Comdial Execumail Voice Processing System 6.5 Instructions Manual

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Connect the Comdial Telephone 
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Configure the Application 
Back Up the System  

24 INSTALLING AN EXECUMAIL SYSTEM ExecuMail6.5 
This section describes the process of installing a fully-assembled ExecuMail system at the installation site. 
There are 4 steps: 
n Install and/or test the system key 
m Connect the Comdial telephone system 
n Configure the application 
n Back up the system  

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Install the System Key 
The system key must be correctly installed before the voice mail system can 
answer calls. Without the system key, the system software will only operate as a 
demonstration unit. If the system key is already installed, you 
may skip to the 
next section: 
Test the System Key. 
Before installing the system key, make sure the keyboard, monitor, and power 
cord are connected to the voice mail computer. Also, plug the power cord into a...

26 Install the System Key 
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Power Cord 
Keyboard 
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Parallel Port 
for System Key 
Monitor 
igure 8: Finding the parallel port on a typical mini-tower computer 
Keyboard 
Power 
Parallel Port 
Cord for System Key Monitor 
Figure 9: Finding the parallel port on a typical desktop computer  

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1. 
Locate the system’s parallel port. 
2. Plug the male end of the system key (the end with 25 pins) into the female 
socket of the parallel port. 
3. 
If applicable, plug any cable that also plugs into the parallel port into the 
female end of the system key. The system key will not interfere with the 
normal operation of a printer or other peripheral plugged into the parallel 
port. 
Test the System Key 
You should...

28 Connect the Telephone System 
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Telephone System 
The voice mail system connects to the Comdial telephone system as a series of 
single-line telephone extensions. Before connecting the phone cords to the voice 
mail system, you should take two actions: 
n Program the Comdial telephone system. 
n Test the phone cords. 
General Comdial Telephone System Requirements 
The Comdial telephone system must be equipped to support single-line telephone 
devices. Each of the voice...

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n Control of message waiting lamps must be available from an analog station 
via touchtone signaling. 
n Loop current reversal or special touchtone indication on caller hangup is 
required for immediate voice mail system hangup (releasing the line). 
Dialtone detection is available on some Comdial systems if an immediate 
disconnect signal is unavailable. 
Even if the Comdial telephone system does not support some of these features, 
there is often a...

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Test the Phone Cords 
Once you have programmed the Comdial telephone system, use RJ-14 cords to 
wire the Comdial telephone system’s single-line ports. For 4-port voice boards, 
Figure 10 shows how to wire two single-line extensions on an RJ-14 cord. For 2- 
port voice boards, Figure 11 shows how to wire a single port on an RI-14 cord. 
(2-port boards use two single-port cords.) 
Inner Pair: 1st Port on board (Red & Green wires) 
Outer Pair: 2nd Port on board...

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Telephone 
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Figure 12: Testing the single-line extensions 
2. Test outside line access. 
From the test phone, access an outside line. Dial an outside phone number. 
If you reach the number, the voice mail system can access outside lines for 
message delivery. 
3. 
Test ringing. 
Go to a station telephone and dial the test phone’s extension. If the test 
phone rings, then the Comdial telephone system...

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Inner pair: Red & Green 
Outer Pair: Black & Yellow 
Figure 13: Connecting the phone cords to the modular jacks 
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To connect the phone cords: 
1. For 4port voice boards, plug an RJ-14 phone line into each jack on the 
board. The top jack serves the first and second ports on the board. The 
bottom jack serves the third and fourth ports on the board. 
For 2-port voice boards, plug an RJ-14 phone line into...