Comdial Dxp Plus, Fx Series Instructions Manual

							Understanding the VMMI
Making the Programming Connection
GCA40-182Once you have loaded the VMMI software and made the necessary connections between the PC and the
communications system equipment, you can make the program connection to the system by performing the
following procedure.
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8.Turn on your PC and load Windows.
Select the VMMI icon and double-click your left mouse button. The computer runs the installed VMMI software
program
From the VMMI window, select the Switch pull-down menu.
From the Switch pull-down menu, select Connect to. . .
From the opened menu, choose either Administrator or Installer and enter the appropriate password. The system
defaults all passwords to 
1+++746*; however, you can customize the passwords as part of VMMI programming if
you wish.
Select the communications port that your PC uses to communicate with the communications system.
If you are operating remotely through a modem, check the modem prompt.
Select the serial data parameters that match the requirements for the system (or for the modem if you are
connected remotely through a modem). To speed up the data transfer process, you should use a data speed of 19.2
Kbs (kilobits per second) for the DXP Plus and FX Series, and 9600 bit per second for the DXP. If you plan to
operate at this higher data speed, first connect at the default rate, then use the VMMI programming menu to
change the data parameters of the system, and finally use the Switch drop-down menu to reconnect at the higher
speed.Note: A data speed of 19.2 Kbs might not operate reliably through modem connections. Plus both modems must
support the higher data speed. The DXP and DXP 
PILLS internal modem does not support data speeds above
2400 Kbs at this time.
9.When you finish making the connection settings, click the CONNECT button to return to the Switch pull-down
menu. the system responds by presenting its serial number at the bottom of the VMMI screen for your reference,
and shows an on-line message.
NOTE: If the system does not complete the connect procedure, check your cable connections, 
verify your serial data
settings, and repeat the log in procedure.
10. Use the Switch drop-down menu to disconnect from the system, archive or restore a system database, or
down-load system software.
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							Using VMMI Sofiware to Archive and Restore the Database
You can use the VMMI software to archive and restore the system’s database. To archive and restore data,
your PC must be connected to the system.
To archive a database,
1.Turn on your PC and load the Windows software.
2.Select the VMMI program from the Windows menu screen.
3.From the VMMI window, select the Switch pull-down menu.
4.From the Switch pull-down menu, connect to the system, and return to return to the pull-down menu.
5.From the Switch pull-down menu, select Archive database.
6.Choose a memory storage location for the archive operation to use and OK your choice. Since the database can be
quite large, you should chose a location on your computer’s hard drive to ensure that you have enough memory to
store the database.
7.The system automatically archives its database.
To retrieve a database,
1.Turn on your PC and load the Windows software.
2.Select the VMMI program from the Windows menu screen.
3.From the VMMI window, select the Switch pull-down menu,
4.From the Switch pull-down menu, connect to the system, and return to the pull-down menu.
5.From the Switch pull-down menu, select Restore database.
6.Choose the memory storage location that contains an archived database and OK your choice.
7.The system automatically restores its database.
8.Reset the system after you restore the database
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							Using VMMI Software to Build a New Database
You can use the VMMI software to build a new database that you can later restore into a communications
system. You do not need to connect your PC to the communications system to build a new database.
To build a new database,
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7.Turn on your PC and load the Windows software.
Select the VMMI program from the Windows menu screen.
From the VMMI window, select the File pull-down menu.
From the File pull-down menu, select New.
Choose a destination platform for the new operation to use, and OK your choice. Since the database can be quite
large, you should choose your computer’s hard drive to ensure that you have enough memory to store the database.
Use the VMMI menus and program the database parameters.
Save your results for loading into the system. The system prompts you for the file name at this point.
To load the new database in the system,
1.Connect your PC to the communications system.
2.Turn on your PC and load the Windows software.
3.Select the VMMI program from the Windows menu screen.
4.From the VMMI window, select the Switch pull-down menu,
5.From the Switch pull-down menu, connect to the system, and return to the pull-down menu.
6.From the Switch pull-down menu, select Restore database.
7.Choose the newly created database file and OK your choice.
