Very old Partner adding VM

[rstrapple]

Hello all and thanks in advance.

I have a customer (do his network/data etc.) that has an old partner. It is a five slot carrier with e following modules.

1 206 R 4.1
2 206e R 3.1
P R4.1
3 400e 3.1
4 EMPTY

He would like to add a 2 or 4 port voicemail, and do an AA. I see these cards on Ebay for 300.00 to 400.00.

Are there any certain rev. I need or can not use?

How difficult will the installation be? I have don't alot of work on Magix systems and some on Definty BCS.

Could someone give some basic steps to follow? which codes to use to put the call groups in and all ring the AA. although I think some of those CO should ring directly to stations. Not sure yet how he wants in once its in.

I am mostly worried about purchasing bad or incompatible hardware for the job. Please steer me in the right direction.

thanks

rich

 

[skip555]

go to the faq's at the top of the page then go to the avaya site and download a manual , your going to need it if your going to maintain the sytem for him.

ebay is a crap shoot I get some good , some bad thing is it can be a real pain troubleshooting if you dont know what your doing

I would suggest buying the vm thru a reseller that will help you support it rather than ebay

 

[rstrapple]

I have the Partner II manual. I agree and will most likely buy from a reseller. Are you able to recommend one?

I know I can look it up but would you give a quick run down on the differences between

Partner Mail VS
Partner Mail
Partner Messaging

Which do I want if I just need basic AA and 5 or 6 mailboxes?

rich

 

[rstrapple]

Great FAQ section.

rich

 

[skip555]

heres a link to a partenr overveiw by Jshelton (last FAQ ON THE PAGE)

http://home.comcast.net/~john.shelton1/Partner/Overview_Partner_Rel3.pdf

it does a good job of explaining the partner mails

I like metroline direct , no afflition just a satisfied customer

 

[rstrapple]

Skip,

I read J sheltons overview, awsome.

I did the code and got the beeps and The system is a Partner Plus 4.1 (4 beeps - 2 beeps)

I can get Partner VS mail r4 for like 350.00 or 400.00 sound about right? (ebay)
and theres a hard drive in that module? And it can go in Slot 5 or do i have to move it closer to the processor or something? This is a 2 port card. What PC card would i get to make this 4 port system? does the VM backup to the same card as the one that adds 2 more ports?

I can also get a Partner mail R3 for like 100.00 to 150.00. This is the pc based one. is this harder to setup? thanks for your thoughts.

rich