Mike's PBX Cookbook

Checking the LEDs:


A summary of various IPOffice hardware LED indicator meanings.

Control Unit LEDs:

LED:Description:
Optional SD

System SD
  • Card shutdown
  • Card present
  • Card in use
  • Reset imminent
  • Card failure/wrong type
  • Card initializing or shutting down
  • Card full
CPU
  • Starting up
  • Okay
  • No software
  • Error/Shutdown

Base Card LEDs:

Base Card:LEDs 1 to 8 Usage:
All Cards LED1 is also used for base card status:
  • Error
  • Initializing
  • Card okay
  • System shutdown
IP500 Analog
Phone		 No status LEDs are used for analog phone extensions.
IP500 Digital
Station
  • Phone detected
IP500
Combination		 LEDs 1 to 6:
  • Phone detected
IP500 VCM LEDs 1 to 8 are unlabelled. They are used to indicate voice compression channel usage. Each LED lit represents 12.5% of the available voice compression channel capacity in use (total capacity rather than licensed capacity).
IP500 4-Port
Expansion		 LEDs 1 to 8 are used for the expansion ports on the rear of the control unit.
LEDs 9 to 12 are used for the card's own expansion ports.
  • Expansion module present
  • Initializing
  • Error
  • Base card okay

Trunk Daughter Card LEDs:

All cards LED 9 is also used for daughter card status.
  • Error
  • Initializing
  • Card okay
  • System shutdown
Analog Trunk
  • Card fitted
  • Trunk in use
PRI Trunk
  • No trunk present
  • Trunk present
  • Trunk in use
  • (port 9) or
  • (port 10) = AIS from remote end
  • (port 9) or
  • (port 10) = Loopback (set in System Monitor)
BRI Trunk
  • No trunk present
  • Trunk present
  • Trunk in use

External Expansion Module LEDs:

Any Expansion
Module
  • Module okay
  • Error
  • Module starting up/Loading firmware
  • Module starting up/Loading firmware (IP500 DS16A/30A module)