reach the same telephone line
—such as a second number for a fax machine. Each Distinctive Ring number has a different ringing cadence. The TalkSwitch can detect one, two, and three ring bursts per ringing cycle, and provide different call handling to incoming calls with each of these Distinctive Ringing cadences.
Driver
A program that controls a device. Every device, whether it is a printer, disk drive, or keyboard, must have a driver program. A driver acts like a translator between the device and programs that use the device.
DTMF
Dual Tone
Extension (Local)
A Local Extension is any telephone or analogue device (answering machine, fax, etc.) that is plugged into one of the ‘Extensions’ ports located on the back panel of your TalkSwitch.
Firmware
Firmware is a combination of software and hardware. More precisely, it is software (programs or data) that has
been written onto hardware
Icon
A small picture that represents a program, action or feature in the configuration software.
When you click on an icon, that program, action or feature is activated.
Intercom
A dedicated voice service within a specified user environment. TalkSwitch offers intercom capabilities between its Local Extensions.
Interface
Something that connects two separate entities. A user interface is the part of a program that connects the computer with a human operator (user).
Internet
A global network connecting millions of computers. Unlike online service networks (.com, .ca, .net, etc.) which are centrally controlled, the Internet is decentralized by design. Each Internet computer, called a host, is independent.
Keypad Commands Combinations of digits that are used to configure TalkSwitch from a
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