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NOVEMBER 1996

FX150A

Lineshare Pro AC

LineShare Pro

PORT 2

ON/ PORT 1

PORT 3

PORT 4

Summary of Contents for Lineshare Pro AC FX150A

Page 1: ...7 BBOX FREE technical support 24 hours a day 7 days a week Call 724 746 5500 or fax 724 746 0746 Mail order Black Box Corporation 1000 Park Drive Lawrence PA 15055 1018 Web site www blackbox com E mai...

Page 2: ...e to radio communications If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or telephone reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to...

Page 3: ...con carritos o pedestales que sean recomendados por el fabricante 7 El aparato el ctrico debe ser montado a la pared o al techo s lo como sea recomendado por el fabricante 8 Servicio El usuario no de...

Page 4: ...camente de acuerdo a las recomendaciones del fabricante 15 En caso de existir una antena externa deber ser localizada lejos de las lineas de energia 16 El cable de corriente deber ser desconectado del...

Page 5: ...6 LINESHARE PRO TRADEMARKS All applied for and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners...

Page 6: ...cial Operating Notes 24 4 2 Lineshare Pro Call Routing 25 4 3 Answering Incoming Calls 26 4 4 Answering Calls from Port 1 26 4 5 Answering Calls with a TAD 26 4 6 Retrieving TAD Messages from a Remote...

Page 7: ...anging Function Options 44 2 1 Protocol Tone Access Signal Detection 44 2 2 Dual Tone Detection 45 2 3 Protocol Tone Access Signal Assignment 45 3 Cascade Port Order 47 4 Phantom Ring Style 48 5 Emerg...

Page 8: ...line in 4 RJ 11 device ports Ringer Equivalency 1 0 B Operating Temperature 5 to 113 F 15 to 45 C Maximum Relative Humidity 85 MTBF 56 200 hours Power 12 VAC 830 mA external transformer Size 1 7 H x 5...

Page 9: ...modem or fax modem a facsimile machine a telephone and a Telephone Answering Device TAD or any other telephone device that responds to a standard phone company ring signal 2 1 Before You Begin This g...

Page 10: ...on terminal Security alarm and monitoring system Order processing system Point of sale terminal Call diverter Fluid storage system Energy management system Money order dispensing system Laser fax cart...

Page 11: ...ed on any type of modular or non modular phone system that consists of one or more lines with one or more phones A modular phone system consists of phone cables that can be connected and disconnected...

Page 12: ...onnect to this port such as a fax answering machine computer modem and so on LINE PORT 1 PORT 2 PORT 3 PORT 4 12V AC Connect the telephone equipment to the modular ports on the Lineshare Pro as follow...

Page 13: ...single line single phone arrangement before installing the Lineshare Pro If you have this type of arrangement you can install the Lineshare Pro yourself using the instructions provided in this section...

Page 14: ...ord provided with the Lineshare Pro into the power input port labeled 12 VAC on the back of the Lineshare Pro Plug the AC adapter into a standard AC outlet The Lineshare Pro begins a self check eight...

Page 15: ...e Lineshare Pro on or in close proximity to peripheral equipment approximately 2 3 feet away from other electronic equipment To connect telephone equipment as shown in Figure 3 4 to the Lineshare Pro...

Page 16: ...7 LINESHARE PRO Figure 3 4 Telephone Equipment Connected to the Lineshare Pro in a Single Phone Line Single Phone Arrangement LINE PORT 1 PORT 2 PORT 3 PORT 4 12V AC Telephone Wall Jack 110 Volt Outle...

Page 17: ...tension If the Lineshare Pro is installed as an Figure 3 5 Lineshare Pro Installed on an Extension LINE PORT 1 PORT 2 PORT 3 PORT 4 12V AC extension choose the extension where it will be located and f...

Page 18: ...at if the fax modem or other device is on the line transmitting or receiving information and a phone device on another port goes off hook to make a call the transmission is not interrupted You hear a...

Page 19: ...tone on this line 5 Connect the cut wires from the phone company to jack Number 1 by attaching the red wire to the red post and the green wire to the green post 6 Connect the cut wires that feed all...

Page 20: ...INESHARE PRO Figure 3 6 The Lineshare Pro Installed on a Single Line with Multiple Phones while Maintaining Exclusion LINE PORT 1 PORT 2 PORT 3 PORT 4 12V AC Phone Company Junction Box Red Red Green G...

Page 21: ...stem For the Lineshare Pro to operate properly it must be in front of the KSU or PBX In other words the Lineshare Pro must connect directly to the incoming telephone line the last line in rollover All...

Page 22: ...LINESHARE PRO Figure 3 7 The Lineshare Pro Installed on a KSU or PBX Phone System LINE PORT 1 PORT 2 PORT 3 PORT 4 12V AC 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 KSU PBX Connect the Lineshare Pro to the last line in rollove...

Page 23: ...Port Order depending on your configuration You can then answer the phone decide the origin of the call and route the call manually if necessary 4 1 Special Operating Notes Before operating the Linesh...

Page 24: ...s the call it listens for various routing tones or access codes See Sections 4 10 and 4 13 for more information If the Lineshare Pro does not detect a signal it routes the call to the first port in th...

