Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: Dave Levenson Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: AT&T System 25 Experience Sought Message-ID: <3723@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 10 Feb 90 14:41:19 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: Westmark, Inc., Warren, NJ, USA Lines: 49 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 90, message 4 of 9 In article <3601@accuvax.nwu.edu>, jimmy@icjapan.info.com (Jim Gottlieb) writes: > In looking for a PBX that offers CPC on analog ports and the ability > to send long touch-tones from electronic sets, I find that I am left > looking at only one switch for my application: the AT&T System 25. > But I feel funny about buying a switch that I have never used, since a > lot of the look-and-feel of using a particular PBX can not be conveyed > in a brochure. The un-shoulderable handset bothers me for instance. > So I am looking for any experiences, good or bad, from an end-user or > administrative point of view. Thanks... System 25's voice features evolved from those of the Horizon(tm) system, AT&T's original electronic PBX for small business. It supports Tip/Ring as well as proprietary multi-button electronic sets. These are the same sets that are supported by the Merlin(tm) systems. (They are different from the similarly-packaged digital sets supported by Systems 75 and 85). The handset's receiver is the same size as that of the 2500 set. Only the mouthpiece is smaller. Shouldering the handset shouldn't be any harder than it was with 2500 sets. Headsets are also offered for these sets. Enhancements beyond Horizon include the ability to switch data at 9600 bps, the ability to interconnect with the Starlan network, and the Integrated Solution(tm) - an external applications processor that looks a lot like a UNIX-PC, and provides voicemail, automated attendant, advanced switch administration, and a call-accounting application. As far as I know, the touch-tones sent by the multi-button electronic sets, like those generated by Merlin with the same sets, are fixed-length, about 100 msec. The duration and inter-character interval are administerable, but do not depend upon how long the user holds down the dial pad key. (This last may not apply to all versions of the product.) Dave Levenson Voice: (201 | 908) 647 0900 Westmark, Inc. Internet: dave@westmark.uu.net Warren, NJ, USA UUCP: {uunet | rutgers | att}!westmark!dave [The Man in the Mooney] AT&T Mail: !westmark!dave