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Introduction
Prerequisites
      Requirements
      Components Used
      Conventions
Pinout Configuration
      Nortel Option 11 PBX
      VIC-2E&M Pinout
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Introduction

These are the E&M Cable Pinouts used to connect a Cisco 1700/2600/3600/3700 E&M Voice Interface Card (VIC) to a Nortel PBX Option 11 E&M Trunk.

Prerequisites

Requirements

There are no specific requirements for this document.

Components Used

This document is not restricted to specific software and hardware versions.

Conventions

For more information on document conventions, refer to the Cisco Technical Tips Conventions.

Pinout Configuration

The Nortel PBX 25 pair wire Amphenol Cable must be punched down with the standard Nortel PBX E&M punch down scheme as seen in this list in order for the E&M Cable Pinouts to work.

Wires: 5 pairs to a group:

  • White-blue, white-orange, white-green, white-brown, white-slate(grey)

  • Red-b, R-O, R-G, R-B, R-S

  • Black-b, B-O, B-G, B-B, B-S

  • Yellow-b, Y-O, Y-G, Y-B, Y-S

  • Violet-b, V-O, V-G, V-B, V-S

Nortel Option 11 PBX 

Type 1; 2-wires; router to PBX -----NorTel-----
Router  Pins	 			PBX       
							1 -- 7   						
M   			2 -- 6   		M
       3 --  
R1   		4 -- 4   		TA  
T1   		5 -- 5   		TB       
							6 --   					
E   			7 -- 3   	 E       
							8 --
Type 1; 4-wires; router to PBX -----NorTel-----
Router  Pins					PBX       
							1 --   
M   			2 -- 6   		M   
R   			3 -- 4   		TA
R1   		4 -- 1   		RA  
T1   		5 -- 2   		RB   
T   			6 -- 5   		TB   
E   			7 -- 3   		E       
							8 --
Type 2; 4-wires; router to PBX -----NorTel-----
Router  Pins					PBX
SB   		1 -- 7   		SB   
M   			2 -- 8   		M   
R   			3 -- 4   		TA  
R1   		4 -- 1   		RA  
T1   		5 -- 2   		RB   
T   			6 -- 5   		TB   
E   			7 -- 3   		E  
SG   		8 -- 6   		SG

VIC-2E&M Pinout

The E&M voice interface card uses an RJ48S connector. The pinout depends on the PBX type and connection. This figure shows the wiring pattern for this connector, and the lists typical configurations.

RJ48S Wiring

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Note: Pins that are not used should not be connected.

E&M Pinouts

     

Two-Wire Operation, Type

Four-Wire Operation, Type

Pin

Signal

Description

1

2

3

5

1

2

3

5

1

SB

-48V signaling battery

–

SB

SB

–

–

SB

SB

–

2

M-lead

Signaling input

M

M

M

M

M

M

M

M

3

R

Ring, audio input

–

–

–

–

R

R

R

R

4

R or R1

Ring, audio input/output or output

R

R

R

R

R1

R1

R1

R1

5

T or T1

Tip, audio input/output or output

T

T

T

T

T1

T1

T1

T1

6

T

Tip, audio input

–

–

–

–

T

T

T

T

7

E-lead

Signaling output

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

8

SG

Signaling ground return

–

SG

SG

–

–

SG

SG

–

Note: The Nortel Option11C PBX E&M Type I signaling matches the Cisco 3640 (or any other Cisco IOS gateway) Type V signaling. For more information about the Nortel PBX and Cisco Gateway Configuration, refer to Cisco 3640 Series Gateway-PBX Interoperability: Nortel Meridian 1 Option 11C PBX with Analog E&M Signaling.

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Updated: Feb 02, 2006Document ID: 8632