Preparing For System Setup - Comdial DX-80 Manual

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Technicians who have experience setting up Corporate Office or Small Office systems may
prefer to use the Teleparameter feature to quickly make modifications and get the Voice Mail
up and running at the customer's site. Be advised, however, that since this technique
involves inputting codes that represent system parameters and corresponding values to which
parameters are to be set, it is a bit more difficult to use effectively if you are unfamiliar with
setting up Corporate Office or Small Office. For this reason, we recommend that technicians
unfamiliar with Corporate Office, Small Office, or DX-80 Hard Drive Voice Mail attach a
laptop to the Voice Mail and use the instructions provided here to complete all necessary
system setup steps through the screen interface.
Note: If you choose to set up the system using the Teleparameter feature, be sure
to first review section 2.6 so you clearly understand the setup of the default
database included on the Voice Mail.

2.2 Preparing for System Setup

To install, set up, and maintain a DX-80 Hard Drive Voice Mail voice processing system, you
need the following equipment:
Equipment Needed
•
DX-80 Hard Drive Voice Mail card
If you choose to set up the system by connecting a laptop to the Voice Mail card, you need
the following additional equipment:
•
Laptop computer
•
Straight through serial cable
• Serial Administration or KeyLink communications software
Voice Mail cards)
This additional equipment is necessary because the Voice Mail does not have a keyboard and
monitor. To set up the system using a laptop, you must use a Straight through serial cable to
attach the laptop PC to the Voice Mail card. So that the laptop computer can communicate
with the Voice Mail, you must install Serial Administration or KeyLink communication
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