IP Cortex VoIP PABX, User Manual

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TAPI Configuration
This is an optional component which may be licenced on your
PABX. If it is enabled on your installation you will see the
Show TAPI
settings option on the my phone area of your user settings.
Introduction
TAPI is a Microsoft provided interface that allows a PC running
Windows 2000 or XP to make or receive phone calls.
Our system provides a TAPI driver which allows Windows applications
to control your phone. When correctly deployed and configured,
phone calls may be initiated and notifications received about incoming
calls via your PC.
This does not affect the way that you actually proceed with calls as
your phone rather than the PC is responsible for actually making or
receiving the call, but does allow this to be controlled from suitable
Windows applications.
The TAPI drivers provide the interface which allows applications to
control a phone. How the application uses that interface and presents
it’s functions to the user is determined by the application.
Requirements
The TAPI drivers operate on Microsoft Windows systems with the
following minimum specification:
Windows XP or Windows 2000
TCP/IP LAN connection
50MB free disk space
TCP/IP connectivity is required between the PC and the PABX for
TAPI to operate.
Installing the TAPI Drivers
For convenience, the drivers you will need to install on your PC are
available for download from your user area of the PABX.
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Installation and configuration of the TAPI drivers requires at least
one restart of the system. In addition installation may fail if other
applications are running at the same time as the installer. For these
reasons you should save all data, and close all other applications
apart from the web browser before downloading and running the
installer.