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Thread ID: 70753	2006-07-15 00:21:00	PABX Manual	george12 (7)	PC World Chat

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470917	2006-07-15 00:21:00	Hi, I've inherited a Philips SBX12 12-extension 6-trunk PABX. It's incredibly cool and I've got it working, but it has a LOT of more advanced functions, which it mentions briefly while starting up, but which I don't know how to use. I know everything can be done from a normal phone, becuase I've done most of it by accident already. But I really need a manual for it. There's nothing on the internet about this one. Any ideas?	george12 (7)
470918	2006-07-15 01:56:00	I have a phillips SBX6 complete with manual (somewhere), all though i'm not sure if the anvanceness of the advanced functions are as er advanced.. If all else fails i could dig the manual out for you. Old PABXs make great intercoms, but when i had mine on the phone line i had trouble getting telstras gear to notice that i had pushed buttons, which was a curse ringing those numbers where you dial the appropriate help desk or service.. Eventually it stopped responding at all, and allthough i could get an outside line, i couldn't actually ring anyone... I'm not sure if the problem was a fault or a compatability issue, not that it matters, i've traded the phone line in for a bigger/faster connection on the cable modem, so the PABX is purely an intercom now.	personthingy (1670)
470919	2006-07-15 02:52:00	I've got a 6 and a 12 lying around somewhere, and I played with the 6 a bit. I just cobbled up the connections, because I couldn't be bothered to croimp up a 50 pin connector. You can unplug the unused trunk cards if you haven't got 6 exchange lines. ;) I vaguely remember the extension numbers start at about 80, going up. No manuals, though ... :(	Graham L (2)
470920	2006-07-15 07:43:00	I have a phillips SBX6 complete with manual (somewhere), all though i'm not sure if the anvanceness of the advanced functions are as er advanced.. If all else fails i could dig the manual out for you. Old PABXs make great intercoms, but when i had mine on the phone line i had trouble getting telstras gear to notice that i had pushed buttons, which was a curse ringing those numbers where you dial the appropriate help desk or service.. Eventually it stopped responding at all, and allthough i could get an outside line, i couldn't actually ring anyone... I'm not sure if the problem was a fault or a compatability issue, not that it matters, i've traded the phone line in for a bigger/faster connection on the cable modem, so the PABX is purely an intercom now. That would be great personthingy. The main things I am missing are ringing other extensions, and getting a line out easily (I can press 1, 1, and wait for about 4 seconds, but I suspect there should be a more simple way. It might need some programming. It does have an RS232 port, maybe I should have a poke around with the PC.	george12 (7)
470921	2006-07-16 01:53:00	To call another extension, you just dial its number . As I said, I seem to remember that the numbers start at 80 . I think I struck a bit of paper inside the 6 The delay in getting a trunk probably means that it is trying all the six trunks until it finds one connected to an outside line . Unplug all the trunk cards except one . I don't think those Philips ones are programmable, especially through an RS232 connection . ;) They just work . That DB connector is 50 pin, not 25, isn't it? If so, that's for the other six extensions . My nice panasonic PABX has a DB25, but that's for a serial printer . Its programming is done from a master (or mistress ;) ) phone, the clever one with the LCD display . .	Graham L (2)
470922	2006-07-16 08:40:00	To call another extension, you just dial its number . As I said, I seem to remember that the numbers start at 80 . I think I struck a bit of paper inside the 6 The delay in getting a trunk probably means that it is trying all the six trunks until it finds one connected to an outside line . Unplug all the trunk cards except one . I don't think those Philips ones are programmable, especially through an RS232 connection . ;) They just work . That DB connector is 50 pin, not 25, isn't it? If so, that's for the other six extensions . My nice panasonic PABX has a DB25, but that's for a serial printer . Its programming is done from a master (or mistress ;) ) phone, the clever one with the LCD display . . I've tried about every combination of numbers I could think of to get extensions, especially the obvious . The 80's don't seem to work . I'll have a hunt for these trunk cards now . . .	george12 (7)
470923	2006-07-18 03:26:00	I pulled out the SX-8 and had a look at it. (Now I don't know if it's an SBX-8 or SX-8 ... that's marked on the front panel, and I was looking at the innards. ;) ) The trunk cards are the long ones. I left the one closest to the processor board. Each of those cards handles two lines. I see that one of the 2 DIP switches has SW8 flicked. That may be what I did to disable one line interface, or it might be something else. I haven't got a manual. ;) If removing a card, note that the card guides are also retainers. Just pull them outwards, gently, and use your third hand to pull the board. The lines are connected through a 50 pin Amphenol connector (like a printer connector, but 50, not 36). The plug has a 25 pair cable going to three Krone 110 connector blocks, two with 10 pairs, one with 5 pairs. (I think that's a standard PABX cable). The pairs are identified by two colours of wire. One colour is constant for a group of 5 pairs, the other colour changes with each pair. One 10 pair block is for the (8 in this PABX) extensions. The extension numbers (in this PABX) are red+grey 82 red+brown 83 red+green 84 red+orange 85 red+blue 86 white+grey 87 white+brown 88 white+green 0 (the Operator/receptionist). The other 10 pair block is for the trunks: yellow+grey Line1 yellow+brown Line2 etc ..... There are a lot of DIP switches on the motherboard. Alter them at your own risk. :D I once had to configure a terminal interface card for a PDL11 Unibus machine. It had about 96 bits selectable with DIP switches. 2^96 combinations gives plenty of non-working confuguratiions. This PABX did work, and still worked when I pulled the unneeded trunk card. I might have flicked that SW8; you could try it. But that's the only one I would recommend changing.	Graham L (2)
470924	2006-07-29 10:01:00	What info are you after? I am sure I have some 6,8 and 12 manuals around here somewhere.	biggles_1 (10723)
470925	2006-07-29 11:13:00	How to use the more advanced features of it, I can get into them accidentaly, so I know they're there (setting up how it answers calls, etc). I can't USE them though.	george12 (7)
470926	2006-08-24 12:38:00	I have just found a SBX 12 manual I will be scanning it into JPG files if anyone wants a copy email me [edit] [edit: contact can be made via Private Message as I have removed the email address to prevent spam bots picking it up]	Panda (10724)
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