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Devices Associated with Your ATA

Devices Associated with Your ATA
Use your ATA to connect these types of devices to your network:
• Analog phones
• Analog telephony voice devices
• Overhead paging systems
• Fax machines

Install Your New ATA

Your ATA comes with everything to power it up, connect it to the network, and set it up on your desk.
Before you begin
Before you begin the installation, make sure you have the following equipment:
• Ethernet cable to connect to your network.
• Analog phone or fax machine to connect to your ATA.
• Phone cable to connect your phone.
• Uninterruptible power supply (UPS) to provide backup power.
Procedure
Step 1
Connect the network cable to your network and to the NETWORK port on the ATA.
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• Analog phones have no softkeys.
• The information that analog phones display depends on the model you have.
• You use the phone's flash button for hold, resume, transfer, and conference.
• The ATA supports analog telephony voice devices, such as overhead paging adapters and answering
machines, that emulate a regular phone.
• Overhead paging systems provide alarms and public-address announcements in buildings.
• Use a fax machine directly with an ATA. Don't connect an extension to a fax machine, and don't
use the fax machine with a splitter.
• To reduce fax failures, use overseas mode, if available; if not, set the fax machine transmission
speed to low.
• Data devices, such as facsimile machines and modems, may not function optimally. For the best
fax and modem performance, continue to use a dedicated PSTN line.
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