8.The system automatically restores the new database.
9.Reset the system after you restore the database
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							Up-Grading the System Software on the DXP Plus
The DXP Plus digital communications system includes system software when it ships from the factory. At
initial system installation, you do not need to load system software to make the system operational. Should
you need to later reload the system software (for software up-grade purposes for example), you can do so
using the supplied system software disk. Use Windows or MS-DOS commands to save the disk’s
information from your computer’s floppy drive to its hard drive. Having the software on your computer’s
hard drive allows the data to load into system memory much quicker than it would from the computer’s
floppy disk drive.
To load the system software information, your PC must be connected to the communications system.1.Turn on your PC and load Windows.
2.Select the VMMI program from the Windows screen.
3.From the VMMI window, select the Switch pull-down menu.
4.If you have not previously archived the system database, do so now.
a.From the Switch pull-down menu, select Archive Database.
b.Choose a storage location for the archive operation to use and OK your choice. Since the database can be
quite large, you should chose a location on your computer’s hard drive.
c.The system will archive its database.
d.Return to the Switch pull-down menu.
5.From the Switch pull-down menu, select the System software upgrade.
6.The system automatically takes itself out of service and makes a backup of its database.
7.Choose the location where the new software data resides (select disk drive, directory, and file), and OK your
choice.
8.The system loads the software data, reloads its database that it previously backed up, resets itself, places itself
back in service.
Up-Grading the System 
Software on the DXP Plus - II 
						

							Understanding the VMMIGCA40-182Activating System Software on the 
FX System
Comdial manufacturing technicians load the FX Series system’s operating software. They also load the
upgrade software that you use to obtain your magic number. You need the magic number to activate the
system operating software. Once you obtain your magic number and enter it in the up-grade software, the
system automatically accesses the key through internal software mechanisms.
You must obtain your magic number to operate the telephony portion of the FX Series system.
Otherwise, the system will reset itself 
every hour.
Obtain your magic number by following the procedure detailed below:
1.With the software key installed on the computer’s parallel printer port, locate the software key icon on the main
desktop menu and double click on it. If the icon is not available, use the 
StatVProgramslFX Software
Key menu to locate the software key program and double click there. This action opens the update utility.
2.From the update utility, click the Examine Key button. The system responds by showing the key’s serial number
and the current magic number of the installed key.
3.Contact Comdial Distributor Services at l-800-669-2663 to order the system software. At the same time you can
order any of the following application features that you desire.
- FXSSW-WOl (includes VVP, 5-user wideopen.office and 5-user wideopen.call)
- FXSSW-W02 (includes VVP, 50-user wideopemoffice and 25-user wideopen.call)
- FXSSW-W03 (includes VVP, 5-user wideopen.office and 5-user wideopen.group)
- FXSSW-W04 (includes VVP, 50-user wideopen.offce and 25-user wideopen.group)
4.Provide to the Comdial representative the
software key’s serial number and the current
magic number that you read from the update
utility. He or she will respond by providing you
with a new magic number and a completion
code.NOTE: This magic number and completion code are
unique and applies only to your particular
sofrware key.
5.Enter this new magic number into the update
utility, and then click the Update Key button.
6.Since you are initially performing this procedure
to turn on the operating software for the
system’s telephony portion, the system opens
the FX Series System Initialization window for
further action on your part. See the next
paragraph for a discussion of that action.
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							GCA40-182Turning On the FX Series System SoftwareUnderstanding the VMMI
If the system opens the Initialization window, you must take several additional steps:
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2.Be sure that you have a serial data cable connected between the computer portion’s 
COMl serial data port and the
telephony portion’s 
COMl serial data port, and be sure
that the telephony port is configured for 9600 baud,
eight data bits, and one stop bit.
Click the I’m ready, Enable the FX Now button. This
action enables the FX Series system software. The
system returns the update utility window that now
shows a completion code value to indicate that the
procedure is finished. Verify that the completion code
matches the completion code that the Comdial
representative provided, and click the Done button to
end the session.
