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Chapter 1

Introduction

1.1 About S Connect With Ringing Products
1.1.1 S Connect With Ringing Main Components
1.1.2 Typical Configuration
1.2 Software Components
1.2.1 About CT Access
1.2.2 About the S Connect With Ringing Driver
1.3 Installation Summary

1.1 About S Connect With Ringing Products

S Connect with Ringing boards are one product in the family of AG Connect products. S Connect with Ringing boards provide up to 24 analog interfaces to local phones (called operator workstation or OWS phones). You can also configure and control ringing at the OWS phones. S Connect-x With Ringing boards support conferencing.

Figure 1. S Connect With Ringing Board Types



Here is a summary of S Connect With Ringing products and their capabilities: 





 Board Model



 Features




 S Connect-8 With Ringing



·	 8 analog OWS interfaces.


·	 Conferencing capabilities.


·	 Allows configuration and control of ringing at OWS phones.




 S Connect-16 With Ringing



·	 16 analog OWS interfaces.


·	 Conferencing capabilities.


·	 Allows configuration and control of ringing at OWS phones.




 S Connect-24 With Ringing



·	 24 analog OWS interfaces.


·	 Conferencing capabilities.


·	 Allows configuration and control of ringing at OWS phones.



















1.1.1	 S Connect With Ringing Main Components





The main components of the S Connect with Ringing board are:






Figure 2.	 S Connect With Ringing Main Components


    

  • ISA bus connectivity

    

S Connect With Ringing boards are full-size cards. They are designed to reside in single ISA bus slots.
    


  • Operator Work Station phone connectivity

    

Each board connects to the OWS phones via a DB-62 high density connector on the card bracket. A custom cable is available that connects this port directly to a telephony type 50 pin connector (male RJ21X). You also use this cable to connect an external power supply to power the operator work station phones, and to provide ringing voltage.
    


  • Conferencing

    

S Connect With Ringing boards are capable of conferencing up to 16 parties in up to 5 conferences. For more information, see Section 5.6.
    


  • MVIP Connectivity

    

S Connect With Ringing boards provide full support of the MVIP bus specification. The MVIP bus allows boards to share data and signaling information with other boards on the bus. For example, you can add DSP resources, analog station interfaces, or loop start line interfaces using other AG boards. You can also use MVIP compatible products from other manufacturers with the AG board.
    


  • Telephony bus switching

    

The switching for the S Connect With Ringing is implemented with the FMIC (Flexible MVIP Integrated Circuit). The FMIC is a single chip that offers full support for the MVIP bus, providing access to all 512 timeslots on the bus.
    

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    1.1.2	 Typical Configuration
    

    


    S Connect With Ringing boards are used in conjunction with one or more other MVIP-compliant boards such as the WTI-8 or AG-E1. These boards provide interfaces to the PSTN, and DSP resources. The S Connect With Ringing board is connected to these other boards over the MVIP bus. The DSP resources are used for voice and call processing tasks such as voice recording and playback, DTMF detection and generation, and call progress analysis.
    


    


    Figure 3.	 S Connect With Ringing Typical Configuration 

    


    


    

    

    


    Only EC-approved boards may be connected to the S Connect-x With Ringing board.
    

    

    


    


    

    

    

    

    

    S Connect With Ringing boards are not supported for use with VBX boards.
    

    

    

    1.2	 Software Components
    

    


    To create an S Connect With Ringing application, you will need the following software:
    

    

    

    1.2.1	 About CT Access
    

    


    S Connect With Ringing applications are built using CT Access. CT Access is a complete software development environment for telephony applications. 
    


    In CT Access, telephony functions are grouped into logical services. Each service has a standard API. CT Access services include call control, DTMF generation and detection, and voice playing and recording. Also included is a Switching service to control switching on MVIP and H.100 compliant devices. This service is used to make or break connections, send patterns, and to sample data.
    


    CT Access also includes components that configure and control AG boards other than S Connect With Ringing boards, that have DSPs. Use these components if your application involves other AG boards in addition to S Connect With Ringing boards. These components are:
    

    

    

    1.2.2	 About the S Connect With Ringing Driver
    

    


    The S Connect With Ringing board comes with a driver which runs on the host computer. The CT Access Switching service (see below) communicates with the S Connect With Ringing board through this driver. To learn how to install the driver, see Chapter 3.
    


    


    Figure 4.	 S Connect With Ringing Application Software Components
    

    

    

    1.3	 Installation Summary
    

    


    The following table summarizes the steps to install the hardware and software components: 

    


    
 Step
    

    		
 For details, see...
    


    
1.	 Install the S Connect With Ringing board into one of your computer's ISA bus slots.
    

    		
 Chapter 2 of this manual.
    


    
2.	 Connect the S Connect With Ringing board to the MVIP bus (if needed).
    

    		
 Chapter 2 of this manual.
    


    
3.	 Connect the S Connect With Ringing board to the OWS phones. Connect a power supply.
    

    		
 Chapter 2 of this manual.
    


    
4.	 Install CT Access.
    

    		
 The CT Access Installation Manual, and the Natural Access installation booklet
    


    
5.	 Install the S Connect With Ringing board driver.
    

    		
 Chapter 3 of this manual.
    


    
6.	 Verify that your installation is operational.
    

    		
 Chapter 4 of this manual.
    



    


    

    

    

    


    

    

    


    
 
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