Comdial Dxp Plus Instructions Manual

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1.2Installing The VMMI Software ProgramThe VMMI software is your entry to the DXP Plus system. Before you can 
login to the system, you
must first load the VMMI software into your PC’s memory. When installing the VMMI software, your
PC need not be connected to the DXP Plus.
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9.Turn on your PC and load your Windows software.
Insert the VMMI software disk in your computer’s floppy disk drive.
From the Windows Program Manager screen, select the File pull-down menu.
From the File pull-down menu, select 
Run..At the Run window, type A:install, and OK your entry.
The install window gives a default file location to receive the program; however, you can enter a
different file location if you wish. OK the default file location or your new entry.
The install window gives a default location of the VMMI software disk; however, if you have
installed the disk in a different drive enter that location. OK the default location or your new entry.
The status window appears on the screen and the program loads automatically.
When the status window shows the install to be complete, OK the install.
The Windows Program Manager screen shows the DXP Plus group icon. Select this icon and
double click your left mouse button.
10. The Windows Program Manager screen shows the VMMI icon. Select this icon and double click
your left mouse button. The computer runs the installed VMMI software program.
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1.3Performing The Login ProcedureOnce you have loaded the VMMI software using the Section 1.2 discussion, you can 
login to the system
by performing the following procedure.
1.Turn on your PC and load the Windows software.
2.Select the VMMI program from the Windows Program Manager screen
3.From the VMMI window, select the DXP pull-down menu.
4.From the DXP pull-down menu, select Login.
5.From the Login window, select the login mode:
6.From the login menu, select the communications port that your PC uses to communicate with the
DXP Plus. If you are operating remotely through a Hayes*-compatible modem, respond to the
modem prompt and enter the system requested information.
*Hayes is a registered trademark of Hayes Microcomputer Products
7.From the port window, select the serial data parameters that matches the requirements for the DXP
Plus. Remember, the DXP Plus reserves the central processor board’s maintenance serial data port
for PC connection. The default parameters for this port are as follows:
Baud Rate In
9600,Baud Rate Out
9600,Data Bits
8,Stop Bits
19Parity BitsNone,
Flow Control
None.However, Comdial engineers recommend that you use a baud rate of 19.2 kilobaud to speed up the
data transfer process. You can exit the VMMI program and use the Windows terminal emulation
programming to reprogram the serial data parameters of the maintenance port to this faster baud
rate (see Sections 1.8, 5.0, and 6.4 for details).
8.If you use the Windows terminal emulation program to set the data parameters of the maintenance
port, return to the VMMI program when you are finished, and repeat steps 3-7.
9.When you finish selecting the serial data parameters, OK your choices to return to the DXP Plus
pull-down menu.
10. In the DXP pull-down menu, type 
th,: appropriate password. The system defaults all passwords to
I’lic746++; however, you can customize the passwords during programming if you wish.
11. After you finish the 
login requirements, OK your choices. The system responds by presenting its
serial number at the bottom of the VMMI window for your reference and shows an on-line message.
12. Proceed with your programming needs by pulling down the appropriate menu and making a
selection.
NOTE: 
If, for some reason, the system does not complete the login procedure, check your cable connections,
verify your serial data settings, and repeat the 
login procedure.
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							1.4ReLoading Or Up-Grading The System SoftwareThe DXP Plus includes system software when it ships from the factory. At initial system installation,
you do not need to load the system software to make the system operational. Should you need to later
reload the system software (for software up-grade purposes for example), you can do so using the
supplied system software disk. Use Windows File Manager or MS-DOS commands to save the disk’s
information from your computer’s floppy drive to its hard drive. Having the software on your
computer’s hard drive allows the data to load into the DXP 
Plus memory much quicker than it would
from the computer’s floppy disk drive.
To load the system software information, your PC must be connected to the DXP Plus (see Section 1.1).
1.Turn on your PC and load the Windows software.
2.Select the VMMI program from the Windows menu screen.7‘:
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3.From the VMMI window, select the DXP pull-down menu.1 I
4.If you have not previously archived the system data base, do so now.
a.From the DXP pull-down menu, select Archive Database.
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b.Choose a memory storage location for the archive operation to use and OK your choice. Since
the data base can be quite large, you should chose a location on your computer’s hard drive to
ensure that you have enough memory to store the data base.
c.The system automatically archives its data base and prompts you to OK the action.
d.OK the archive and return to the DXP pull-down menu.
5.From the DXP pull-down menu, select the System Software Upgrade.
6.Note the on-screen prompt information, and OK to continue.
7.The system automatically takes itself out of service and makes a backup of its data base.
8.Note the on-screen prompt information, and OK to continue.
9.Choose the location where the new software data resides (select disk drive, directory, and file), and
OK your choice.
10. The DXP Plus loads the software data, reloads its data base that it previously backed up (see step 
7),resets itself, places itself back in service, and logs out of the software upgrade feature.
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1.5Using VMMI Software To Translate A DXP DatabaseYou can use the VMMI software to translate the database residing in a DXP to a format that is
compatible with the DXP Plus, and load that database into the DXP Plus system. While translating data,
your PC need not be connected to the DXP Plus.
