Specifications

Pointers for hook-up of voice/data equipment
Voice / Data Equipment
This section involves the connection of communications equipment to The Stick.
You may configure the “hook up” of different types equipment in a number of
ways. Whatever suits your operational needs and your installation requirements!
Although each device port is labeled with generic titles designating what
equipment would connect to what port, YOU CAN CONFIGURE IT ANY WAY
YOU LIKE! Just be sure to read this section thoroughly before trying anything
weird (that might not work).
FAX / PC Fax Cards
The Stick has special features that make it work extremely well with either a PC
FAX Card or a FAX machine. The feature that enables The Stick to route an
incoming FAX call to your “FAX” type device is “FAX Tone Detection”.
What’s a “FAX Tone”?
In a nutshell, most FAX machines generate a tone when they are operated
“automatically”. Automatic generally means you just drop the paper(s) to be
faxed in the document carriage, the machine loads it, the desired phone number
is entered, you hit the “START” button and you’re done.
The machine automatically dials the
number and begins emitting the tone
(commonly known as CNG or AUTO-FAX
tone) to identify itself as a FAX-type device.
This tone is continuously transmitted until
the called FAX machine answers the call
and “handshakes” with the sending FAX.
With The Stick at the receiving end, the call is “answered” and the FAX Tone is
detected. At that time the call is routed to the port labeled “FAX”. Hence, we
suggest if you use either a FAX machine or PC FAX Card connect it to the port
labeled “FAX”.
From The "...... .And Here’s Another Curve Ball” File.
Sometimes people pick up the handset on their FAX machine and dial the phone
number of the fax machine they want to connect with. By doing this they have
told their FAX machine they want to use it for voice purposes only.