AcerRouter 700 Series User Guide 1-4
Making Regular Voice Calls Using the 700
The AcerRouter 700 supports two types of voice calls through telephones connected
to its voice ports. Conventional calls can be placed by simply dialing a standard
telephone number. Such a call will occupy a single ISDN B channel for its duration,
and will incur the same kind of charges as any other regular phone call. You may also
use facsimile devices in this manner.
Figure 1-4 Placing Conventional Telephone Calls over ISDN
Making AcerVoIp Calls Over the Internet
When equipped with the optional AcerVoIp hardware installed, the AcerRouter 700 is
also capable of establishing free long distance voice calls to other similarly equipped
AcerRouter 700 telephones through the Internet. This type of call is termed a
AcerVoIp call, which is triggered when the user dials a number that had been
configured in the AcerRouter 700 as a AcerVoIp number. The AcerRouter 700 also
uses Acer Netxus‘ proprietary StarTouch feature to signal the remote site to connect
to the Internet.
Figure 1-5 VoIP AcerVoIp Call
If the destination cannot be reached through the Internet, based on the configuration,
the AcerRouter determines if the call should be re-routed through the conventional
PSTN network (which therefore incurs phone charges as usual). Note that the
Phones connected
AcerRouter 700
PSTN
Network
to AcerRouter 700 #1
ISDN
Network
Phones connected
AcerRouter 700 AcerRouter 700
to AcerRouter 700 #1
Phones connected
to AcerRouter 700 #2
The
Internet
AcerVoIp Call