Introduction; Description - Black Box FX6306NA User Manual

PLUG AND PLAY PHONE LINE MANAGER XL

2. Introduction

2.1 Description

The Plug and Play Phone Line Manager XL allows a company to use the
minimum number of telephone lines required to support the maximum
number of industry-standard telephone (IST) devices. An IST is any type of
telecommunications device that works on a standard telephone company
telephone line, such as modems, fax machines, fax/modems, credit-card
terminals, etc. The Plug and Play Phone Line Manager XL can save a
company hundreds to thousands of dollars per year in telephone-line
installation costs and recurring monthly line charges.
The Plug and Play Phone Line Manager XL can work with any type of
standard telephone line: POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service) or Centrex,
touchtone or rotary. It also works with any industry-standard telephone lines
with any type of telephone system—you can even share industry-standard
telephone extensions on any telephone system.
The Plug and Play Phone Line Manager XL is designed for analog telephone-
line switching in the U.S. and Canada only. The switching is accomplished
using metallic contacts to ensure no degradation of the signal, for any suitable
application. You can be sure that any device which works directly with an
analog phone line will work equally well through a Plug and Play Phone Line
Manager XL.
The Plug and Play Phone Line Manager XL 3 x 6 can support up to six IST
devices and three telephone lines. The Plug and Play Phone Line Manager
XL 4 x 12 can support up to twelve IST devices and four telephone lines. The
Plug and Play Phone Line Manager XL 8 x 24 can support up to twenty-four
IST devices and eight telephone lines. The Plug and Play Phone Line
Manager XL 12 x 36 can support up to 36 IST devices and 12 telephone lines.
The Plug and Play Phone Line Manager XL 16 x 48 can support up to 48 IST
devices and 16 telephone lines. You can also link or daisychain multiple Plug
and Play Phone Line Manager XL units together to support an even greater
number of IST devices and telephone lines. Please see Section 3.1.1,
Networking Multiple Units Together, for other possible line and device
combinations.
The Plug and Play Phone Line Manager XL has inbound and outbound
calling capabilities. On inbound calls, ringing lines connect directly through
to specific IST ports. This ring-through capability allows the Plug and Play
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