Talkswitch 48 User Manual

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Table of Contents

1.0 Installing TalkSwitch

1.1 What's included with TalkSwitch

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1.2 Front Panel Descriptions

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1.3 Back Panel Descriptions

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1.3.1 The TalkSwitch 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
1.3.2 The TalkSwitch 48 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

1.4 Plugging into the Back Panel

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1.4.1 Attaching telephone lines to TalkSwitch line jacks

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1.4.2 Attaching phones and other analog devices

to TalkSwitch extension jacks

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1.4.3 Connecting Devices to the Music and PA Jacks . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

1.4.4 Connecting TalkSwitch to a PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

1.4.4.1 Serial connection

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1.4.4.2 USB connection

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1.4.4.3 LAN connection

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1.4.4.4 Remote configuration using a modem

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1.4.4.5 Local configuration using a modem . . . . . . . . . . .12

1.5 Using 2 or more TalkSwitch units on a LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

1.5.1 Connecting 2 or more TalkSwitch units to a LAN . . . . . . . . . . .12

1.5.2 Setting the Unit ID for the first time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

1.5.3 Changing the Unit ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

1.5.4 Unit IDs and how they affect the system extension numbers . . . .15

1.5.5 Keeping track of the lines and extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

1.5.6 Optimizing the system for networked use

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2.0 Configuring TalkSwitch

2.1 Installing the TalkSwitch Configuration Software

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2.2 Control Center

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2.3 Configuration

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2.3.1 System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

2.3.1.1 Telephone Lines

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2.3.1.2 Line Hunt Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

2.3.1.3 Fax Information

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2.3.1.4 Local Extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

2.3.1.5 Remote Extensions

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2.3.1.6 Extension Ring Groups

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2.3.1.7 Music-on-hold

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