The Galaxy Express is a hardware platform that is part of the E-MetroTel overall Galaxy portfolio. Galaxy Express is built around adaptability and flexibility for your branch office locations. As your offices grow the need for easy expansion that doesn’t interrupt your business is important. Galaxy Express is designed for just this purpose.
Galaxy Express is a dual slot expansion module that allows for the expansion and addition of Digital Stations, Analog Stations, and PRI trunking
Galaxy Express Chassis
The Galaxy Express Is a small, standalone desktop or wall mounted chassis measuring 7.9375 x 5.875 x 1.75 inches (LxWxH) or 202 x 149 x 44 cm.
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There are a total of 2 slots to support interface cards that can provide flexible telephony interfaces to UCX software running on any of the E-MetroTel supported server platforms. The telephony cards operate independently of each other and can communicate with a common UCX server, or, even different UCX servers. Note that the two card slots are connected internally via a switch fabric to Eth2, so a only single Ethernet connection to the customer network or UCX using Eth2 should be used.
Wall Mounting Holes
The following diagram depicts the spacing of the holes when using the mounting wing hardware (included in the packaging) for wall mounting. If printed from this web page it will not necessarily be recreated at proper scale, so it is for layout informational purposes only.
Note that the mounting brackets must be connected as depicted in the above diagram as the spacing of the holes differs between the two sides of the bracket. The long flat side of the bracket will face the mounting wall while the side of the bracket with two distinct ears attaches to the holes in the sides of the Galaxy Express chassis.
Optional Telephony Interface Cards
The following cards are available for the Galaxy Express chassis:|
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DSM16p Card |
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PRI Card |
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| FXS16 Card |
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DSM16p Card
The DSM16p Digital Line Card supports E-MetroTel digital phones, Nortel/Avaya T and M series sets for Norstar/BCM migration as well as Meridian / CS1000 digital sets.Front Panel
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Interface |
Description |
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Amphenol |
Connection to Digital Telephone Sets Default IP Address: DHCP (backplane connection) Type: RJ-21 |
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Indicator |
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| PWR | Green: Indicates card has power from backplane. |
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RUN |
Green: Indicates the card processes are running. Red: Indicates an operational failure |
PRI Card
The PRI card provides a standard high speed (T1, or 1.544 Mb/s) interface for 23 voice channels.Front Panel
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Interface |
Description |
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USB |
Not used in Galaxy Express configurations Type: USB 2.0 A |
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HDMI |
Provide access to the processor video feed for creating a headed system for troubleshooting. Type: HDMI Type C |
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ETH |
Default IP Address: 192.168.1.175 Type: RJ-45 Note: In a Galaxy Expand using default UCx IP addressing this card will also receive a DHCP address on the 192.168.100.xxx subnet from the backplane. If on a Galaxy Express, it will recieve a DHCP address from whatever network the Eth2 connector on the chassis is connected. |
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Buttons |
Description |
| RST | Reset the card and restart the UXc software. |
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Interface |
Description |
| RUN |
Slow Blink (Green 2s and Flash 0.1s) Indicates the card software is running normally Fast Blink (Green 0.5s and Flash 0.5s) indicates abnormal situation No Blink: Dahdi Error |
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PWR |
Green: indicates that the card is receiving power from the Galaxy Express chassis |
FXS16 Card
The FXS16 Card provides standard connection via an amphenol interface to analog telephones or similar devices.Front Panel
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Interface |
Description |
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Amphenol |
Connection to Analog Telephone Sets Default IP Address: DHCP (backplane connection) Type: RJ-21 |
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Indicator |
Description |
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PWR: RUN: |
GREEN: Indicates the card processes are running. Red: Indicates an operational failure |