Overview; Chapter 1 Overview - Nortel TAPI User Manual

Chapter 1

Overview

Symposium TAPI Service Provider for Succession, release 3.0, uses a distributed
client/server environment to integrate a telephone on a user's desktop with client
and server-based applications. The telephone is physically connected to a
Succession PBX switch but is not physically connected to a client PC. You do not
need any special telephones, connectors, circuit packs, or additional wiring for the
client PC.
Symposium TAPI SP for Succession is a full function service provider for the
Microsoft Telephony Application Programming Interface (TAPI), releases 2.x
and 3.0. Microsoft TAPI provides a set of C-language programming routines that
support telephony control capabilities for central office switches.
Symposium TAPI SP software is platform vendor independent (PVI) and can be
installed on any platform that supports one of the following operating systems:
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When installed on a server, Symposium TAPI SP supports TAPI-compliant
applications running on the following client PCs:
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Network Managers Guide for Symposium TAPI Service Provider for Succession, release 3.0
Windows 2000 server (Server/Advanced Server) , with a minimum of service
pack 4 installed
Windows 2003 Server (Standard/Enterprise) server
Windows 2000 Professional
Windows XP Professional
Windows 2003 Server
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