Administration of the Avaya G350 Media Gateway - Avaya Support

Chapter 14: Configuring contact closureThis chapter provides information about configuring the G350’s contact closure feature andcontains the following sections:●●●●Contact closure overview — an overview of contact closure configuration on the G350Contact closure hardware configuration — instructions on how to configure the contactclosure hardwareContact closure software configuration — instructions on how to configure the G350 to usecontact closureShowing contact closure status — instructions on how to display the contact closureconfigurationContact closure overviewYou can use contact closure to control up to two electrical devices remotely. With contactclosure, you can dial feature access codes on a telephone to activate, deactivate, or pulseelectrical devices such as electrical door locks. You can also activate and deactivate contactclosure using CLI commands. You can only use feature access codes if you configure theAvaya G350 Media Gateway to use a media server with Avaya Communication Managersoftware. For more information, see Configuring the Media Gateway Controller (MGC) onpage 51.It is recommended that you use an Avaya Partner Contact Closure Adjunct for contactclosure. For more information, see Overview of the Avaya G350 Media Gateway, 555-245-201.An Avaya Partner Contact Closure Adjunct contains two relays, one for each electrical device.You can control each relay in any of the following ways:●●●●When you dial the contact closure open access code, the relay opens (no contact).When you dial the contact closure close access code, the relay closes (contact).When you dial the contact closure pulse access code, the relay closes (contact) for thepulse duration and then opens (no contact).You can control each contact closure relay manually with CLI commands or with AvayaG350 Manager.Note:Note:Configuration of the feature access code is performed through the AvayaCommunication Manager. For more information, see Administrator’s Guide forAvaya Communication Manager, 555-233-506.Issue 3 January 2005 151