Before you translate a DXP database, determine the revision level of the DXP system software. If the
DXP system software revision is 8.A or later, you can translate the database without first taking any
other action. However, if the DXP software revision is e
t use an 8.A or later
revision of the PCMMI program to upgrade that dait. If you do not have
this version of the PCMMI program, you candown
ial bulletin board service.
The telephone number for the bulletin board service ineedadata 
’communications software program and a data modem
1.5. IUpgrading The DXP Data Base.*’ =---I ’When a DXP contains system software that is at a revision level earlier than 
8.A, you must upgrade that
DXP’s database before you can translate it into a DXP Plus database. To do this, employ an XMODEM
data communications program to store the database on a magnetic diskette or on your computer’s hard
drive. Then employ a revision 8.A or later PCMMI program (obtainable from Comdial’s bulletin board
service) to restore the database and save it to a new file. Restoring the database with this revision 8.A or
later PCMMI program upgrades the database so that it will translate into a DXP Plus database.
Remember, the saved database includes the following data: system information, station parameters, line
parameters, toll restriction and automatic route selection parameters, and system speed dial numbers but
does not include the 
SMDA/SMDR records. If you need these SMDA/SMDR records, you must make a
printout of them before you perform the database storage. This is necessary because this procedure does
not record the stored records and they will be lost.
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							Saving the DXP Dafabase
NOTE: This programming procedure details steps that one follows when using the communications software
program known as PROCOMM (produced by Datastorm Technologies). If you are using a different
communications software, your steps may be different.1.Connect your PC to the DXP, and take the necessary steps to establish communications between the
PC and the DXP.
2At the banner screen, type the password (default password is: 1%746+K).
3.Press CONTROL T for the main menu.
4.From the main menu, select system and press ENTER.
5.From the system menu, select save/restore database menu and press ENTER.
6.Type the item number for save database and press ENTER.
7.Press the page-down button.
8.Type the prompted number to choose XMODEM protocol.
9.Install a formatted diskette in the PC’s floppy disk drive or determine a directory location on the
PC’s hard drive. Use this diskette or hard drive directory space as the original DXP database storage
area.10. Type a DOS file name of your choice for the database storage file, and press ENTER. Database save
is automatic; however, depending upon the baud rate, the down load may take 5-25 minutes.
Restoring The DXP Database
1.Load the revision 8.A or later PCMMI program (that you obtained from the Comdial bulletin board
service) into your PC, and start the program.
2.If the saved DXP database is on a diskette, install the diskette in your PC floppy disk drive.
3.Press CONTROL T for the main menu.
4.From the main menu, select system and press ENTER.
5.From the system menu, select save/restore database menu and press ENTER.
6.Type the item number for restore database and press ENTER,
7.Type the path location and the DOS file name for the saved database and press ENTER. Database
restore is automatic. When finished, the system displays the message: transfer complete, no errors.
8.Press ESCAPE and repeat steps 4 and 5.
9.Type the item number for restore database and press ENTER,
10. Type a path location and DOS file name of your choice for the restored database and press ENTER.
Database restore is automatic. (If you choose the same file name as the saved database, the system
will ask you to comfirm the overwrite of the current file.)
This restored database is the upgrade version that you translate into a DXP Plus database.
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1.5.2Translating The DXP Data Base
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6.Turn on your PC and load the Windows software.
Select the VMMI program from the Windows menu screen.
From the VMMI window, select the 
FILE pull-down menu.
From the File pull-down menu, select Open. System default conditions cause the VMMI program to
search for all *.DXP files in the VMMI directory; however, you may need to type the path location
and DOS file name of the DXP database that you wish to translate.
From the Open Data Base File window, select the database for translation, and OK your choice.
Select a file location for the translated database and OK your selection The Select Board Type
window opens.
7.Use the Select Board Type window to describe the board configuration of the DXP database that
you are translating.
(a) Make a record of the DXP’s physical board configuration. You can use the configuration record
that you recorded using 
IMI40-089, Configuring The DXP Hardware. Or you can create a
reference chart by entering product codes in the following table.
(b) Using your charted information, answer the prompts on the Select Board Type window. The
prompts first asks for all installed station boards beginning with the DXP’s left-most universal
slot in the main cabinet. The prompts then ask for all installed line boards beginning with the
DXP’s right-most slot in the main cabinet.
When a slot in the original DXP contains an auxiliary board, select the No Board response.
When the prompt asks for a station board but a line board occupies that slot in the original DXP,
select the 
No Board response.
When the prompt asks for a line board but a station board occupies that slot in the original DXP,
select the No Board response.
When you finish listing the board configuration, OK your selections.
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							DXP Plus Programming instructions/M/66-123(c) The VMMI program presents a screen graphic that depicts the boards installed in a default
arrangement in the main and expansion cabinets of a DXP Plus system. The default arrangement
places station boards in ascending slot order beginning with slot 1 in the main cabinet; it places
line boards in descending slot order beginning with slot 30 in the lower expansion cabinet. The
VMMI program leaves a blank slot for any place that you answered a station or line board
prompt with a no board response
(d) Since your system may not include one or both expansion cabinets or you do not care for the
software arranged board layout, use your mouse to move the board images to the slots that you
would rather that they occupy. Make a record of these board locations so that you or your
installer can physically install the boards to match your plan.
