Octel Aspen Branch XP Voice Mail Processing System w/ Cards 115V For Parts

Octel Aspen Branch XP Voice Mail Processing System w/ Cards 115V For Parts

The Octel Aspen Branch XP is a standalone voice mail and voice processing system made by Octel Communications Corporation, designed to provide automated call answering, message storage, and retrieval for small-to-medium business telephone environments. This unit is sold as-is for parts or repair: it powers on, the front indicators light up, and the cooling fans spin, but full voice mail functionality could not be verified. All five internal processing cards are present in the chassis.

Specifications & What's Included

• Manufacturer: Octel Communications Corporation
• Model: Aspen Branch XP
• Power: 115VAC, 60Hz, 4.5A
• AC Inlet: IEC C13 (standard power cord inlet)
• Required Connector: USOC RJ11C
• Ringer Equivalence: 0.7B
• FCC Registration No.: DOF63Z-19537-VM-T
• UL Listed (Voice Processing System)
• Form Factor: Desktop/tower enclosure with internal card cage
• Dimensions: 21" W x 14" D x 21" H
• Line Card V5 – Part No. 044-1134-204
• MVX File Card – Part No. 044-1067-000 (also 044-1067-202)
• CPU V4SX ASSY Card – Part No. 044-1118-002
• USL V2 Card – Part No. 044-1144-000
• Scanner V4 Card – Part No. 044-1128-001
• Licensed under U.S. Patent No. 4,371,752 and Canadian Patent No. 1,157,551

Applications

The Octel Aspen Branch XP is a branch-office voice mail system from the 1980s–early 1990s generation of dedicated voice processing hardware, a period when voice mail was a standalone appliance rather than a software feature embedded in a phone system or hosted in the cloud. Octel Communications (later acquired by Lucent Technologies and eventually folded into Avaya) was one of the leading voice mail platform vendors of that era, with their Aspen-series systems widely deployed alongside PBX systems from vendors such as AT&T, Northern Telecom (Nortel), Rolm, and others. The Aspen Branch XP was targeted at smaller branch locations, handling automated attendant, message deposit, and retrieval functions over standard analog telephone lines via RJ11 connections. Today, units like this are primarily sought by technicians maintaining legacy telephone installations, collectors of vintage business telecom equipment, or buyers looking for donor parts (cards, power supplies, chassis components) to service other Octel systems still in the field.