VOIP Gateway for old Norstar system? [Telecom]

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VOIP Gateway for old Norstar system? [Telecom] cgallery 06-26-2008
Posted by on June 26, 2008, 10:07 pm
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I have an old Norstar 6x16 KSU at work (with Compact DR5 software). I
have high-speed Internet at work and home.

Are there any voip gateways that would allow me to put a 7310 or
equiv. phone at home and connect it to the KSU at work via the
Internet?

I only need one phone.

***** Moderator's Note *****

The best you'll be able to do is get basic "POTS" dial tone, without
any of the Norstar's feature set. Nortel uses out-of-band (supersonic)
signalling for the features on it's 7310 series, which is why they
only need tip & ring to connect, but there's not any VoIP device I
know of that will relay that signalling.

If you do some research, you might find an off-premise-extension card
for the Norstar, but the odds are slim: I don't know if they ever made
one, and if they did, it would be an increible find.

Bill Horne
Temporary Moderator

(Please put [Telecom] at the end of your subject line,
or I may never see your post! Thanks!)


Posted by Gerald Harper on June 27, 2008, 5:45 pm
> I have an old Norstar 6x16 KSU at work (with Compact DR5 software). I
> have high-speed Internet at work and home.
>
> Are there any voip gateways that would allow me to put a 7310 or
> equiv. phone at home and connect it to the KSU at work via the
> Internet?
>
> I only need one phone.
>
> ***** Moderator's Note *****
>
> The best you'll be able to do is get basic "POTS" dial tone, without
> any of the Norstar's feature set. Nortel uses out-of-band (supersonic)
> signalling for the features on it's 7310 series, which is why they
> only need tip & ring to connect, but there's not any VoIP device I
> know of that will relay that signalling.
>
> If you do some research, you might find an off-premise-extension card
> for the Norstar, but the odds are slim: I don't know if they ever made
> one, and if they did, it would be an increible find.
>
> Bill Horne
> Temporary Moderator
>
> (Please put [Telecom] at the end of your subject line,
> or I may never see your post! Thanks!)

MCK makes a product for you. You can extend the digital phone over an IP
network, you will need VPN.


Posted by Robert Bonomi on June 29, 2008, 9:08 pm
>I have an old Norstar 6x16 KSU at work (with Compact DR5 software). I
>have high-speed Internet at work and home.
>
>Are there any voip gateways that would allow me to put a 7310 or
>equiv. phone at home and connect it to the KSU at work via the
>Internet?

Yes, there is -one- product that does this. I don't remember who makes it,
(The company is 3 letters, probably initials -- "MC-something", maybe) but
it is *NOT* inexpensive -- somewhere around $1500+ for _each_ end.

It is -not- standard VoIP, but a VPN tunnel carrying the proprietary
transcoded norstar phone data-stream..

Note: the physical interface on the Norstar phones is very ISDN-like (2B1Q)
but with some significant differences at the protocol level.

>I only need one phone.

>***** Moderator's Note *****

>The best you'll be able to do is get basic "POTS" dial tone, without
>any of the Norstar's feature set.

FALSE TO FACT. see above.

> Nortel uses out-of-band (supersonic)
>signalling for the features on it's 7310 series, which is why they
>only need tip & ring to connect, but there's not any VoIP device I
>know of that will relay that signalling.

Grossly inaccurate description. see above.

>If you do some research, you might find an off-premise-extension card
>for the Norstar, but the odds are slim: I don't know if they ever made
>one, and if they did, it would be an increible find.

There is no provision for 'cards' in a Compact 6x16, at all.
What (limited) hardware 'options' there are plug in as an 'extension',
tying up one of the 16 pairs used for local phones.

***** Moderator's Note *****

I stand corrected. I am chastised. You're now on my list.

Bill Horne
Temporary Moderator

(Please put [Telecom] at the end of your subject line,
or I may never see your post! Thanks!)


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