DXP Plus Upper Expansion Cabinet
Universal Slot Designation
lO(132)/AUXl
11(132)/AUX2
Enter Product Code
Of Installed Board
15(1-32)
16(132)
17(132)7
19(132)
20(132)
DXP Plus Main Cabinet
Universal Slot DesignationEnter Product Code
Of Installed Board
l( 132)/AUX
2(132)
3(132)
4(132)
6(132)
7(132)
8(1-32)
DXP Plus Lower Expansion Cabinet
Universal Slot Designation
21(132)/AUXl
22(1-32)IAUX2
Enter Product Code
Of Installed Board
25(1-32)
26(132)
27(132)
29(1-32)
30( l-32)
8.From the File drop-down menu, select SAVE. The computer saves the translated DXP database to
the file that you named in step 6.
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							1.6UsinVMMI Software To ArchiveAnd
iiestore The Data BaseYou can use the VMMI software to archive and restore the DXP 
Plus database. To archive and restore
data, your PC must be connected to the DXP Plus (see 
Smtion 1.1).
To archive a data base,
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8.Turn on your PC and load the Windows software.
Select the VMMI program from the Windows menu screen.
From the VMMI window, select the DXP pull-down menu.
From the DXP pull-down menu, select 
Login.From the 
Login window, perform all login requirements, and OK your choices to return to the DXP
pull-down menu.
From the DXP pull-down menu, select Archive Database.
Choose a memory storage location for the archive operation to use and OK your choice. Since the
data base can be quite large, you should chose a location on your computer’s hard drive to ensure
that you have enough memory to store the data base.
The system automatically archives its data base and prompts you to OK the action.
To retrieve a data base,
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8.Turn on your PC and load the Windows software.
Select the VMMI program from the Windows menu screen.
From the VMMI window, select the DXP pull-down menu.
From the DXP pull-down menu, select 
Login.From the 
Login window, perform all login requirements, and OK your choices to return to the DXP
pull-down menu..
From the DXP pull-down menu, select Restore Database.
Choose the memory storage location that contains an archived data base and OK your choice. Since
the data base can be quite large, you should chose a location on your 
compu’ier’s hard drive to
ensure that you have enough memory to store the data base.
The system automatically restores its data base and prompts you to OK the action
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1.7UsinVMMI Software To Perform
Theiioard ConfigurationYou can use the VMMI software to program the DXP Plus board configuration feature. To perform the
board configuration feature, your PC must be connected to the DXP Plus (see Section 1.1).
1.Turn on your PC and load the Windows software.
2.Select the VMMI program from the Windows menu screen.
3.From the VMMI window, select the FILE pull-down menu.
4.From the File pull-down menu, select Open.
5.From the Open Data Base File window, select the DXP Plus database, and OK your choice. The
VMMI program presents a screen graphic that depicts the the DXP Plus boards installed in their
current configuration. If you do not care for the board layout, use your mouse to move the board
images to the slots that you would rather that they occupy. Make a record of these board locations
so that you or your installer can physically install the boards to match your plan.
6.From the File drop-down menu, select SAVE. The computer saves the rearranged board
configuration.
NOTE: 
If you need to add or delete circuit boards, use the programming procedure detailed in Section 15.
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1.6Configuring The Windows Terminal EmulationWhen configuring the terminal emulation program so that it can communicate with the DXP Plus, you
must arrange it to emulate either an ANSI standard, ANSI color, or WYSE 50 terminal Such emulations
provide full screen editing of database information
You must match the data configurations of the terminal emulation with those of the DXP Plus. The CPU
board provides a DIP switch that changes the DXP Plus data configuration to a fixed set of parameters.
You can match the terminal emulation to this fixed set of parameters and eliminate any configuration
guess work. When you set DIP switch 1 to its ON position, you fix the DXP Plus serial data ports to the
following parameters:
ParameterMaintenance PortModem Port
Baud Rate In
96002400Baud Rate Out
96002400Data Bits
88Stop Bits
12Parity BitsNoneNone
Flow ControlNoneNone
When you set the DIP switch to OFF, you can program the DXP 
PEus data port configuration to
different parameters.
Prepare the terminal emulation for communications by following the procedure detailed below.
1.From the Windows Program Manager, select the Accessories window.
2.From the accessories window, select Terminal.
3.From the Terminals window, select the Settings drop-down menu.
4.From the Settings menu, select Terminal Emulation.
5.From the Terminal Emulation window, select DEC VT-100 (ANSI) and OK your selection.
6.From the Settings menu, select Communications.
7.From the Communications window, select the COM port that you are using between the PC and the
DXP Plus,and select serial data parameters that match the DXP Plus settings. When finished, OK
your selections.
8.Press ENTER. The PC automatically communicates with the DXP Plus 0 The DXP Pkus responds to
the PC communications by returning the programming banner screen.
9.Refer to Sections 5-15 in this manual for the terminal emulation programming procedures.
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