Introduction 1-11

_______________________________________________________________________________________

_

AUDIX System Administration

In order for the AUDIX system to recognize messages addressed to subscribers at other AUDIX systems, it must be administered with remote machine and remote subscriber profiles. Dial strings, transmission intervals, connection types, and so forth must also be assigned. Each AUDIX system in the network requires this administration of each of the other systems. See Chapter 13, AUDIX System Administration.

NETWORKING ENHANCEMENTS

The AUDIX Networking feature was enhanced for R1V5, R1V6, and R1V7.

R1V5 Release

Major changes brought about by AUDIX R1V5 software and the TN539 ACCE circuit pack:

RS-232 connectivity between AUDIX systems. Previously, only DCP was supported. To use RS-232, the AUDIX system must be running R1V5 or later software and the TN539 ACCE circuit pack is required.

DCP Mode 1 access to a switched 56 network (that is, 56 Kbps digital transmission) is supported. The AUDIX system must be running R1V5 or later software (56 Kbps loop-around testing is not offered until R1V7). Each AUDIX system requiring access to the switched 56 network must be equipped with the TN539 or TN539B ACCE circuit pack.

Multi-Stage Dialing is supported. This allows the use of modem pooling to provide a remote AUDIX network for a non-DCP switch. The AUDIX system must be equipped with a TN539 or TN366B circuit pack, the system must be running R1V5 or later software, and a switch supporting DCP must be on site.

The TN539 ACCE circuit pack can be used with R1V3 and R1V4 AUDIX software, but the RS-232 ports are not available unless R1V5 or later software is used.

The TN366 or TN366B circuit pack can be used with R1V5 or later software, but the RS-232 ports and access to 56 or 64 Kbps facilities require the TN539 or TN539B ACCE.

A network can consist of a mixture of R1V3, R1V4, R1V5, R1V6, and R1V7 AUDIX systems. However, the Sending Restrictions feature cannot be used anywhere in a network with R1V3 or R1V4 AUDIX systems.

Network address ranges — up to 16 AUDIX systems can have the same range specified. The old limit (R1V3 and R1V4) is eight.

Page 31
Image 31
AT&T 585-300-903 manual Networking Enhancements, Audix System Administration, R1V5 Release