Panasonic DBS 576 Technical Manual page 12

Universal ports.
The DBS 576 offers flexible slot configuration. You can
mount Trunk or Extension Cards in any of the 12 Free Slots
in the cabinet. With this built-in flexibility, you can design
the system the way you want it: efficiently, cost-effectively,
whichever way makes the most sense. (In other words,
YOU control the system -- the system doesn't control you.)
Seamless expansion capabilities.
Start out with one cabinet to begin with, then pile on more
cabinets later as your business expands. The expansion
will be transparent, except for the fact that you'll suddenly
be able to plug in more phones. You won't have to re-
program the entire system when you add on, either (just
the new additions). This expansion design allows you to
pay for what you need today, while allowing for future expansion tomorrow.
Flash memory upgrades.
No more chip change-outs. No more complicated hookups. No more waiting forever to download/
upload from the phone system. The DBS 576 phone system can be upgraded in a handful of
minutes with a small diskette known as a PCMCIA card. Simply plug it onto the processor card,
and perform a few simple programming steps. That's all there is to it: the system now contains the
latest-and-greatest software release.
Simple expansion for existing PBX users.
For current owners of DBS phone systems, we've designed the new switch so that you can
expand the system you already have (without having to chuck the whole thing and start from
scratch) into the new DBS 576. All of your existing telephones can be used with it. Even some of
the cabinets and circuit cards from the old DBS can still be used.
Voice Recognition phones.
With these special phones and DBS 576 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 576 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 576 offers full 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 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
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