POTS to ADSL phone changes ring pattern & confuses PABX

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slaw54

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#311543 25-Jan-2024 18:49

Vodafone assured us that the removal of POTS would be painless as the modem ports would mimic the copper lines, "nothing will change they said, Howver the standard double ring pause pattern has changed to single ring longer pause single ring. This is causing the PABX to drop and then pickup the line meaning you can only take a call when the phone is ringing, is this a normal occurence ? Can Vodafone change the ring pattern, I am not sure how it is created, we would have to get tech's over to reprogram the PABX. Would appreciate any advice.

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#3186544 25-Jan-2024 18:59

You need to set the ring validation timer to 3 seconds. NEC PBX?

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#3186545 25-Jan-2024 19:01

I doubt vodafone would do anything about it, you pbx tech may be the best bet.

If you pbx supports SIP that would be the best way to go.

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#3186547 25-Jan-2024 19:05

Thanks for the quick response. I think it is an Erikkson LG, I have logged into the consul but it is extremely complex, kind of hoped that we could revert back to a standard ring pattern, Vodafone teck suggestd 61 but that seems to be for voicemail. I dont know if the ring pattern is generated in the adsl modem or at the exchange(are there still exchanges?)

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#3186549 25-Jan-2024 19:18

Speak to a PBX tech this is not a service provider issue

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#3186554 25-Jan-2024 20:03

Hi Linux

Thanks for you comment.

The pbx was working fine until they (Vodafone) removed the POTS telling us that the two ports on the modem would replace the analogue phone lines with no changes in our setup, appears there was a change with a longer pause between rings which I assume means that pbx thinks the call is gone and another call is coming in on the next ring, from other comments I can see that there are settings that will compensate for this but I cannot see why they are unable to restore the original settings which would solve the problem with no additional costs.

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#3186555 25-Jan-2024 20:06

Your PABX sounds old, I would suggest replacing it with a new system and SIP trunks or a cloud PABX

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#3186563 25-Jan-2024 20:39

@slaw54 Technology changes and you need to move with the times so one questions how old is this PBX?

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#3186566 25-Jan-2024 21:01

@Linux

Not sure, was installed 2 to 3 years, not on site right now but maybe IPECS 1000? phones are marked Ericcson LG. Had a quick look on online and IPECS manuals seem to infer that the default off time is 600 m/s and the pause in ringing seems closer to 1 sec. I will see if I can get someone on the mainland to talk me through it if it is just a setting, still cannot really understand why a provider would make such a change without any notification and the unable to advise if it is possible to change it back. we can dial out as normal so I have just put a conventional phone on port one of the modem until its resolved.

Thanks for your help.

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#3186567 25-Jan-2024 21:09

We install and support the IPECS UCP100/600 series PBXs but only with SIP trunks, we no longer support analogue or ISDN trunks

Sounds like you're going from VOIP trunks to analogue off a ONE NZ ultrahub, then back to VOIP handsets past the PBX which sounds really messy.

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slaw54

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#3186568 25-Jan-2024 21:18

They never upgraded the modem its the old rectangular flat one with the LCD and buttons on the front and two phone ports on the back so now all of our broadband and phone comms is dependant on an old copper line and an old modem. The whole POTS thing has been a bit of a nightmare. We will see what tomorrow brings.

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#3186569 25-Jan-2024 21:20

What area is this in?

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#3186589 25-Jan-2024 22:57

slaw54:

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Not sure, was installed 2 to 3 years,

VoIP has been around long enough that nobody should have been installing analog PBX for at least the last 5 - 10 years.

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#3186624 26-Jan-2024 07:55

nztim:

What area is this in?

By the sounds, quite remote:

slaw54:

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Not sure, was installed 2 to 3 years, not on site right now but maybe IPECS 1000? phones are marked Ericcson LG. Had a quick look on online and IPECS manuals seem to infer that the default off time is 600 m/s and the pause in ringing seems closer to 1 sec. I will see if I can get someone on the mainland to talk me through it if it is just a setting, still cannot really understand why a provider would make such a change without any notification and the unable to advise if it is possible to change it back. we can dial out as normal so I have just put a conventional phone on port one of the modem until its resolved.

Thanks for your help.

or, Waiheke (not really remote).

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#3186638 26-Jan-2024 08:46

coffeebaron:

VoIP has been around long enough that nobody should have been installing analog PBX for at least the last 5 - 10 years.

The PBX that I think he has based on the limited information I have in this thread supports SIP Trunking, however when it was installed the installer didn't take the time to move the POTS lines over to VOIP and just used analogue trunking.

I possibly put this down to the installation could have occurred when ADSL was only PPPoA 0/100 rather than newer PPPoE 0/110 with tagged priority traffic which is an absolute must with VOIP over ADSL given the limited upstream bandwidth.

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#3186643 26-Jan-2024 08:53

All very good talking about VoIP etc but the root cause is that Vodafone has botched the ring cadence on the new system.

It is Vodafone (or ONE) who you need to refer this too.

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