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Riverside

L27 Communication Room


AAP Groups communications room

20 KVA ups
UPS used to carry the load with the loss of power until the building generators start.
AT &
 T frame used by all the interface devices in the communication room
Krone wall frames
AT & T frame used by all the interface devices while the Krone is used by PSTN and data modems in the communication room. All the racks have RJ45 patch connections in them.
These
 racks hold GDC and AAP ADS services
This is the back row of cabinets and house the Newstsream digital splitters, AAP ADS equipment, the GDC and DM2 switch as well as the old AMQ routers.
Flowpoint ASDL bridges for Editorial
Flowpoint ASDL bridges for Editorial
Routers and 
patch cabling for the line interfaces for Cisco 2500 routers
Routers and patch cabling for the line interfaces for Cisco 2500 routers.
Telstra modem back
Telstra modem front
Telstra modem as used for Newstream clients.
Telecom 4 wire modem being used by Vodafone
Telecom 4 wire modem being used by Vodafone
CMC Fax switch
Fax switch used by AAP Medianet.

Past equipment

ISDN Microlink
ISDN line used first in the communication room by AAPCS for the video conference system
Riverside drawing showing LAN points
Layout of all the structed cabling on the 27th floor
19k2 line drivers used between floors for AMQ
Line drivers were used for the AMQ service. The service ran between the concentrators on the 27th floor to the stockbrokers Morgan, Burrells and Bell-Paul Morgan. The unit enabled AAPIS the opportunity to supply the service without purchasing Telstra modems. The service ran at a speed of 64k bps.
12 port hub used in office
Used in house for the LAN network. These unit had the facility for 10BaseT and 10Base2 cabling.
Reset box for powering down the ADS Apple PC remotely.
ADS used these boxes with dialup modems to be able to reset the MAC PC remotely.
AS71 Splitters as used with the newstream feed
Used with Newstream services.
9 way digital splitter
Facility to support 9 output at once.
Sync to async converter sometimes used on older Telstra  4 wire modems.
Telstra use this device to change sync modems to async modem.
TIS pad X 25 service
Back of TIS pad.
TIS pad is a X25 device and was used for the distribution of the Thoroughbred Horse Information system. PC terminals using DANTE software would hang off the box.
Winframe 
system used once by Henderson Stockbroking and inhouse servers
Winframe servers have been removed and the inhouse system are located in the last cabinet.