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Hi There,

I am trying to figure out how to set up DISA on a MICS 4.1 or higher. The docs are a bit confusing so here's what I want to do:

I want the second trunk on first DS card on the main MICS cabinet to be a non DISA auto answer line. I am hooking it into an FXS port to another system. I have programmed the line 2 as auto answer, non disa. I phone in, the line answers but no dialtone. I have also tried setting DISA to on with the same result.

The manual is a bit confusing but it seems to say if the DS loop card is installed in a Trunk Module it needs an e&M/disa card, but it doesn't say if you need an e&m/disa if it's installed in the main cabinet.

Do you need a E&M/DISA card if the DS card and line is in the main cabinet? If not what are the setups to get this puppy working.

Thanks
Dazed and Confused

you will need e&m/disa card i didn't know people still used those

The customer is getting a new IP system and their other sites have Nortel systems. I am trying to set up some crude networking using FXS gateways plugged into The Nortel DISA ports.

I don't know how good or bad it's gonna be, but what the hell, it's worth a shot!

From the installer guide:

For Loop Start or CI Trunk Cartridges installed in a Trunk
Module, you will also need one E&M/DISA Trunk
Cartridge for every two loop start trunks that you configure
as auto-answer. The E&M/DISA Trunk Cartridge provides
two DTMF receivers to receive the incoming digits from
the central office.

.....installed in a Trunk Module,....

Does that mean it must be in a trunk module or ?

The main cabinet has a trunk module built in. ports 2xx