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Adding New Hardware to Avaya™ MCC1, SCC1, and G600 Media Gateways
Install and Administer IP Connectivity Hardware
TN2501 Voice over the LAN (VAL)
The TN2501 Voice over the LAN (VAL) is an integrated announcement circuit pack that
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offers up to 1 hour of announcement storage capacity.
requires shorter backup and restore times.
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is firmware downloadable.
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plays announcements over the TDM bus.
has 33 ports, including
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10/100 Mb Ethernet interface, allowing announcement and firmware file portability over
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your LAN (FTP server functions).
supports *.wav announcement files.
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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)
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8-kHz sample rate
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8-bit resolution (bits per sample)
Mono (channels = 1)
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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:
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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.
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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 2003