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Originally Posted by mnickasch
As I was looking at our current connections to the Vodavi 616 Flex today, I was wondering if I could use our existing 2 pair cable and amphenol connectors to wire the new Partner system. Since the Partner is completely modular, I was wondering if I could connect one of these "Hydra" adapters into the existing Amphenol and plug the tails of the Hydra into the ACS. Here's the link for the Hydra: http://www.phonegeeks.com/hydra.html. However, the Vodavi has 2 amphenol connectors for the stations. They only support 8 stations per connector, and the Hydra says that each 2-pair amphenol will break out into 12 modular plugs. Will the remaining 4 plugs go unused in each amphenol. After looking at the wiring task, I would really like to use that 2 pair voice wiring thats already in place. I do realize that I may need a gender changer between each exisitng Amphenol to "Hyrda" connection. Any insight is greatly appreciated.
- Matthew |
Matthew,
Yes, you could use the hydra things - they often come in both male and female amphenol connectors so that you wouldn't necessarily need a gender changer. Yes, 4 plugs would go unused. You may or may not require crossover line cords to make it all work (remember that a standard telephone line cord is crossover). Just don't get so deep into this that troubleshooting becomes a challenge...
Mike