is money....and no, I don't think its that hard to program from the "ground up" - the manuals are pretty good.