User guide

Setting up TAPI Interface210
Application Interfaces
1. In the Start menu, select Settings: Control Panel. Select the
Printers and other Hardware (with Vista/Windows 7:
Hardware and Sound) category. Double-click on the Phone
and Modem Options icon.
2. Change to the Advanced tab.
3. From the list of installed driver software, select Forum 500
Service Provider and click on Configure.
4. In the following dialogue you will find a list with the configured
connections for the user who is currently logged on. Click on
New.
5. In the following dialogue you provide information for the new
connection. In the Connection name box you can enter a
descriptive name for the connection. In the CTI server box
you must enter the DNS name or the IP address of the
Forum 523/524. Using the […] button you can search for this
in the LAN. In the boxes Username and Password you enter
the user data of one of the users configured on the Forum 523/
524. This user must be allocated a system terminal. Confirm
your entry with OK.
6. The new connection is now configured. Close the opened
dialogues with OK and Close.
Testing the TAPI Function
1. In the Start menu, select Programs: Accessories:
Communication and then start the programme called Phone
Dialer.
Under Windows XP and Vista, the Phone Dialer is started
indirect by using the dialling function of the Address book
(can be found in the start menu under Programs:
Accessories). A manual start of the programme file
“Dialer.exe” in the “C:\Program Files\Windows NT” (XP) or
“C:\WIndows\System32” (Vista) folder is possible also.
2. In the Tools menu, select the item Connect using... to select
the system terminal that is to use the CTI application. Under
Windows XP you select the item Options from the Edit menu.
In the Lines tab you then select the system terminal from the
Phone calls list.