Supporting The Tracker Paging System - Comdial DSU II System Manual

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2.18.5

Supporting The Tracker Paging System

The optional Tracker paging system allows you to send alpha/numeric or numeric-only messages
to the Tracker Pagers assigned to a station extension number. The type of message that the
system delivers is dependent on the Tracker Pager model being used. Tracker's paging option
requires only one connection to the digital telephone system; however, you will need to take
several programming steps to make it operational.
• If you use station 10 programming to configure the system, install the Tracker base station
to the common equipment cabinet's COM1 serial data port. Then, after you have completed
the installation, take the programming action detailed in Chapter 3, Section 3.17.
• If you use a video display terminal (VDT) to configure the system, you must connect it to
the COM1 serial data port and you must take programming action to enable the Tracker
Pager option and enable Tracker Pagers at stations before you actually install the
Tracker Pager system. (This is necessary since the Tracker Pager system also uses the
COM1 serial data port and there would be no way to program with a VDT if the Tracker
Pager system was already installed.)
1. When you finish programming, press CONTROL C for the main menu, and log out from the
programming mode.
2. Disconnect the VDT from COM 1. As soon as you do this, the system begins polling COM1
every two seconds and waiting for a response from a Tracker base station.
3. Connect the Tracker Pager system to COM1. As soon as you connect the Tracker base
station to COM1, the DSU II system recognizes the Tracker base station's presence and
makes Tracker Pager features available to the system users.
NOTE: While the Tracker base station remains connected, the system continues to poll the
port every 10 seconds to verify its presence. This means that if you disconnect the
Tracker base station to reconnect the VDT, you may have to wait as long as 10
seconds for the system to notice that you have replaced the Tracker base station with
a VDT.
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DSU II Digital Telephone System