June 2004
NEC Business Solutions Ltd
64 - Chapter 5
Upgrading the Voice Messaging System
Doc. No. 8
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S
ECTION
3
I
NCREASING
THE
NUMBER
OF
PORTS
Refer to the steps below to increase the number of ports on your system.
Steps for adding ports
1 Program the phone system to assign extensions to the new ports, and revise
the hunt group.
2 Configure the voice messaging system software to work with the additional
ports.
See “To add ports” on page 64.
3 Customise the new ports for your site.
See
“Completing the site information”
and “Setting up ports” in the
Sys-
tem Management Guide
.
4 Back up the voice messaging system.
See “Using the backup and restore utilities” on page 41.
To add ports
1 Shut down the voice messaging system application by pressing ESC at
the Banner screen and then following the system prompts.
2 If you haven’t already done so for this upgrade, transfer the upgrade file
from the support computer to the C:\ (root) directory on the voice
messaging system hard drive. See “Transferring files” on page 37.
3 To open an OS/2 command prompt from the voice messaging system
screens, do one of the following:
• If you are using a monitor, keyboard, and mouse plugged into the voice mes-
saging system board to access the voice messaging system screens, go to
the OS/2 desktop and select the OS/2 Window icon.
• If you are using a remote access connection to access the voice messaging
system screens, switch to the
OS/2 Host Process Switcher window.
0
to choose “Start a new 0S/2 text
session” and press ENTER.
4 At the OS/2 command prompt,
f:
and press ENTER.
5
cd \
and press ENTER.
6
setup
and press ENTER.
7
y
to proceed with the voice messaging system Setup utility.
8 From the Setup menu,
1
to choose “Add new features” and press
ENTER.
9 Press ENTER to confirm that the voice messaging software is installed
on drive E.
10 Press ENTER to confirm that the voice messaging software is installed
in the Vmail directory.
11 From the Upgrade Code menu,
1
to use the upgrade file you copied to
the C:\ directory and press ENTER.
12 Press ENTER to confirm that the upgrade file is located in the C:\
directory.
