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I am hoping someone can help point me in the right direction.

We are intending to connect our ECS v3 with a non-Iwatsu remote PBX using E&M. The intent being that local users would be able to dial extensions and connect to the remote site. All traffic would flow over a site to site VPN.

Since Iwatsu E&M is proprietary, we cannot use an Iwatsu E&M card, so we have setup a T1 & Receiver card to be used with the E&M.

The intent is that the ECS T1 card connects to a Cisco router with a T1 card in it. Then travels out of the Cisco over the VPN as IP and into another Cisco router at the remote site that is already setup with an E&M card directly to the Erikson PBX. (E&M type 2)

So Far, in theory, so good.

Unfortunately, I am not able to find any documentation on setting up the ECS T1 card for this purpose.
Any suggestions or recomendations would be greatly appreciated.

(Or PM me if you are Cisco savvy and are looking for a paid configuration challenge)

Thanks!
DP

You could try entering the remote extension numbers in an External Networking table, and direct them to be passed out over the T1 trunk group, but this assumes you can make the Cisco equipment recognize the digits sent, then convert them into something useful for the remote switch. This is all dependent upon what kind of circuit provisioning the Cisco T1 card can provide.

Digits incoming to the ECS can be routed pretty much anywhere you want them to go, provided the Cisco can send useful info to the ECS.

It's probably way more expensive, but you may have better luck with gateways at each end.

Thank you for the reply.
Yes the Cisco T1 can be setup with any kind of provisioning needed.

Regards,
DP