Dell GX240 manual Tapi, Installing a TAPI Device

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NOTE: See the documentation that came with the TAPI-compliant expansion card for more information on using TAPI devices and to verify the card works with your computer.

TAPI

The telephony applications programming interface (TAPI) system-board connector uses a 4-pin cable to interface your internal TAPI-compliant expansion card with the audio system in your computer. To locate the TAPI system-board connector, see “System Board Components.” Your computer supports TAPI-compliant cards using the standard TAPI connector (labeled TELE). For example, you can connect your modem to the TAPI connector and then use your audio speakers and microphone as a speakerphone. The microphone carries your voice into the computer and then through the TAPI system board connector to your modem card. The caller’s voice enters through the modem card to the TAPI system board connector and then out to the speakers. You can also use this configuration to record and play sound files over the phone.

Installing a TAPI Device

CAUTION: Before you perform this procedure, see “Safety First— For You and Your Computer.”

NOTICE: Before disconnecting a device from the computer, wait 10 to 20 seconds after disconnecting the computer from its electrical outlet. Before removing a component from the system board, verify that the standby power light on the system board has turned off. To locate this light, “System Board Components.”

1Turn off the computer and devices, disconnect them from their electrical outlets, and wait 10 to 20 seconds.

2Open the computer cover.

3Install the TAPI-compliant expansion card.

See the manufacturer’s documentation for more information.

4Connect the 4-pin TAPI cable to the TAPI system-board connector.

To locate the TAPI connector on the system board, see “System Board Components.”

5Connect the 4-pin TAPI cable to the TAPI expansion-card connector.

To locate the TAPI connector on the expansion card, see the manufacturer’s documentation.

6Close the computer cover.

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