About the AX Controller

The AX Controller is a fully-configurable 3300 ICP that provides additional support for analog telephones and analog trunks. The AX Controller also supports IP and SIP devices and offers the same software features and functions as the other 3300 ICP Controllers. An optional power supply is also available for power redundancy.

Maximum Devices/Phones Supported

General Business

Hospitality

Phones/Devices

300

576

IP/SIP Phones

100

288

Analog Phones

288

288

One externally accessible module position is available. Embedded voice mail is supported by an optional 4 GB flash card. An internal module position is available for additional DSP resources depending on site requirements, such as G729 compression.

You can use the AX controller as a stand-alone voice platform, integrate it into a network or cluster as a node, or integrate it into a cluster or network as an analog media gateway.

The AX Controller supports:

You can install one of the following modules in MMC slot 1:

You can install one of the following modules in MMC slot 2:

The AX Controller layer 2 switch supports the following features:

Limitations

The AX Controller does not support:

Although the AX Controller can support up to 288 ONS ports, all 288 ports cannot be active on a call at the same time.  Refer to the 3300 ICP Engineering Guidelines for details.

Installation

Refer to the Technician's Handbook for instructions on how to install the AX Controller or how to  upgrade the internal flash to support embedded voice mail.

Programming

To program the AX Controller, follow the same procedures as those used to set up a 3300 ICP controller. In addition, you must program the analog sets and trunks that are supported by the AX Controller.