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Voice Recognition phones
With these special phones and DBS 576HD technology, users can literally tell their phones what to
do. Instead of dialing your home phone number, for example, press the Voice Recognition key and
say, "Home." The phone will automatically call your house. Or press the same key and say, "Jeff."
The phone will call Jeff for you. The future is right here.
Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation for ISDN digital switching
The DBS 576HD provides the ability to allocate bandwidth on demand to several different sources,
via hardware installations of special ISDN adapters. This powerful technology can be used to
perform different applications from a single phone outlet. It means you can do video-conferencing,
data transmission, multiple phones, voice, etc. - all from the same station position.
In fact, the DBS 576HD offers ISDN support with both BRI (Basic Rate Interface) and PRI
(Primary Rate Interface) capability. ISDN provides fully digital signaling, combines voice and data
into one signaling system, and supports large-bandwidth applications such as video-conferencing.
Computer Telephony interface capability
We've developed proprietary software for several Computer Telephony applications, in which the
desktop phone and the PC computer merge together into a single entity. You can now click-and-
drag call transfers, monitor the status of other extensions, generate your own call traffic reports,
and many other tasks you couldn't do before on your desktop computer.
The new LAN TAPI 2.0 solution allows users to send and receive calls at their PCs without
attaching any special cables or installing boards. Panasonic provides the software and instructions
for setting up a Telephony Server on your LAN. Then you simply configure the software on each
workstation! Users can then use Personal Information Managers (PIMs) or other TAPI software to
make or receive calls and manage call information.
In addition to LAN TAPI, Panasonic offers two PC Console applications for the Attendant
position. One is a low-end product (supports up to 96 extensions) and the other is high-end (up
to 384 extensions). The PC Console controls the system's calls from the computer, and the
attendant can watch everything on the PC monitor.
Panasonic also offers proprietary software for a PC Phone, which replaces the desktop extension
phone. End-users can control their own phone calls using the computer.
Networking services
The DBS 576HD offers several ways to set up networking—tying multiple DBS 576HD systems
together through the public switching network. E&M Tie Lines let you connect directly to another
DBS 576HD system using a leased voice line. T-1 or QSIG (ISDN line) Networking lets you tie
multiple systems together through the network, so that (for example) when one location closes for
the day, its calls can be picked up by another location across the country. And with Voice over IP
lines, you can connect DBS 576HD systems and sites together across IP network (WAN) lines. A
user can also turn a long-distance call into a local one by accessing another location and then
dialing the number as a local call.
Panasonic also offers the Network BLF system, which allows one or more attendants to monitor
the status of any extension in a physically separated, networked system, using phones or PCs
located at any site in the system.
The system can also be set up in a Tandem (T-1 Network) environment, adding further benefits to
the users at each location. For example, each switch can analyze the number dialed, and
automatically route the call to other locations, extensions, or go through another location's switch
to place a local call.
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