Comdial Dxp Plus Instructions Manual

							Activating System Software on the FX System
Comdial manufacturing technicians load the FX Series system’s operating software. They also load the
upgrade software that you use to obtain your magic number. You need the magic number to activate the
system operating software. Once you obtain your magic number and enter it in the up-grade software, the
system automatically accesses the key through internal software mechanisms.piizziq
YOLK must obtain your magic number to operate the telephony portion of the FX Series system,
Otherwise, the system will reset itself 
every hour.
4Obtain your magic number by following the procedure detailed below:
1.With the software key installed on the computer’s parallel printer port, locate the software key icon on the main
desktop menu and double click on it. If the icon is not available, use the 
StarVPrograms/FX Software
Key menu to locate the software key program and double click there. This action opens the update utility.
2.From the update utility, click the Examine Key button. The system responds by showing the keys s&al numberand the current magic number of the installed key.
3.Contact Comdial Distributor Services at l-800-669-2663 to order the system software. At the same time you can
order any of the following application features that you desire.
- FXSSW-WOl (includes VVP, 5-user wideopen.office and 5-user wideopen.call)
- FXSSW-W02 (includes VVP, 50-user wideopen.office and 25-user wideopen.call)
- FXSSW-W03 (includes VVP, 5-user wideopen.offce and 5-user wideopen.group)
- FXSSW-W04 (includes VVP, 50-user wideopenoffce and 25-user wideopen.group)
4.Provide to the Comdial representative the
software key’s serial number and the current
magic number that you read from the update
utility. He or she will respond by providing you
with a new magic number and a completion
code.NOTE: This magic number and completion code are
unique and applies only to your particular
software key.
5.Enter this new magic number into the update
utility, and then click the Update Key button.
6.Since you are initially performing this procedure
to turn on the operating software for the
system’s telephony portion, the system opens
the FX Series System Initialization window for
further action on your part. See the next
paragraph for a discussion of that action.
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Turning On the FX Series System SoftwareUnderstanding the VMMI
If the system opens the Initialization window, you must take several additional 
steps:
1.
2.Be sure that you have a serial data cable connected between the computer portion’s 
COMl serial data port and the
telephony portion’s 
COMl serial data port, and be sure
that the telephony port is configured for 9600 baud,
eight data bits, and one stop bit.
Click the I’m ready, Enable the FX Now button. This
action enables the FX Series system software. The
system returns the update utility window that now
shows a completion code value to indicate that theprocedure is finished. Verify that the completion code
matches the completion code that the Comdial
representative provided, and click the Done button to
end the session.
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							Completing the FX Series System Start-Up ProcedureTo complete the getting started process, you must run the Start-Up utility program. Running the Start-Up
utility program places the Versatile Voice Processing (VVP) and the 
pcANYWHERETM applications in the
computer’s start-up routine. With these applications in the start-up routine, the system automatically makes
them active whenever someone restarts the FX Series system.
To run the Start-Up utility, locate the Start-Up icon on the Windows 95
.adesktop, and double-click it with your computer mouse.~..~StartUpii . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .._...i.Wl.up.COnce the utility finishes running, you must exit the Windows 95 program, and restart the computer. This
action is often referred to as rebooting the computer. When the computer restarts, and after you take care of
any password needs, the FX Series system ends its start-up routine by making both VVP and
pcANYWHERETM active on the desktop.
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							GCA40-182Understanding the VMMI
Up-Grading the System Software on the DXPTo use VMMI on the DXP system, you must up-grade the DXP software to at least release 
10A. Further, to
preserve your existing database you must convert it through the PCMMI programming software that is at
software release 
9A. The software up-grade to release 10A requires that you install a new RAM card
(DXRAM-EXPC) as well as the software memory card (DXPSW-DLRC) on the 
DXP’s central processor
unit. (Once you up-grade your system software to 
lOA, future up-grades beyond 1OA will only require a
new software memory card. The RAM card that you add to up-grade to 
10A will support future software
revisions.) To ensure that you execute the data base conversion and software up-grade correctly. perform
the following detailed operations in the sequence that they appear on the following pages of this publication.
If you need detailed procedures for doing these operations, refer to your DXP System 
Hurdwxzre Instructionsand Programming Instructions and Records (Volume I and Volume II service binders).
Converting the DXP Database
Store the Current DXP Database
Employ a PC with an XMODEM communications program and use the 
DXP’s embedded MM1programming method to store the current DXP database to the PC’s hard drive. The saved database can
include any or all of the following data: system information, station parameters, line parameters, toll
restriction and automatic route selection parameters, and system speed dial numbers but it does not include
the 
SMDAKMDR records. If you need these SMDNSMDR records, you must make a printout of them
before you perform the database storage. This is necessary because this save/restore feature does not record
the stored records and they will be lost.
Once you store the current database disconnect the PC from the DXP.
Convert fhe Current DXP Database
With your PC disconnected from the DXP, convert the current database to a 
10A database.
1.Obtain a copy of revision 9A or later PCMMI programming software and load it on your computer. (Remember,
you can always down load the latest PCMMI software from the Comdial Technical Services Bulletin Board by
calling l-804-978-2583 or from the Comdial home page on the World Wide Web by connecting at:
http:Nwww.comdial.com/ ).
2.If the stored database is not at software release 
9A, use the revision 9A or later PCMMI to convert the current
DXP database to a software release 
9A database.
3.Use the revision 9A PCMMI to down-load and store the software release 9A database to your computer’s hard
drive.
4.Load the new VMMI programming software on your computer, and use it to translate the stored data base to a
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							Understanding the VMMI
Installing the RAM Card and Software Card in the DXP
GCA40-182Turn off the power to the DXP, and install both the RAM card (DXRAM-EXPC.) and the software memory
card (DXPSW-DLRC) on the central processor unit (DXCPU-68K) circuit board of the DXP digital
communications system.
