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The First Steps
IntroductionThe KX-TD1232 from Panasonic is a Digital / Analogue hybrid PABX designed for day-to-day office use. It offers some rather nifty features, is extremely expandable and (from personal experience) is very robust and forgiving. Its title of "Digital Super Hybrid System" comes from its ability to use a mixture of digital propriatory telephones (PTs) and standard analogue single line telephones (SLTs) within the same system whilst allowing a large subset of its features to be used by both.The system is extremely modular, allowing for it to be customised to suit whatever environment it is used in. By default, the KX-TD1232 has support for 16 analogue or digital extension and no exchange or trunk lines. (Panasonic referrs to these outside lines as COs, or central office lines.) In order for you to connect the system to the outside world, you'll need a CO interface board, of which there are quite a few to choose from.
LocationBefore we get that far, however, it's worth spending a bit of time thinking where the unit will be positioned. The KX-TD series are convection cooled, and as such need to be wall mounted to allow cool air to be drawn into the bottom of the chassis and escape from the top. Lieing them flat is almost as good as smashing the thing with a lump hammer - it won't last too long!The main unit should be within easy reach of your incoming exchange (CO) lines, mains power, and infrastructure access point, be that an existing phone connection board, CAT5 patch panel or a large bundle of cables(!). Also, if your system is to use battery backup (recommended if you're out in the middle of nowhere!) then wherever you put the exchange must have a floor or shelf capable of supporting a pair of large leisure batteries which provide the logic system and telephones with power when utility mains fails. Once the system is physically mounted, it pays to hook up all of the extension ports (used or unused) to a patch panel of some description simply to make the task of connecting each socket easier. Whilst it's perfectly feasable to do this without a patching system, it makes any changes further down the line a pain in the backside.
So, on that note, we shall begin with the wiring of the extensions. |
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