
Managing Data Calls
PC Interface
Administrator’s Guide for Avaya Communication Manager
439
November 2003
PC Interface
The personal computer (PC) Interface consists of the PC/PBX platforms and PC/ISDN Platform product
family. These products are used with Avaya Communication Manager to provide users of
IBM-compatible PCs fully-integrated voice and data workstation capabilities.
Two groups of different configurations are available for PC Interface: group 1 uses DCP and group 2 uses
the ISDN-BRI (Basic Rate Interface) protocol.
The group 1 configurations consist of DCP configurations that use a DCP expansion card) in the PC to
link to the server or media server. Group 1 (shown in
Figure 46, DCP PC interface configuration (Group
1),
on page 439) uses the following connections:
•
The PC Interface card plugs into an expansion slot on the PC. The card has 2 standard 8-pin
modular jacks (line and phone).
•
The digital phone plugs into the phone jack on the PC Interface card.
•
The line jack on the card provides a digital port connection to Avaya DEFINITY servers.
•
The distance between the PC Interface card and the PBX should be no more than 1524m for
24-gauge wire or 1219m for 26-gauge wire.
Figure 46: DCP PC interface configuration (Group 1)
Figure notes
1
IBM-compatible PC with DCP
Interface card
2
IBM-compatible PC with DCP
Interface card
3
DCP
4
DCP telephone
5
Avaya (Digital Line, Digital Line
(16-DCP-2-Wire), or Digital Line
(24-DCP-2-wire) circuit pack)
6
Host