Preparing a Static-Safe Work Area.
Electronic circuit boards are susceptible to damage caused by electrostatic discharge and must be handled
accordingly. Refer to the Comdial publication 
IMIOl-005, Handling Of Electrostatically Sensitive
Components, for general information. Specific handling precautions are also included in this installation
instruction. The expanded memory card 
(DXRAM-EXPC) and the system software memory card
’(DXPSW-DLRC) are supplied in static protection bags. Do not open a static protection bag prior to
installation time.
When servicing electronic circuit boards, it is a good practice to do so at a static-safe work area prepared
ahead of time for this purpose. The illustration details a typical static-safe work area.
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							GCA40-182Understanding the VMMIProviding Static 
Prote%on At The Cabinet Location
ESD Protective,
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Mat
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Ground
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Worksurface
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Creating A Static Safe Work Area
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							Understanding the VMMIGCA40-182Installing the Cards in the DXP
1.Loosen the retaining hardware and remove the front panel from the DXP main cabinet.
2.Turn off the AC power switch, and disconnect the AC power cord from the AC outlet. Disconnect the cable of the
optional battery back-up from the main cabinet power supply.
3.Place a conductive mat in front of the cabinet area and ground the mat to a good earth ground (the third wire
ground of the AC power line is an acceptable grounding point). The grounded conductive mat will provide a safe
static electric discharge path.
4.Install the static discharge wrist strap (supplied with the main cabinet) on your bare wrist; adjust it for a snug fit.
Be sure that the strap is touching bare skin and is not isolated by clothing.
Connect the wrist strap cord between
the wrist strap and an AC or earth ground.
NOTE: With the common equipment in the installed position, the ground 
lug on the side of the cabinet is an
,
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.appropriate grounding point since it should have a heavy ground wire connected between it and a good earth
ground.
Locate the 
DXCPU-68K circuit board, loosen the retaining screws, remove it from the DXP main cabinet, place it
in a static protection bag, and transport it to the static-safe work area.
At the static-safe work area, with your wrist strap in place, remove the DXCPU-68K circuit board, the new
DXRAM-EXPC. expansion memory card and the new DXPSW-DLRC software memory card from their static
protection bags.
Refer to illustration and remove the currently installed memory cards from the 
DXCPU-68K board.
Orient the 
DXCPU-68K board and the new memory cards as shown in the illustration, and attach them with the
supplied hardware. (The screws and standoffs between the cards are essential to ensure proper grounding.)
Place the old memory cards in static protection bags and save them for later return for credit. Place the
DXCPU-68K board and newly installed memory cards into a static protection bag and transport back to the DXP
main cabinet.
10. With your wrist strap properly grounded, remove the 
DXCPU-68K circuit board from the static protection bag.
Orient it with the top and bottom guides in the main cabinet board cage, and press it in firmly until the board edge
connector properly mates with the backplane connector.
When pressing the DXCPU-68K board into place, press it only at the extractor lever locations.If 
yoLl applypressure at other locations, you may damage the board assembly.
11. Make a final inspection to ensure that the 
DXCPU-68K circuit board is in the correct slot, oriented correctly and
mated properly; then install and tighten the supplied screws to secure it to the board cage.
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							GCA40-182Understanding the VMMlFront Panel-+
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Installing The Memory and 
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							Master Clearing the DXP System
1.If you do not master clear the system, it is possible the DXP will not perform properly with the new memory card.
The 
DXCPU-6% board provides a method for the master clear to occur automatically at the initial power up
after you have changed or upgraded the software card. When you perform an upgrade, you must execute the
following sequence of events exactly as they are stated here:
2.On the DXPCPU-68K circuit board, set DIP switch 8 to its ON position. This step enables the DXP to perform
the master clear and is a required step; otherwise, the software upgrade will not occur and the system will not
operate.
3.Connect the AC power cord to the AC outlet and turn on the AC power switch. At power up, the DXP
automatically executes a master clear operation. Observe that the LED indicators on the DXCPU-68K board, the
DXSRV services board, and all installed station and line boards flash in a random pattern during the master clear
sequence. After the master clear sequence is complete, the indicators on the 
DXCPU-68K and DXSRV boards
,turn on steady and the indicators on the station and line boards wink ON for four seconds and OFF for fourseconds.
3.After power up, set DIP switch 8 to its OFF position.
4.Press the RESET button on the CPU board to reset the system.
NOTE:The system performs the automatic master clear one time following the initial power up after 
yoln have
up-graded the software. It will not perform an automatic master clear operation again after subsequent power
ups. Because of this, you can leave DIP switch 8 ON if you wish. Leaving it ON will ensure that the DXP will
always power 
LL~ in a master cleared and operational mode after you have pe$ormed a so*are upgrade.
However, by turning DIP switch 8 OFF, 
YOLL prevent the DXP from becoming operational at power LLP after
yowl have peflormed a software upgrade. This is good because, should you forget to save your database, it
gives you an opportunity to reconsider your actions before the DXP erases the current database.
5.Replace the front panel on the DXP main cabinet.
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							GCA40-182Understanding the VMMI0
Reset Button -----toSet DIP Switch 1 ON
For Fixed Data Port
Parameters.
Set DIP Switch 8 ON 
1.For Master Clear Upon
initial Power Up After
is%Software Upgrade.
DXP025
/- DXCPU-68K
DXRAM-xxx
/ DXS W-xxx
Locating DIP Switch 8 and the Reset Button
Restoring the Converted Database to the DXPConnect your PC to the DXP and use VMMI to restore the translated 
1OA database to the DXP. (Note that
with VMMI, you do not need the XMODEM communications program that you needed to store the current
database.)
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