Page 25: ...mply transfer the call to Port 2 Port 3 or Port 4 by entering the appropriate access code The Inbound Tone Transfer Feature must be turned on for this transfer to function From a tone phone enter 22 f...

Page 26: ...nect Cascade in Section 5 4 4 6 Retrieving TAD Messages from a Remote Location To disable the Lineshare Pro and retrieve your TAD messages follow these steps Dial your phone number and wait for the Li...

Page 27: ...in order to function When set to ON this feature has two modes of operation as follows In the Automatic mode of operation the Lineshare Pro will interrupt a call already in process on Port 2 Port 3 o...

Page 28: ...e frequency tones To receive a computer call to a port instruct the caller to use one of the following methods This example uses a modem NOTE The ports become UNSECURED when the Answer Disconnect Casc...

Page 29: ...dial the access code 11 or 22 When the Lineshare Pro answers it detects the tones and routes the call automatically to the correct port NOTE The comma command does not always delay dialing for a two s...

Page 30: ...r 4598 4598 4598 4 13 Using Single Frequency Tone Detection When the Lineshare Pro answers a call it listens for specific pre programmed tones and automatically routes the call to the correct port If...

Page 31: ...e Pro the caller must use a device that can produce the single frequency tones One device that identifies a modem type device with a single frequency tone is called the Lineshare Master FX155A The Lin...

Page 32: ...e the Lineshare Pro internally disables the phone line connection and you hear a buzzing sound on the phone receiver The Lineshare Pro includes many options that enable you to customize its operation...

Page 33: ...or out of normal operating range and the Lineshare Pro did not accept the change Re enter the command string with a valid entry NOTE All programming commands end with a key 5 2 Lineshare Pro Features...

Page 34: ...1 ON 2 Secured Operation 0 0 OFF 1 ON NOTE Turning the secured operation feature ON affects the operation of other features 3 No Answer Cascade 1 0 OFF 1 ON 4 Answer Disconnect Cascade 0 0 OFF 1 ON 5...

Page 35: ...Factory Setting Options Number Available 2 1 Protocol Tone Access 0 0 1 1 0 OFF 1 ON for each Signal Detection port 2 2 Dual Tone Detection 1 1 1 1 0 OFF 1 ON for each port 2 3 Protocol Tone Access 0...

Page 36: ...tions Function Function Factory Setting Options Number Available 7 6 Extension Detection to Timer 1 5 1 to 3 0 8 Rings Available to the Ports See Description 0 to 99 for each port 8 5 Rings to Answer...

Page 37: ...tone entry to enter another command If you do not enter a command within 5 seconds the Lineshare Pro exits the programming mode without saving the changes 5 When you are finished making changes press...

Page 38: ...er port is limited by the Time at Home function If the caller does not enter a tone to access another port during this time the Lineshare Pro disconnects the call The Home Routing feature is factory p...

Page 39: ...Order This feature can be used for any port If the last port in the Cascade Port Order does not answer the call the Lineshare Pro disconnects the call The No Answer Cascade feature is factory preset...

Page 40: ...The Pulse Transfer feature allows rotary or pulse dialing phones that are connected to the primary default port of the Lineshare Pro to transfer calls to other ports See Section 3 5 The Pulse Transfe...

Page 41: ...non secured mode This feature enables you to manually transfer an inbound call from the primary default port to another port using your tone type phone The setting of this feature does not affect an i...

Page 42: ...non secured mode This feature enables you to manually transfer an outbound call from the primary default port to another port using your tone type phone The Outbound Tone Transfer is factory preset OF...

Page 43: ...ng on your tone phone 2 1 Protocol Tone Access Signal Detection The desired port selection 1 4 1 Turn ON End programming sequence 3 beeps indicate correct entry Optional entries for additional changes...

Page 44: ...d programming sequence 3 beeps indicate correct entry Optional entries for additional changes Save changes and exit programming To change all ports to ignore dual tones enter the programming mode and...

Page 45: ...gramming The Protocol Tone Access Signal is factory preset to 0 6 1 9 Protocol tone 0 will access Port 1 protocol tone 6 will access Port 2 protocol tone 1 will access Port 3 and protocol tone 9 will...

Page 46: ...tocol tone to more than one port the Lineshare Pro will produce an error tone 3 Cascade Port Order Cascade Port Order operates only when the Lineshare Pro is configured in the non secured mode This fu...

Page 47: ...silence 4 Special style 1 second ring 5 second silence 5 U K style 1 5 second ring 1 5 second silence 6 U S style 2 2 second ring 4 second silence single frequency low tone 7 U S style 3 2 second ring...

Page 48: ...d port You can enter up to a four digit code in this position for each of the ports The Dual Tone Assignments are factory preset as follows Port 1 1 1 Port 2 2 2 Port 3 3 3 Port 4 4 4 NOTE You can set...

Page 49: ...itional changes Save changes and exit programming 7 6 Extension Detection Timer The Extension Detection Timer operates only when the Lineshare Pro is configured in the non secured mode This function c...

Page 50: ...mstances it is not necessary to change this setting However if you have the phone company s Caller ID service you must set the Rings to Answer Call to two rings This function has a range of 0 to 99 ri...

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