Nortel Meridian Norstar 4X8 / 6X16 / 8X24 / 0X32 Systems - Adding Telephone Sets to the System

This video shows how to add a new telephone extension to your Meridian Norstar telephone system.

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• nortel
• meridian
• norstar
• pbx
• phone
• system
• telecom
• telephone
• northern
• pabx
• extension

[ViperTechnologies]

dOES IT MATTER WHAT WIRE GOES WHERE OR WHAT? THE VIDEO IS NOT CLEAR ENOUGH TO SEE

[CJS7070]

@ViperTechnologies sorry for the confusion. The polarity does not matter as they are digital phones (although there is a standard that telco installers usually go by). Basically, starting from the top of the punchdown block, there are two pins per set--so the top 2 would be 1, then the next two 2, the next two 3... etc.

[Michael21700]

what happens if you want to have a phone that has outside calling and intercom inside calling??????

[CJS7070]

@Michael21700 the default configuration of the Norstar system is that each phone will have buttons for both external lines and internal "intercom" lines. You can also configure the system to use line pools, where each set will only have an Intercom line, and users press a number (usually 9) to access an outside line from the line pool to which the phone is assigned.

[owl]

Is it safe to use bridging clips on these sets? Is there another way of connecting them so that bridging clips are not required?

[CJS7070]

@owl The bridging clips are used on the 66 block... if you have a punchdown block that doesn't require bridging clips that would work too. Much easier to use them, if you ask me, because it's a lot easier to isolate lines, or disconnect them when troubleshooting.

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[samrichardson05]

@Phonehed :p no i fixed it :)

[cetracom]

@Phonehed

I agree also on the MICS but I like the interface on the BCM compared to the MICS. I also agree on VOIP just another marketing tool. They really don't have any more features they just run over your IP network.

The GUI interface on these is what sells it to the IP network people

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[Phonehed]

@samrichardson05 Heh heh, ...so is it still flashing 8 months later? :)

[Phonehed]

@cetracom lol, ...I'd take a MICS over a BCM any day of the week and it would probably outlast the BCM by 10 or 20 years! As far as I'm concerned, unless you just have to have VOIP (which I still can't recommend in good conscience) there's just not much reason to choose the BCM over the ICS models. The BCM and the multitude of initial problems they had with them, had much to do with Nortel's demise.

[Phonehed]

@silentsky319 Unless your bit is dull.

[Phonehed]

@owl The correct answer is that you should NEVER use bridging clips on ANY Nortel digital sets! Even says so right in the manuals but I didn't believe it could cause problems either until the bridging clips on my own system began to oxidize many years ago. Had all kinds of weird little set problems all of the sudden & as soon as I pulled the clips and punched 'em all straight down, all problems vanished! Seen it happen many times over the yrs. since then too. Clips R good 4 analog CO lines tho.

[cetracom]

@Phonehed

Agreed, Nortel is one of the best systems ever built. Even the BCM line is a good system and will do anything the new systems will do. Seems sad to see Avaya/Lucent/AT&T discontinue the Nortel system.