MDW 9031/9031DCP Wireless Pocket Phone Installation and Use
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Issue 3 October 1999
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Introduction
About TransTalk
®
9000 Products
Congratulations on the purchase of your new TransTalk 9000 Digital Wireless System MDW 9031/9031DCP
Pocket Phone. MDW stands for “Multi-Line Digital Wireless.” The MDW 9031/9031DCP Pocket Phones are
the latest additions to the TransTalk 9000 family of wireless products, which also includes the MDW 9000
Telephone, the MDW 9010 Telephone, the MDW 9030P Pocket Phone, and the MDW9031 Dual Zone Pocket
Phone. All of these phones are designed to Lucent Technologies’ high standards for convenience, reliability, and
innovation.
TransTalk 9000 products are designed to work with your communications system (PARTNER
®
, PARTNER II,
PARTNER Plus, PARTNER Advanced Communications System, MERLIN
®
, MERLIN II, MERLIN Plus,
MERLIN LEGEND
®
, System 25, System 75, System 85, or DEFINITY
®
) to provide wireless flexibility.
What Is a Wireless Phone?
A wireless phone has no handset cord and no telephone line cord, so it is portable. This portability lets you move
around freely, without giving up the features of a wired phone. With a wireless phone, you can make and receive
calls even when you are away from your desk, thus remaining accessible and responsive to your customers and
coworkers as you move around your work area. Time-sensitive work issues will not have to be postponed until
you are back at your desk. You can also reduce the number of (sometimes costly) phone calls you must return.
TransTalk 9000 System
Your wireless phone’s handset is linked with your communications system through a matching radio module,
not through the battery charger where the handset sits for charging. Each handset can be used only with the
radio module packaged with the handset. The handset and the radio module each have the same unique security
code and serial number (on the bottom of the radio module and inside the battery compartment of the handset) to
identify the matching pair. There is built-in and secure automatic registration between the handset and radio
module, so that your system is ready to use after powering up.
Your TransTalk System may have from 1 to 30 wireless phones. In order to use multiple wireless phones within
the same zone (area of coverage), you also need a carrier (also known as a backplane). A carrier holds up to six
radio modules and synchronizes radio signals for proper operation of multiple phones, ensuring consistent voice
quality and range. If you have a key system (for example, PARTNER or MERLIN), you can link up to three
carriers supporting up to 18 wireless phones in a single zone; if you have a PBX system (for example,
DEFINITY), you can link up to five carriers, supporting up to 30 wireless phones in a single zone. Linked
carriers are automatically synchronized with each other.
The TransTalk 9000 System enables you to use several different phone and carrier models in the same zone;
however, there are some compatibility issues to consider. You need to know the following:
•
The name of the MDW phone (9000, 9010, 9030P, or 9031, 9031DCP, 9031 Dual
Zone), located in the battery compartment of the handset. (For an MDW 9000
phone, you also need to know the Apparatus Code, also located in the battery
compartment of the handset.)
•
The model number of your carrier, located on the left side of the carrier.
