BT Versatility

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The BT Versatility is a telephone PBX switchboard sold by BT and targeted at small businesses. It is manufactured by Taratel Communications previously Lake Communications in Ireland as the OfficeLink. In South Africa it was sold by Tellumat as the Convergence 30 or C30, in Australia it was sold as the Commander Connect, in the USA it was sold by Inter-tel as the Encore CX and by Mitel as the Mitel 3000

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It has modular construction allowing a basic setup to be expanded as needed by clipping extra modules onto a backplane

The basic Central Control Unit (CCU) starts off as an 8 extension unit, with either analog POTS lines or ISDN line modules available. There is a serial connection that can be used for call logging and configuration. It can either use standard telephones or proprietary feature phones. A special Door Phone may be added on extension 23 and the system may be connected to an electronic lock relay to allow the door to be opened via a Door Phone call. Any extension may be programmed as a PA (Public Address) speaker.

It is the successor to the BT Pathway also made by Lake Communications, which superseded the BT Inspiration which in turn superseded the BT Revelation.

Technical specification

Extensions

Lines

Voicemail

Power

Maximum Consumption: 350VA

CCU modules

Gives 8 extensions onboard and allows the following modules to be added via slots in the CCUs cover.

The following may be installed inside the CCU.

CCU backplane

Purchasing one of these allows up to 5 of the following modules to be added:

Ports module

Gives 8 more extensions by default and allows either:

Options module

This allows a Central Bell and Music On-Hold as well as an external Long-Line extension (up to 2 km).

BroadBand module

On the BT Systems this allows you to connect to BT's VOIP services as trunks and provides the ability to connect VOIP extensions using the V-IP Feature Phone.

The BROADBAND MODULE has the following features:

The BROADBAND MODULE PLUS has all the above features but includes a VoIP Gateway with 12 endpoints that can be configured as IP trunks, IP extensions, or any combination of both. It also supports Unified Messaging.

Feature phones

Default password

1111

V-Phone

This is the basic single line phone.

V-8 Phone

This has 8 speed dial keys. Required for programming.

V-16 Phone

This has 16 speed dial keys, may also be used for programming

XP Console

The V-16 may be equipped with a 32-Button XP Console. Up to 8 phones are supported with this on a system, but needs a mains adaptor for power (5V DC).

V-IP Phone

This connects to your network to link to the Broadband module, either locally or over a VPN. Requires mains power.

Wiring information

Extensions are 4-Wire hybrids, connect 2 and 5 to A and B on the CCU for standard analogue extensions and 1 and 6 to C and D for digital extensions. There are no connections to 3 and 4.

Miscellaneous Information

Current known highest firmware version for the CCU is 915 Current known highest firmware version for the BBM is 189

This unit was manufactured for other markets under the name of "Commander Connect", "Inter-tel Encore CX", "Tellumat Convergence 30 (C30)" & "Mitel 3000"

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