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CHAPTER 2: Introduction
2. Introduction
2.1 Description
The Plug and Play Phone Line Manager XLO is designed to allow a company to
use the smallest number of outgoing telephone lines required to support the
maximum number of industry-standard telephone (IST) devices. An IST is any
type of telecommunications device that works on a standard telephone-company
telephone line, such as modems, fax machines, fax/modems, credit-card terminals,
etc. The Plug and Play Phone Line Manager XLO can save a company hundreds to
thousands of dollars per year in telephone line installation costs and recurring
monthly line charges.
The Plug and Play Phone Line Manager XLO can work with any type of
standard telephone line—POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service), Centrex, touch-
tone or rotary. Any industry-standard telephone device can function on the Phone
Line Manager as if it were on its own dedicated line. The Phone Line Manager can
connect directly to dedicated telephone lines, use a minimum number of outgoing
telephone lines with any type of telephone system, or share industry-standard
telephone extensions on any telephone system.
The Plug and Play Phone Line Manager XLO 4 x 12 can support up to twelve
(12) IST devices and four (4) telephone lines. The Plug and Play Phone Line
Manager XLO 8 x 24 can support up to twenty-four (24) IST devices and eight (8)
telephone lines. The Plug and Play Phone Line Manager XLO 12 x 36 can support
up to thirty-six (36) IST devices and twelve (12) telephone lines. The Plug and Play
Phone Line Manager XLO 16 x 48 can support up to forty-eight (48) IST devices
and sixteen (16) telephone lines.
The Plug and Play Phone Line Manager XLO is an electronic switch and has
been designed for durability and ease of maintenance, but some care should be
taken when handling it. Do not expose the Phone Line Manager to high humidity
or extreme electrical fields. As with all electronic devices, you should take
precautions against static electricity.
The Plug and Play Phone Line Manager XLO is designed for analog telephone
line switching in the U.S. and Canada only. The switching is accomplished using
metallic contacts to ensure no degradation of the signal, for any suitable appli-
cation. You can be sure that any device that works directly with an analog phone
line will work equally well through the Plug and Play Phone Line Manager XLO.