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							Understanding the VMMICompleting the FX Series System Start-Up Procedure
GCA40-182To complete the getting started process, you must run the 
Start-Up utility program. Running the Start-Up
utility program places the Versatile Voice Processing (VVP) and the 
pcANYWHERETM applications in the
computer’s start-up routine. With these applications in the start-up routine, the system automatically makes
them active whenever someone restarts the FX Series system.
To run the Start-Up utility, locate the Start-Up icon on the Windows 95
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desktop, and double-click it with your computer mouse.istartup;i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .sYn.“c .IOnce the utility finishes running, you must exit the Windows 95 program, and restart the computer. This
action is often referred to as rebooting the computer. When the computer restarts, and after you take care of
any password needs, the FX Series system ends its start-up routine by making both VVP and
pcANYWHERETM active on the desktop.
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							Up-Grading the System Software on the DXP
To use VMMI on the DXP system, you must up-grade the DXP software to at least release 10A. Further, to
preserve your existing database you must convert it through the PCMMI programming software that is at
software release 9A. The software up-grade to release 
10A requires that you install a new RAM card
(DXRAM-EXPC)as well as the software memory card (DXPSW-DLRC) on the 
DXP’s central processor
unit. (Once you up-grade your system software to 
lOA, future up-grades beyond 10A will only require a
new software memory card. The RAM card that you add to up-grade to 
10A will support future software
revisions.) To ensure that you execute the data base conversion and software up-grade correctly. perform
the following detailed operations in the sequence that they appear on the following pages of this publication.
If you need detailed procedures for doing these operations, refer to your DXP System 
Hardbvare Zrlstructionsand Programming Instructions and Records (Volume I and Volume II service binders).
Converting the DXP Database
Store the Current DXP Database
Employ a PC with an XMODEM communications program and use the 
DXP’s embedded MM1programming method to store the current DXP database to the PC’s hard drive. The saved database can
include any or all of the following data: system information, station parameters, line parameters, toll
restriction and automatic route selection parameters, and system speed dial numbers but it does not include
the 
SMDABMDR records. If you need these SMDABMDR records, you must make a printout of them
before you perform the database storage. This is necessary because this save/restore feature does not record
the stored records and they will be lost.
Once you store the current database disconnect the PC from the DXP.
Convert the Current DXP Database
With your PC disconnected from the DXP, convert the current database to a 
10A database.
1.Obtain a copy of revision 9A or later PCMMI programming software and load it on your computer. (Remember,
you can always down load the latest PCMMI software from the Comdial Technical Services Bulletin Board by
calling l-804-978-2583 or from the Comdial home page on the World Wide Web by connecting at:
http:Nwww.comdial.com/ ).
2.If the stored database is not at software release 
9A, use the revision 9A or later PCMMI to convert the current
DXP database to a software release 
9A database.
3.Use the revision 9A PCMMI to down-load and store the software release 9A database to your computer’s hard
drive.
4.Load the new VMMI programming software on your computer, and use it to translate the stored data base to a
10A database. Refer to the paragraph titled Translating The DXP Database for the translation procedure.Up-Grading the System Software on the DXP 
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							Understanding the VMMIGCA40-182Installing the RAM Card and Software Card in the DXP
Turn off the power to the DXP, and install both the RAM card (DXRAM-EXPC.) and the software memory
card (DXPSW-DLRC) on the central processor unit (DXCPU-68K) circuit board of the DXP digital
communications system.
Preparing a Static-Safe Work Area.
Electronic circuit boards are susceptible to damage caused by electrostatic discharge and must be handled
accordingly. Refer to the Comdial publication 
IMIOl-005, Handling Of Electrostatically Sensitive
Components, for general information. Specific handling precautions are also included in this installation
instruction. The expanded memory card (DXRAM-EXPC) and the system software memory card
(DXPSW-DLRC) are supplied in static protection bags. Do not open a static protection bag prior to
installation time.
When servicing electronic circuit boards, it is a good practice to do so at a static-safe work area prepared
ahead of time for this purpose. The illustration details a typical static-safe work area.
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							GCA40-182Understanding the VMMI
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