VAL Board bit rate vs space 2

[JakeVS]

I hope one of you gurus can help!

I've got an ancient Definity switch with one VAL board. I urgently need to record quite a few more announcements and I fear that we are going to run out of space.

Output from display integrated-annc-boards

INTEGRATED ANNOUNCEMENT BOARDS

Last Board Location Saved: N/A

Board Time Number of
Location Sfx Remaining Rate Recordings Checksum ID

1: 01B09 AP 121 64 102 N/A
2:

Now for a couple of questions:
1. Can I lower the bitrate?
2. If I can I lower the bitrate, can it be done without having to re-record everything?

Thanks!
Jake

 

[Gibsonic]

answers
1. yes
2. yes

take all 102 recordings that you have and copy them to a pc or server. use a program like GoldWave to do a batch processing where it can convert them to 32kbps bit-rate. or do them individually, your choice.

then delete/replace all the announcments on the VAL board with the new lower bit rate files. change all the announcement settings to 32.

newer systems also do 16, but i don't recall when that started being supported.

 

[Midstream]

Jake,

I can't lower the bit rate on my VAL board. I've got a TN2501AP HW03 FW009. When I try to lower the rate on an existing announcement the system refuses and tells me the VAL board must be 64bit. When I try to create a new announcement, it must be 64bit as well.

Phil

 

[JakeVS]

Hi Gibsonic

I've got the same problem that rockspop has. It says the board requires 64 bit. Does something else need to be run on the system to "format" the board?

I've got another issue with FTP on my system but I'll open a different thread for that...

Thanks
Jake

 

[Gibsonic]

i believe the board can only have one bit rate loaded at a time.

so all 64kbps files would need to be removed.

 

[AvayaTier3]

Compression rates
The TN2501AP VAL circuit pack and media gateway v VAL sources only support the
64Kbps compression rate. The Rate field defaults to this rate.


The variable rates were for tn750 boards.

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bsh

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[JakeVS]

Thanks guys
How do I check which type of VAL board I have?

Jake

 

[Gibsonic]

list config all, look for the VAL board(s)

 

[AvayaTier3]

display integrated will show all your valboard slots.
then, "list config board xxyyzz" to get FW for each
xx = cabinet
yy = carrier
zz = slot

A great teacher, does not provide answers, but methods to teach others "How and where to find the answers"

bsh

35 years Bell, AT&T, Lucent, Avaya
Tier 3 for 25 years and counting

http://bshtele.com

 

[JakeVS]

OK, the output of list configuration board 01b09 is:
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION

Board Assigned Ports
Number Board Type Code Vintage u=unassigned t=tti p=psa

01B09 VAL-ANNOUNCEMENT TN2501AP HW01 FW003 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08
09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32
33



Does this mean I can't do anything to get more than 121 seconds (minus overhead) onto the VAL board?

Now for another even n00bier question - how easy is it to add another VAL board?

Thanks
Jake

 

[4merAvaya]

Check the Customer Oprions screen (display system-paramaters customer-options). Depending on your software version, there are two fields that affect VAL Boards: Maximum VAL Boards & VAL Full 1-Hour Capacity. You may have to purchase the VAL Maximum Capacity option (if it's still available).

Please post your software version. Run the 'display capacity' report and look at the last screen. Copy and past that information here.

Kevin

 

[Midstream]

Jake,

Look at your systems-parameters customer-options report.

Here's mine:

display system-parameters customer-options Page 2 of 11
OPTIONAL FEATURES

IP PORT CAPACITIES USED
Maximum Administered H.323 Trunks: 8000 42
Maximum Concurrently Registered IP Stations: 12000 38
Maximum Administered Remote Office Trunks: 8000 0
Maximum Concurrently Registered Remote Office Stations: 12000 0
Maximum Concurrently Registered IP eCons: 1 0
Max Concur Registered Unauthenticated H.323 Stations: 0 0
Maximum Video Capable H.323 Stations: 0 0
Maximum Video Capable IP Softphones: 10 0
Maximum Administered SIP Trunks: 5000 23

Maximum Number of DS1 Boards with Echo Cancellation: 400 0
Maximum TN2501 VAL Boards: 10 1
Maximum Media Gateway VAL Sources: 250 0
Maximum TN2602 Boards with 80 VoIP Channels: 128 1
Maximum TN2602 Boards with 320 VoIP Channels: 128 0
Maximum Number of Expanded Meet-me Conference Ports: 0 0


Adding a board is a piece of cake, if you have the rights.

Pop it in any slot with 100Mbps connectivity [could be tricky, I think you said you had an old Definity] and add the IP-Interface.

 

[AvayaTier3]

You may be able to recover some time by erasing .wav files that do not have an announcement extension in CM

A great teacher, does not provide answers, but methods to teach others "How and where to find the answers"

bsh

35 years Bell, AT&T, Lucent, Avaya
Tier 3 for 25 years and counting

http://bshtele.com