Attaching Phones And Other Devices To Talkswitch Extension Jacks - Talkswitch 24-CA User Manual

1.4.2 Attaching phones and other devices to TalkSwitch extension jacks

You can connect any regular analog telephone, cordless phone, fax machine,
answering machine or modem to the TalkSwitch extension jacks (E1–E4 on
24 models or E1–E8 on 48 models ). Multiple devices can be connected to
each extension jack by 'chaining' them together or using a line splitter.
Attach a single-line corded or cordless telephone, fax machine or
answering machine
Connect your single-line analog telephone or fax machine to one of the
TalkSwitch extension jacks (E1-E4 (all TalkSwitch models);
E5-E8 (TalkSwitch 48 models only)) just as you would be plugging them into a
standard telephone wall jack.
Attach a 2-line telephone
Option #1 (Use it as one TalkSwitch extension.)
Disregard the telephone's Line 2 jack (plug-in). Connect the telephone's Line
1 plug-in to a TalkSwitch extension jack. You will be able to access both
telephone lines the same way as a single-line telephone attached to
TalkSwitch.
Option #2 (Use it as two TalkSwitch extensions.)
You could use your two-line telephone as two separate TalkSwitch extensions.
Connect the telephone's Line 1 and Line 2 plug-ins to two separate extension
jacks on TalkSwitch.
Note: Most two-line phones have separate plug-ins for two incoming
telephone lines (Line 1 and Line 2). If your two-line telephone does not
have separate plug-ins, you can use a "Line 1/Line 2" splitter to separate
the two lines. Refer to the Connecting phones, Faxes and devices Quick
Guide in the TalkSwitch software or at www.talkswitch.com/support for
more detailed examples on connecting multi-line phones.
Attach an Internal or External Modem
Plug the modem's telephone cable into a TalkSwitch extension jack. Your
modem is now a TalkSwitch extension that can access all lines and take
advantage of TalkSwitch's call routing features.
If you don't want to change your dial-up settings for the modem, enable
Direct Line Access for the extension associated to the modem. See section
2.3.3.9 (Local Extensions -> Direct Line Access) for more details on
configuring Direct Line Access.
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