Tapi Support - Panasonic DBS-2.3-400 Programming Manual

Appendix D. CPC-AII/B 8.0 Feature Update Section 400-Programming

TAPI Support

CPC-AII/B offers full support for the Panasonic Telephony Applications Processing Interface
(TAPI). TAPI is a Windows™ application which allows a PC to be connected to a telephone
extension and used to control incoming and outgoing calls through that extension. Typical
PC applications that might be used with TAPI include Contact Managers and Personal
Organizers.
The Panasonic TAPI product (VB-43720) provides the necessary interface between a DBS
and a PC-based TAPI application. This product consists of a TAPI Adapter and the Panasonic
TAPI Service Provider (SP) software which resides on the PC. The TAPI Adapter provides
the physical connection between a PC, a DBS extension, and the DBS itself. Its purpose is to
intercept telephone and call control signaling messages from the DBS and telephone
extension and then forward a copy of those messages to the Service Provider software on the
PC. After interpreting the messages, the Service Provider software passes them on to the
TAPI application.
No special programming of the DBS is required for TAPI. For detailed information, see the
TAPI Installation Guide, Part Number 575X00201, Section 570.
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