I NEED A WIRELESS SOLUTION

[Richard1]

I have a Meridian option switch and my customer is wanting to install wireless phones within the building. It is a 3 story hospital and I am unfamiliar with the choices that I might have. Can anyone suggest a solution?

Thanks Rich

 

[SL1User]

For the Meridian there is an MDECT solution available.

To make wireless telephonie working you just install a DMC8 Card into an fully wire IPE slot. Each card has the possibility to connect 8 base stations (antenna or tranceiver) to it. As base station there are C4600 – supports six active call radio links, C4610 – supports 12 active call radio links, C4610E (with external antenna) – supports 12 active call radio links available.

The amount of DECT users is limitet in the ISM parameters.
Teh number of antennas is limitet , as described above, in hardware (DMC8 cards).

The MDECT cards are to see as seperate system (actualy it is developed by Philips) and will be maintained by OTM accross the ethernet / LAN.

 

[johnpoole]

at out site (a hospital with 8000 stations) we went with cisco call manager. i have installed the nortel wireless but beleive the cisco to be eaiser to program and maintain. since the system is intergrated with the lan, network side needs to be included in the planing. the ant sites in house or connected over the lan, the ccm (cisco call manager) works voip and interfaces back to the tmd (nortel) via a pri using qsig.. we have names and msg lamps working without problems. we rolled out 200 wireless and 20 or so soft phones about a month ago with very litte problem

john poole
bellsouth business
columbia,sc

 

[I2007]

Talk to your nearerst Nortel Vendor or contact Nortel Directly. Nortel has as mentioned above a DECT wireless solution. But they also WiFi handsets that can be used on a IP-Enabled Succession switch. Theese solutions are as far as I know as good as JP's cisco solution. But it will be fully integrated. The problem with WiFi is that you need more base stations, but the cost pr/base is less than DECT bases. So my advise is to talk to a vendor or Nortel. Get them to demonstrate it, or ask if you can visit a customer that already has a system installed in your area. We do that alot with our customers and it has a huge influence in their final chioces.... Good luck

i2007

 

[johnpoole]

i work for a nortel vendor and a cisco gold partner, my preference is based on ease of install and maint. being a tech i never concern myself with prices, as far as full intergration, i don't know of anything a nortel wireless will do that a cisco wireless will do with qsig. you may lose some toll control, i have that qsig set up to all local and request a auth code for ld from a wireless phone. i could use two trunks groups and block or allow local that way.. i've installed nortel switches for almost 30 years, since 78, i am also certified on a few others. every tech has their favorite switch, i offered my two cents worth because i have installed both types..

john poole
bellsouth business
columbia,sc

 

[celledge]

I have some Nortel 2211 WiFi Handsets. This system is OEM'd from Spectralink, but is running Nortel code and the Unistem protocol. Integration with Succession is really easy and all features are there. The handset emulates an i2004 desk phone.

My only complaints are: 1. Features can be cumbersome to use because of the menus. 2. WiFi needs good coverage.

Unfortunately, I am still not running 100% on mine because the access points I purchased a year before purchasing the phones are not fully compatible. They need to support the SVP protocol.

I would at least demo both Nortel and Cisco. The Cisco phones do look much better (as does most of their equipment), but it sure is nice to manage these phones through OTM or the console.

Chris

 

[johnpoole]

if your using otm, nortel wireless get very easy after the install, i've worked on the Spectralink but not one of their newer models, one worked great with a avaya and the other seem to interfave with a rolm 8000 very well.. neither had full intergration, but that was quite a few years back

john poole
bellsouth business
columbia,sc

 

[dixiedogger]

I have installed both Nortel and Cisco and I would use which ever wireless matches my PBX. Which is to say if I had a Nortel PBX I would use Nortel wireless phones and if I had a Cisco call manager I would use Cisco wireless phones. Why? Better integration. For instance say you want your desk phone and wireless phone to ring at the same time. Well you cannot do that over qsig trunks in either direction. You get to have one vendor no finger pointing between manufactures, one maintenance contract. Your techs only need to know one system. The new Nortel wireless works on 802.11b it really doesn’t matter too much which brand antenna as long as it’s on the approved list which most major brands are including Cisco. You just pop in a dsp media card, a 2245 and a signaling server and some voip ism's and off you go. The wireless program as an I2004 so they are fully integrated and once the initial setup is done any decent meridian tech can program and deploy phones with no additional training.

 

[brewerdude]

One word: SpectraLink!

Work like a champ.

 

[gregdeike]

If you have any conference rooms you might want to look at the Polycom Wireless Phone. It works great and has a couple of good features built in.

 

[johnpoole]

cisco call manager, works just like a cisco product

john poole
bellsouth business
columbia,sc

 

[mywayray]

If your goal is to provide 'in building wireless' there are about 6 different choices-
However if you are trying to deliver a 'campus' solution where the users are mobile and move from building to building, look to this link

http://www.ascendentsystems.com