Lucent Technologies 518-458-100 manual Auxiliary Equipment, Enhanced Tip Ring Ports, Requirements

Auxiliary Equipment

Enhanced Tip Ring Ports

There are eight Enhanced Tip Ring ports per processor module and 362EC expansion module. The top six station ports support only Enhanced Tip Ring devices and the bottom two ports support both Enhanced Tip Ring and Tip Ring devices. Connect headsets and other adjunct equipment that do not require incoming ringing to any port or through the AUX jack on a PARTNER Endeavor telephone.

NOTE:

Doorphones should not be connected to an Enhanced Tip Ring only port since doorphones rely on receiving a forward disconnect signal to disconnect a call. If a Tip Ring device is connected to an Enhanced Tip Ring only port, a forward disconnect signal is not sent and ringing is not heard at that port.

Auxiliary Equipment

You can connect many types of telecommunications devices to your system without expensive adapters or additional phone lines—for example, answering machines, credit card scanners, and fax machines. Many industry-standard, single-line devices will work with the system regardless of the manufacturer.

For more information, refer to the list in Chapter 4 or contact your Lucent Technologies Representative or local Authorized Dealer. Also, see Chapter 4 for advice on setting up auxiliary equipment to work effectively with the system.

Requirements

An industry-standard device must meet the following conditions:

■It must be non-proprietary. That is, it cannot be made specifically for use on a particular telephone system. (For example, you cannot connect a Lucent Technologies MERLIN LEGEND® Communication System phone, because it is specifically designed for use on a MERLIN LEGEND Communication System.)

■Its Ringer Equivalence Number (REN1) cannot be greater than 2.0. (The REN is shown on a label on the device, usually on the bottom.)

■You can connect a standard two-line device to the system, but for best results it should be installed and used as if it were a single-line device.

1.REN is a measure of the power it takes to ring a phone. The typical home phone line supports 4.0–5.0 RENs; each extension jack in your system handles up to 2.0 RENs.

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