5 slot or 2 slot carrier|Sundance Business VOIP Telephone Help

Print Thread

Rate Thread

5 slot or 2 slot carrier #80348 07/14/06 02:10 PM
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 631 Southern California PMCook OP Member
OP PMCook Member Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 631 Southern California	Simple question - just aquired a new VS R5 card for an ACS 7 installation. Sales docs said it needs a 5 slot carrier. Is it safe to assume the 2 slot would work just as well? I've got a 5 slot in stock but it's a waste just for 2 cards, a 509 R7 and the VS R5.

Avaya IP Office Help & Support Website

Avaya IP Office Help & Support Website

FAQs, documentation, videos, updates, and support for the Avaya IP Office business phone system!
Everything you need to know about installing, upgrading, and troubleshooting IP 500v2 and IPO Server Edition systems.

Re: 5 slot or 2 slot carrier #80349 07/14/06 02:15 PM
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 12,343 Likes: 3 New York hbiss Member
hbiss Member Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 12,343 Likes: 3 New York	2 slot should work just fine, I know it will with the R6. Can't hurt to try. Keep in mind there are issues with the R7 and the VS R5. -Hal CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 65 WARNING: Some comments made by me are known to the State of California to cause irreversible brain damage and serious mental disorders leading to confinement.

Re: 5 slot or 2 slot carrier #80350 07/14/06 02:28 PM
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 631 Southern California PMCook OP Member
OP PMCook Member Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 631 Southern California	What issues should I be aware of?

Re: 5 slot or 2 slot carrier #80351 07/14/06 02:49 PM
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 15,378 Likes: 13 Fayetteville, NC EV607797 Moderator-Vertical, Vodavi, 1A2, Outside Wire
EV607797 Moderator-Vertical, Vodavi, 1A2, Outside Wire Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 15,378 Likes: 13 Fayetteville, NC	We just used a two-slot carrier for an emergency replacement that got hit by lightning the other day. The customer's third module was just for one additional line, so we got by until we could get back over to the site with a five-slot carrier. The second module was a voice mail, and it worked just fine. There are tons of issues with the R7, but you will need to wait for additional responses to this post because I can't identify them specifically. Ed Vaughn, MBSWWYPBX

Re: 5 slot or 2 slot carrier #80352 07/14/06 03:00 PM
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 12,343 Likes: 3 New York hbiss Member
hbiss Member Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 12,343 Likes: 3 New York	There are reports of the VSR5 not being recognized by the processor. There is the DND issue where a call transferred to an extension with DND on will not go to it's voice mail but rather to the call coverage extension which usually means it ends up at 10. Avaya is supposed to have a patch but don't get your hopes up. There are probably others that I haven't heard about or don't (want to) remember. Basically this is just one of the very many R7 issues, not a problem with the Mail VS as you may think. If it were me I would replace the R7 with an R6, not the VM. -Hal CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 65 WARNING: Some comments made by me are known to the State of California to cause irreversible brain damage and serious mental disorders leading to confinement.

Re: 5 slot or 2 slot carrier #80353 07/14/06 03:25 PM
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 9,164 Likes: 8 Arlington, Massachusetts dexman Spam Hunter
dexman Spam Hunter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 9,164 Likes: 8 Arlington, Massachusetts	I would stay with the 5 card carrier. Spacing out the modules allows for better cooling. Also having those extra slots will allow you to expand if the need arises further down the line. I Love FEATURE 00

Re: 5 slot or 2 slot carrier #80354 07/14/06 06:07 PM
Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 320 Houston, TX, USA txfoneman Member
txfoneman Member Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 320 Houston, TX, USA	I found the r7 doesn't seem to like anything with it in a 2 slot ...... I even had problems with it being seen while programming/setup then not later in the day. \| Telephone Systems \| Voice / Data Cabling \| phoning since 1979.

Re: 5 slot or 2 slot carrier #80355 07/15/06 03:37 AM
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 7,056 Fayetteville, NC Lightning horse RIP Moderator-Mitel, Panasonic
Lightning horse RIP Moderator-Mitel, Panasonic Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 7,056 Fayetteville, NC	I see the remarks about the R7 having 'issues' with pretty much anything and everything. Is there anywhere that the issues and possible work-arounds are ALL listed? We sub for several different outfits and we have put in 3 R7's and so far,the users just want a dumb, square, key system. From the comments I've seen here, we apparently should be very thankful. John When I was young, I was Liberal. As I aged and wised up, I became Conservative. Now that I'm old, I have settled on Curmudgeon.

Re: 5 slot or 2 slot carrier #80356 07/15/06 05:20 AM
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 12,343 Likes: 3 New York hbiss Member
hbiss Member Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 12,343 Likes: 3 New York	Don't think so. People are discovering new problems almost daily. The work around for all is to not use the R7. Seems whenever Avaya comes out with a patch to fix one problem it just screws something else up. -Hal CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 65 WARNING: Some comments made by me are known to the State of California to cause irreversible brain damage and serious mental disorders leading to confinement.

Re: 5 slot or 2 slot carrier #80357 07/15/06 11:12 AM
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 9,164 Likes: 8 Arlington, Massachusetts dexman Spam Hunter
dexman Spam Hunter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 9,164 Likes: 8 Arlington, Massachusetts	Sounds just like IP based phone systems. Fix one problem, create another one, incorporate the fix into an upgrade and sell it. Repeat entire process over & over. :shrug: I Love FEATURE 00

Hop To

Link Copied to Clipboard

atcomsystems.ca/forum Forums TDM Business Telephone Systems Avaya - Lucent Telephones & Systems 5 slot or 2 slot carrier