bcast05132015Our Merlin II phone system
This is a combo vlog/demo. The beginning was my daily vlog that I decided to merge into the demo which is the second part.
The Video demostrates my AT&T Merlin II telephone system. The Merlin II is the predessor to the Merlin Legend. Both use the same backplane and some of teh cards are the same for both. However, the Consoles are VERY different. the Legend uses the MLX-20L. whewreas the MerlinII uses the 7318H Display console. This is a very hard/expensive console to find.The ones I often find lack the Power adaptor. But, if you can solder a 5 pin DIN plug... You can get one for a good price on Ebay.
This is a very capable system and while it is NOT Merlin Legend with R7 firmware..it meets most people's needs. It can also be interfaced with Asterisk for voice mail/Auto Attendant. (nothing wrong the the merlin options other than they are OLD school. Many of the Auto Attendent versions (the R-001s are missing power adaptors and the Merlin Mail MM04 box is from 1996 with a smaller, (possibly Scsi-2 HD on a 386 backplane. Whereas I want to customize the system to my specs.
It can support T1/E1/D1 interface (could be wrong though) and does support TIE Lines with classes 1,2,5 of E&M (analog) useing the 400 E&M board. (I don't have a use for that module, at this time).
a Key 1A2 system can be setup as a behind switch config on this system. a 1A2 415 TIE card could be connected to the E&M tie modules if desired.
The manuals are easily downloaded from the internet, for free. You can get an older system, like mine for $300 but it will need a little TLC. such as, replacing the old NiCad cells in processor module, otherwise, you will possibly lose your settings during power failures.
You can also configure using a PC with the Merlin II software and the appropiate Serial cable and Windows XP. (I only use Mac's so I use the console to configure my system.
Don't forget "Ask us Anything Friday" is this... Friday. You NEED to get your questions in by Thursday at 11PM Eastern Time to have them answered on Friday.
The Video demostrates my AT&T Merlin II telephone system. The Merlin II is the predessor to the Merlin Legend. Both use the same backplane and some of teh cards are the same for both. However, the Consoles are VERY different. the Legend uses the MLX-20L. whewreas the MerlinII uses the 7318H Display console. This is a very hard/expensive console to find.The ones I often find lack the Power adaptor. But, if you can solder a 5 pin DIN plug... You can get one for a good price on Ebay.
This is a very capable system and while it is NOT Merlin Legend with R7 firmware..it meets most people's needs. It can also be interfaced with Asterisk for voice mail/Auto Attendant. (nothing wrong the the merlin options other than they are OLD school. Many of the Auto Attendent versions (the R-001s are missing power adaptors and the Merlin Mail MM04 box is from 1996 with a smaller, (possibly Scsi-2 HD on a 386 backplane. Whereas I want to customize the system to my specs.
It can support T1/E1/D1 interface (could be wrong though) and does support TIE Lines with classes 1,2,5 of E&M (analog) useing the 400 E&M board. (I don't have a use for that module, at this time).
a Key 1A2 system can be setup as a behind switch config on this system. a 1A2 415 TIE card could be connected to the E&M tie modules if desired.
The manuals are easily downloaded from the internet, for free. You can get an older system, like mine for $300 but it will need a little TLC. such as, replacing the old NiCad cells in processor module, otherwise, you will possibly lose your settings during power failures.
You can also configure using a PC with the Merlin II software and the appropiate Serial cable and Windows XP. (I only use Mac's so I use the console to configure my system.
Don't forget "Ask us Anything Friday" is this... Friday. You NEED to get your questions in by Thursday at 11PM Eastern Time to have them answered on Friday.
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