Required Equipment - Nortel Meridian Companion Installation And Maintenance Manual

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Required equipment

COMPANION 200 Installation and Maintenance Guide
The wiring to the COMPANION 200 Controller, Line Modules and
Base Station Modules is done using 25-pair cables with 50-pin
female connectors at one end. The other end of these cables
terminates on the distribution frames. All other wiring is done using
standard twisted-pair telephone cables.
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Read the installation warnings and safety instructions at the end of
this section before installing the equipment.
The following is a list of the equipment you must install to have an
operational system:
• Controller: the heart of the COMPANION 200 system. It
provides support for Base Stations, access lines (portables), the
Administration Terminal, and any Remote Access Devices. You
need one Controller for each COMPANION 200 system.
• Software Cartridge: provides functionality to the
COMPANION 200 system. The Software Cartridge plugs into
the Controller.
• Line Cartridges: the interface between the host switch and the
COMPANION 200. Line Cartridges plug into the Controller and
the Line Modules. Each Line Cartridge supports up to four access
lines. There are two types of Line Cartridge available: the
Disconnect Supervision (DS) Analog Line Cartridge, which
provides standard features, and the CLASS Line Cartridge, which
provides Call Management Service (CMS) features.
• Base Stations: provide radio links to the portables.
• Remote Power Interconnect units: provide power to the Base
Stations.
• Portables: portable telephones. They can be assigned to users in
addition to, or instead of, a desk telephone (see Appendix D).
• Administration Terminal: you need one Administration
Terminal for each COMPANION 200 system.
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