Tn2501 Voice Over The Lan (Val); Important File Specifications; Caveats - Avaya S8700 Manual

96
Installing the S8700 IP Connect

TN2501 Voice over the LAN (VAL)

The TN2501 Voice over the LAN (VAL) is an integrated announcement circuit pack that
• offers up to 1 hour of announcement storage capacity.
• requires shorter backup and restore times.
is firmware downloadable.
•
• plays announcements over the TDM bus.
has 33 ports, including
•
10/100 Mb Ethernet interface, allowing announcement and firmware file portability over
•
your LAN (FTP server functions).
• supports *.wav announcement files.

Important File Specifications

Voice Announcement over LAN (VAL) requires that announcement files are in the following
*.wav formats:
CCITT A-Law or CCITT µ -Law (mu-Law) companding format (do not use PCM)
•
8-kHz sample rate
•
• 8-bit resolution (bits per sample)
Mono (channels = 1)
•
You must convert other wave (*.wav) file formats to those listed above. Telephone access
creates the correct file formats.

Caveats

Remember the following points when using the TN2501AP integrated announcement circuit
pack for the first time:
Despite the feature name, announcements are not played over the LAN but can be
•
transferred to and from the TN2501AP circuit pack over the LAN.
You cannot save or restore announcements to a TN2501AP circuit pack to or from
•
1 dedicated telephone port for recording and playing back announcements (port
•
number 1).
1 ethernet port (port number 33).
•
• 31 playback ports (ports 2–32).
• a TN750C circuit pack
flashcards
•
tape
•
• magneto optical disks.
May 2002