PXML No. 83
APPROVAL No. 5/1000/2-3/C/020943
Manufactured
by GEC the Senator system came as a Mark 1 or Mark 2 system and both had
an ultimate configuration of 5+10. When the Merlin trading arm of BT
took over marketing of business systems, the Senator Mark 2 was
renamed as the
S4022.
The Senator system case was wall mounted and had an integral
MDF. Adaptors could be supplied to cover 2 wire external extensions,
inter PBX circuits and extension bells. These adaptors would be wall
mounted along side the system box. A speed dialler called the
Autodial No. 5000
was introduced and this was a factory modified Tyne autodial.
The terminals used are the same ones used on the Ambassador system but
the 10
memory type (Telephone No. 8550) was not sold as a Senator
terminal. These telephones are connected by four wires to the CCU and are
connected via PST sockets. The style of telephone was changed in the
mid to late eighties, away from the generic Ambassador telephone style.
The later Ambassador/Senator system telephone is shown on the lower right.
LD
POT phones with Earth Recall can be fitted via an External Extension Adapter
ESS10253.
Senator cannot be used on PBX's which use "C" wire signalling or timed break
recall.
Power consumption - 200 watts.
Sales Brochure - PH3266
Sales Brochure - PHME813
Sales Brochure - CP/MS271
See also the Ambassador
system.
Go to Ambassador/Senator telephones page

Extension Socket Wiring (secondary sockets only)
System
|
Colour
|
LJU -/3A
|
A
|
WHITE/Blue
| 5 |
B
|
BLUE/White
| 2 |
C
|
WHITE/Orange
| 4 |
D
|
ORANGE/White
| 3 |
System Options DPA1207A - Exchange line card (Blue handle).
DPA1209A - Extension Card (Yellow handle).
DPA1210A - LD Intercom Card to make system pulse dial (Off white handle).
DPA1217A - MF Intercom Card to make system tone dial (Grey handle). ESS10253
- External
Extension Adapter to allow connection of standard telephones. ESS10255
- External Bell Adapter to allow connection of additional bells.

Senator ESS10253 - External extension adaptor

Senator with front cover removed
In the picture above:-
Grey handle = MF Intercom card
Blue handle = Exchange line card
Yellow handle = Extension card
CPU Card Codes
MF cards have the code 80
LD cards have the code 77/A
Fuses
Fuses used on this system are BT types:- 36A/0.05, 72/0.5, 72/5, 73/0.1 & 73/4.
KNOWN ISSUES
INTER-PBX ADAPTOR (SA10254) USED ON SENATOR 1 SYSTEMS (JULY 1994)
A problem was highlighted when engineers were experiencing difficulty with
an inter PBX circuit which kept locking up between a Senator and a Pentara when
calls were extended over it. The problem did not exist prior to the adaptor
being changed due to a lightning strike. This was eventually cleared by changing
the Senator backplane, and therefore the software, to Senator 2.
The reason for this is that all adaptors (I/C 374225) now include an additional
circuit board (marked DPA1383) that replaces the original plug-in IC. This has
software that offers full DC5 signalling conditions when used with Senator 2
systems but is not to be used with Senator 1. Field staff should be aware of
this problem to ensure that Inter-PBX adaptors are not changed out
unnecessarily.
PARTS LIST
Additional pictures
Courtesy of Yannick McCabe-Costa

Cover removed

Cards removed exposing the Backplane

Exchange Card

Extension card

MF Intercom card
|