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I have a large collection of antique telephones, and have been looking for a PBX to run them as PAX extensions, for demonstration purposes.

There are several small Mitels (a 20 and a 50) on Ebay, and the price is right. A long time ago, I had experience, mostly bad, working on SX100 and SX200 systems for Ma Bell. I seem to recall that there is some kind of software license or some impediment to using a used Mitel PBX without licensing.

If I buy a small one, can I hire the experts on this forum to help me get one set up and programmed? Anything to avoid? Etc?

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There is only one Mitel on eBay that I would ever consider buying and it's the SX-20. Any of the 200's have software transfer issues.

If you're just looking for basic dialtone, you might want to pick up a Panasonic KXT 61610 cabinet. It will get you 16 2-digit extensions at 24 volts with a 90volt ring generator.

Again, avoid the 1232 and the DBS. The former runs on magic smoke and the latter has no single line ports.

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"Any of the 200's have software transfer issues."
you are refering to digitals ml's and el's
right?not the analog 200?

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Correct. The only offerings on eBay were digital.

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24 volts might not get you dial tone on antique phones - not sure.

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Antique phones will work on 24 volts.


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You can have an SX200 D/L, EL, or ML relicensed to you by your local Mitel distributor. It's mostly painless.

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"Again, avoid the 1232 and the DBS. The former runs on magic smoke and the latter has no single line ports." I still have a 8 or more 123211d's
out there running like a champ!!

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There are two kinds of 123211d's ones with dead poswer supplies and ones with power supplies that are going to die.

I had one in a school system that ran for about 10 years and was on a battery backup. I unplugged it to move it and it never came back up :-) Another customer had a permanent Molex connector on the battery backup port tied to an external power supply. I have a couple of dead cabinets in the warehouse that just house cards and spare parts because the switching power supplies are dead.

I guess that's what YMMV means.

Carl

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