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#115060 01/16/12 09:07 AM
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Mitel SX200 ICP with an MX controller. I set it up initially so a call accounting package would work, and integrated it with an Opera PMS system. All was working correctly when the hotel opened, some 3 - 4 years ago. Now, as I understand it, the calls will not print, and they aren't being posted to the room folios. The calls stopped working maybe 2 1/2 years ago, and it took them until last week to notice that. Wake-up calls posted as recently as last Thursday, but have not posted since then.

I have a green light on the iPockets (all three), and an amber connectivity light on the ethernet side as well. The Call Accounting box, made by EZ Callamatic, shows that the PBX and the printer is on. The extension number on all the iPockets is correct, and in sync with what's programmed in the Mitel. Checking form 34, the IO ports specified for each extension number matches what's programmed in the iPockets, and for which parameter. I even went so far as to replace the CA iPocket with one I had on my truck, but it behaved no differently than the original one. Hooked up my laptop to the printer port to see if I could capture any SMDR data, but that failed, too. Checked the printer, since it is a good distance away from the CA box, but that connection looks good. It appears that no SMDR data is getting out of the Mitel, but I can't understand how that could happen, since I have made no program changes in that particular area at all. Options 246 and 702 are enabled for all phone COS, and option 803 is set to zero.

I might add that I was working with an Opera tech supporter all the while I'm doing this, so he was aware of where I was looking and what I was checking. In short, we cannot figure out why the SMDR does not appear to be leaving the phone system, despite there being nothing in programming that I have found (so far) that would prevent it.

Has anyone else had a similar problem, and been able to fix it? It might not be the biggest source of income to this hotel, but it is a source!

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Okay, I would check the iPockets. It might be that someone kicked out the power plug long enough for the settings to default.

I would put a 9-pin null modem cable from the iPocket to my laptop (preferably on an HTG 9-pin serial if you still have one) and open hyperterminal. See if you get data out, and if so, at what baud/parity. You might also have to go into the iPocket setup/programming and verify settings.

Also, has anything happened to the layer-2 switch that all of the iPockets and the PBX plug into?

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It's still there - reset it twice! The IP phones all come up just fine, so I'm inclined to say that the switch is fine. All iPockets show a link light, too. Also, I did setup my laptop onto the iPocket for CA, with HTPE open and monitoring. Nothing came through when I made a test call from a room.

I was not aware that the iPockets would default with a prolonged loss of power.... Interesting!


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Is the SMDR pointed to an iPocket, or the printer port on the MX Controller?


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I would route CDE print in form 34 out the same port as you have the SMDR set for, then go to form 32 and do a print form, it eliminates a lot of programing and would narrow your troubleshooting down.

#115065 01/18/12 01:50 AM
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@Fred -- the SMDR output is directed to an iPocket. I checked the serial parameters, and double-checked the PMS Server port's serial parameters as well - they match. I even changed the iPocket with a spare I had in my truck - no difference there, either.... :confused:


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Phil- You said you reset the system? have you tried a full power down, pull the power plug for 30 seconds and try that?


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#115067 01/18/12 05:56 AM
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@ Alex - Well, no, I haven't tried that yet. But I will!! laugh


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YOU didn't change it, but that does not preclude it having been changed! Check ALL programming end to end for 'errors', 'doctoring', etc. The fact that the calls stopped 2.5 years ago means 'someone' messed around 2.5 years ago. Now 'someone' is messing around, trying to get the calls working without spending $ and hosed the W/U.


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I like to set my precidias up so I can Telnet into them onsite or remotely. You can't see actual data but in #) System Settings_E) Display System Status you can watch the bit count on the transmitted side increase for every call record. Telnetting also allows you to confirm the Precidia is up as well as performing a reset on it.
Check your trunk group and make sure it's set for SMDR.
Monitor the SMDR in a Maintenance session.
I have had precidias appear functional, but not send data on the rs232 connector.


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