|
|
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 9,429 Likes: 3
Member
|
|
Member
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 9,429 Likes: 3 |
I stopped into a store today while I was out doing some jobs. The power was out so they had no phones. Of course, they did not have a regular phone connected so they could still get calls.
I am assuming the easiest thing to do is just install another jack and connect it right to their first line. Are there any power failure provisions on this system?
Jeff Moss
Moss Communications
Computer Repair-Networking-Cabling
MBSWWYPBX, JGAE
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 15,405 Likes: 18
Moderator-Vertical, Vodavi, 1A2, Outside Wire
|
|
Moderator-Vertical, Vodavi, 1A2, Outside Wire
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 15,405 Likes: 18 |
No, the only external options on that system were external paging, music on hold, etc. No PFT, so your concept of a parallel jack on line #1 is about the best you can do.
Ed Vaughn, MBSWWYPBX
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2001
Posts: 3,347 Likes: 10
Moderator-Avaya-Lucent, Antique Tele
|
|
Moderator-Avaya-Lucent, Antique Tele
Joined: Jul 2001
Posts: 3,347 Likes: 10 |
Install a jack on Line 1, ahead of the Merlin, tell them NOT to plug a phone into it except when the power is out (otherwise it will interfere with normal operation of the Merlin phones)
You could always get an 8-pin cord coupler, pull Line 1 and an extension out of the control unit and couple them together. Disconnect the Merlin phone, and plug a single line into the jack instead.
And if you do install a jack, rememeber to do it on your own time, charging full boat, or if you do it on hardware store time, they provide EVERYTHING, including the tools, wire, and jack.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 10,949
Moderator-Avaya
|
|
Moderator-Avaya
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 10,949 |
What ^^ (Tommy) said. Plus it is a Classic Merlin, not a Merlin Classic. 
Avaya SMB Authorized Business Partner. ACIS/APSS ESI Certified Reseller/Installer www.regal-comm.com
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 9,429 Likes: 3
Member
|
|
Member
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 9,429 Likes: 3 |
Thanks guys...this is not for the store I work at, not even a hardware store 
Jeff Moss
Moss Communications
Computer Repair-Networking-Cabling
MBSWWYPBX, JGAE
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 240
Member
|
|
Member
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 240 |
.Yes there is a Power Failure cartridge for the classic Merlin
It is a 6103 Cartridge
Extra Alert & 2 Power Failure Lines
Cartridge Type III
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 15,405 Likes: 18
Moderator-Vertical, Vodavi, 1A2, Outside Wire
|
|
Moderator-Vertical, Vodavi, 1A2, Outside Wire
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 15,405 Likes: 18 |
My bad. I was thinking that the original question was asking if the Merlin phones could be used to cover power failure transfer situations.
BTW, I completely forgot about the type III cartridge.
Ed Vaughn, MBSWWYPBX
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 12,358 Likes: 4
Member
|
|
Member
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 12,358 Likes: 4 |
Probably wouldn't hurt to recommend a UPS with a runtime as much as they can afford. That way they won't have to worry about all of that for anything but prolonged outages.
-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.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 126
Member
|
|
Member
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 126 |
Another piece of hardware the customer has to worry about...the rj11 jacks is the only sure
power failure solution.
|
|
|
|
Forums84
Topics94,543
Posts640,074
Members49,857
| |
Most Online5,661
May 23rd, 2018
|
|
|
|
