Switch Off Phones Power at night 2

[intellSol]

Hi All,
I have avaya IP office 500
I want to either:
1- Switch Off most of the phones at night by completely turning the power off.
2- or, if not possible, then set timing for the PBX to be off at night.

We are using analogue cable connected directly without PoE to Avaya 1408 and 1416.

 

[holdmusic34]

Go to the supermarket and buy a power point timer.

Making headlines like a corduroy pillow.

 

[Westi]

you can turn the IPO off and set it to restart after a certain time via Manager but you have to do it manually and it is for the entire system not just selected phones.
If you have IP phones you can do it by separating them onto different switches and turn the switches off.
I think it is an odd idea though because the phones need so little power when they are idle that the saving would be pennies a month

Joe W.

FHandw, ACSS (SME)


"This is the end of the world, make sure to buy your T-shirt before it is too late"
Original expression of my daughter

 

[snowman50]

Why do you need to power down the phones....

If you want to block calls at night then set up a user rights with a timer for out of hours settings.

Or set up out of hours ARS table to block calls.

 

[vztech]

I agree with snowman

I used to have super powers but my therapist took them away...

 

[intellSol]

Hi all,
thanks for your comments.
We have 45 phones, the company is trying to reduce the costs of electricity.
Each phone is 27 Watt, which means at night from 7PM to 7AM it is costing 5161KW per year at no working time.
This costs 412USD per year at my location, it is no huge but we can save it without affecting anything at work.

 

[pmcook]

I would not want to work for your company. Actually I did once. I remember people would come in to work and find that the boss had rummaged trough their trash cans the previous night and left little piles of paper clips and rubber bands on their desks with notes saying "we do not throw these out.

 

[Gunnaro]

27 watts? The phones would go up in flames within 5 minutes at that power rate
Your DS 1408/1416 consumes 250 milliWatts on idle => 49 KW per year => 4 USD for all 45 phones a year.

Leave the phones on, turn off the lights and aircon/heating instead.

Kind regards

Gunnar
_______
B.U.B.F

 

[janni78]

Considering IP phones use between 2-4W on idle I would like to know how you came up with 27W for a DS phone.

"Trying is the first step to failure..." - Homer

 

[Westi]

I agree with Gunnar. Where did you get the 27W?
Expansion modules for 30 phones have a 40W power supply and it uses a lot less even if all phones are in use because they had 30W power supplies in the beginning that were however just on the edge so they upped the wattage.

I have 6 phones 2 IP phones and 2 analog cordless phones in my house and believe me if they would suck 27W I would throw them out not just unplug them. My house can be lit up with all lights with less power than that.

Joe W.

FHandw, ACSS (SME)


"This is the end of the world, make sure to buy your T-shirt before it is too late"
Original expression of my daughter

 

[Gunnaro]

Docs say 250 mW (backlight off) and 1 W when in use.

Kind regards

Gunnar
_______
B.U.B.F

 

[Telecomboy]

Also of note is the IP500 has known issues with the power supply. If you plan on turning it on/off everyday you will save a few bucks in electricity and end up buying a new IP500V2 chasis to replace the blown IP500.

 

[derfloh]

You can check for a device that can disconnect the cable connection between IPO and phone... But I guess it would need another 10W...

 

[amriddle01]

This is people making silly decisions based on poor advice and incorrect information. They aren't going to notice any savings at all doing this, you'll probably find the draw on startup cancels out any meager difference in turning it off in the first place

 

[ipohead]

Many newer POE switches has power management including on/off schedules although this will not help on your phones.

I can't see this this would give massive savings given the power consumption of the average device but the trend is towards greener solutions.

 

[SoGaIPO]

Agree with all, forcing all phones to idle during off hours by assigning time profile to ARS and send to dead table. Also time profile to incoming call routes sending incoming calls to disconnect.Voila, no calls during after hours and lowest wattage expectancy.

 

[joe2938]

As stated by Gunarro above, power is not an issue so why bother to do that

 

[Gunnaro]

I think the combined energy spent typing and reading this thread exceeds 4 USD worth of electricity .

Kill the A/C, you're in Bahrain, bet that cooler runs all night long.
(But if you told the manager that you could save him 412 USD by turning off the phones,
tell him you're a freaking wizard and miraculously made the phones drop 10000% in power consumption).

Kind regards

Gunnar
_______
B.U.B.F

 

[SoGaIPO]

Man, this is GGGRRREEEAAATTT (like Tony The Tiger)
I guess sometimes we just need to convince the cust/boss that we researched all the options just to appease them into thinking that we are hard on it...

And then do nothing at all and take in all the praises.

 

[mojoputter]

I've heard of a lot of different idea's of saving money, but that is the craziest thing I've ever heard.