Interface Cards
Installation
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CAUTION!
Static charges can damage the Forum 523/524’s electronic
components, so you must provide potential equalisation
between you and the system. Hold the edge of the interface
card with one hand. With the other hand briefly touch the
capacitor on the board.
3.
Carefully plug the interface card into its designated slot. The label on the
interface card’s connector must be facing to the right.
Make sure it is sitting firmly in the slot.
4.
Close the cover as far as the protection plate (see
starting on page 33, steps 7 to 9). Connect the required
connection cables to the relevant connection blocks (see also
5.
Close the cover of the device completely. Switch on the Forum 523/524.
Forum 523/524’s software can identify the type of interface card. After
installation the interface card must be individually configured before starting
operations.
Once you have restarted Forum 523/524 you can view the interface cards’
status in the Web console. to do this, call up the menu item
Telephony: Ports:
Slots
. You will see a green tick in the
Status
column in the table next to the
slot’s number (
1
or
2
). The type of interface card must also be also shown in
the
hidden
column.
Position of the Interfaces
The following overview shows the available interface cards and the
assignment of the relevant connection blocks.
The following diagram shows the position of the interfaces: