Your Versa-Link ATX-300 is compatible with virtually all
modern telecommunications equipment, including single
and multi-line telephones. Because your ATX-300 is
installed between your telephone system and the phone
company, it can direct all your telephone traffic to the
proper equipment. The most popular types of equipment
used with a Versa-Link ATX-300 are described in this section.
Your ATX-300 has special features that work extremely
well with FAX machines and PC FAX Boards. The Auto
FAX Detection feature allows most FAX calls to transfer to your FAX machine automatically.
The vast majority of FAX machines sold today have the
ability to dial the number of the receiving FAX from
memory, and then identify itself as a FAX machine with a
tone (called CNG tone or AUTO-FAX tone). It will then
continue to identify itself until the called FAX answers the
call. When an ATX-300 is used at the receiving end, it can detect this FAX identification tone, and automatically
transfer the call to the FAX machine on the receiving end,
without ringing the telephone.
Occasionally, calls will come from a FAX machine without
a FAX identification tone. This may happen if the calling
person is using an older FAX machine, or dials the number manually using the FAX handset. In most applications, calls without this auto-FAX tone will be routed to your telephone system. The call can be manually transferred to the FAX machine by dialing *2 (or another selected code) on your telephone keypad. Either the caller or the person who answers can transfer the call. See section 4.2.2 for details of operation.
If possible, ask people who send you FAX messages to
program your number into their FAX machine’s memory.
This will allow FAX calls to always be processed
automatically.
Your ATX-300 is compatible with all dial-up MODEMS.
Usually, MODEMS are attached to the DEVICE 3
connector of your ATX-300. Your ATX-300 will
transfer incoming calls to your MODEM when the
calling MODEM dials * 3 (or another code, if
re-programmed) after the call has been answered
by your Versa-Link. The data protection feature
prevents interruptions from other telephone
equipment.
If your MODEM is only used for out-bound
communication, you do not need to be concerned
with the device selection code for the MODEM.
The device selection code for your MODEM is best
dialed by the calling MODEM. When calling your
MODEM attached to DEVICE 3, with the ATX-300’s
factory programming, the dialing command for a
Hayes-compatible MODEM would be:
ATDT 1 203 555 5678 , , , 3
The commas will generate pauses in the dialing
MODEM. The number of pauses may need to be
changed to allow enough time for the call to be
switched through the telephone company,
particularly if the calling MODEM is dialing long-distance.
The device selection codes can be changed- up to
seven digits to add security to any system. Your
ATX-300 will restrict access to only those callers
who dial the right device selection code. See section
7, PROGRAMMABLE FEATURES, to change this code.
Some MODEMS cannot dial the symbols * or #.
Therefore, if you plan to connect a computer
MODEM, it is best to change the device selection
code for your computer to an appropriate code that
does not use the symbols * or #
TELEPHONES AND MULTI-LINE SYSTEMS
Your ATX-300 may be used with single and multi-line
telephone equipment. Both tone-dialing and pulse-dialing
equipment may be used with your ATX-300
See section 4.2.2 for restrictions when using pulse-dialing equipment.
OTHER EQUIPMENT
Your ATX-300 is also compatible with Credit
Authorization Terminals, Electronic Mail Terminals,
and Loop-Start dial-up TELEX machines.
Your ATX-300 can also be used with answering
machines and cordless phones.
CALLER ID DISPLAY DEVICE
Your Versa-Link ATX-300 is now programmable to work
with the “Caller ID" CLASS service offered by your local
telephone company. See section 7.3 for programming instructions. This feature allows the calling party’s phone number to appear on your “Caller ID” display unit when the ATX-300 routes the call.