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General Purpose Adapter

DESCRIPTION With the General Purpose Adapter (GPA) you can connect to your analog

voice terminal Touch-Tone (not rotary) equipment such as modems,

autodialers, facsimile (FAX) machines, and telephone extensions (including

cordless telephones). An example is shown in Figure 2-21.

CONSIDERATIONS

HOW TO USE

FIGURE 2-21 A voice terminal and a computer/modem connected to a General

Purpose Adapter (back view).

BASIC

V.T.

JOIN AUTO

TEL. EQUIP.

GENERAL PURPOSE ADAPTER

Modular cord

Data device

Voice terminal

● The GPA may be used with all voice terminal models except the 5-Button

and HFAI-10 voice terminals.

● If you have a GPA connected to your voice terminal, and you want your

answering machine or modem to go on automatically when you receive a

call, program an Auto Answer-All button for your voice terminal. When

you use the Auto Answer-All feature, the GPA option switch must be set

to Auto. (See “Auto Answer-All.”)

You can select the switch position, labeled Join, Basic, or Auto on the

adapter, required for operating the telephone or data equipment connected to

your voice terminal.

Using Join Mode

Set the switch to Join when you want to join a call already in progress on

your voice terminal. You can attach an extension phone or a speakerphone

and have someone join the conversation.

You can attach a recording device

to record the conversation (with the participants’ permission) or play a tape

for the listener. In join mode, ringing comes from the voice terminal, not

from the attached device.

Using Basic Mode

Set the switch to Basic to originate and receive calls at the attached

equipment, such as an extension phone. This device can be located away

from the voice terminal. When you lift the handset, the extension functions

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