Re: ISDN hunt with PM2ei and 5ESS

Jon Lusky (lusky2@earth.voyageronline.net)
Sun, 6 Oct 1996 14:59:22 -0400 (EDT)

Derric Scott writes:
> 4. TELL them you want 1 (ONE - NOT TWO) CSD/CSV (THIS IS MOST
> IMPORTANT!). (basically # of calls accepted per B channel).

If they are using the right multiline hunting template, thats already in
there (according to the switch technician I was talking to at the end of
my 10 day ordeal of trying to get BRI's to hunt here in Chattanooga)

> 6. The "directory" number on the portmaster seems to make no difference
> whatsoever - set it to the right number for each B, or to the
> lead hunt number, or blank, or to 1234567 for that matter and
> it seems to make no difference. Hey - what's this for anyway?

I left mine blank per livingston's instructions.

> Now, my question. BellSouth told me that they could setup a "DATA" only hunt
> group or a "VOICE" only hunt group, but NOT BOTH. Can anyone tell me whether
> this is the truth, ignorance, or what? I'm thinking of the pm3 with built-in
> modems taking both voice and data calls - will it be able to hunt "BOTH" in
> BellSouth land? Anyone doing it now? (I'm thinking that their answer was
> ignorance - it has to work, right - all the folks using Ascend MAXs and
> all...).

I'm doing it with MAXes right now. I've even got POTS lines rolling
over into the PRIs during our transition from POTS to PRI (limit of
99 calls can rollover this way, and can apparently only be done on
5E switches).

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