Connecting An Analog Phone Or A Fax Machine - Inmarsat EXPLORER 500 User Manual

Connecting an analog phone or a fax machine

Before connecting to the Phone/Fax interface
To connect a phone or a fax machine to the Phone/Fax connector, you need an analog telephone
cable with an RJ-11 connector. For specifications and pin-out, refer to Phone/Fax interface on
page 154.
Connecting to the Phone/Fax interface
Do as follows:
1. Connect the cable to your phone or fax machine.
2. Connect the other end of the cable to the Phone/Fax
connector on the EXPLORER 500.
3. Power up the EXPLORER 500 and point the antenna as described in Pointing the antenna on
page 21.
4. Check the connection by making a phone call or sending a fax.
See Making or receiving a phone call with the EXPLORER™ 500 on page 57 or Sending or
receiving a fax message on page 62.
If connection fails, check that the interface is enabled in the EXPLORER 500.
If the analog phone icon is not present in the display Main screen and in the Home window of the
web interface, the interface is disabled.
See Enabling or disabling an interface on page 50.
If the interface is enabled, but connection fails, refer to the Troubleshooting Guide on page 138.
TT 98-122274-O Using a phone or fax machine
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