Specifications

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Planning An Installation
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Introducing
Chapter Two
One of your primary responsibilities as the DXP installer is to
determine the type and quantity of equipment needed for each
installation site. Remember that the needs and specifications of each
installation site will be different based on the number of lines, stations
and peripheral equipment that fits that customer’s business. When you
begin a new installation, ask yourself some of the following questions:
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l What are the client’s present and future telecommunications
needs? Are you replacing an existing business telephone system,
or is this a completely new installation?
l What are the problems the client is experiencing with his or her
old telephone system? Why is a DXP the right telephone system?
l How many lines and stations are you going to use? Remember to
leave plenty of room for future expansion.
l Will you use ground start, loop start, Tl, or DID lines?
l Will you have digital, analog, or IST stations?
l What peripheral equipment will you use: paging device, music
source, or battery backup, for example.
You’ll have to answer all of these questions well in advance of
actually ordering any of the equipment for you installation. Keep in
mind that your customers aren’t going to know whether they need
DID or ground start lines, for example, so you will have to make those
decisions based on your understanding of the client’s needs.
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