AT&T 146 User Manual

AT&T

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PagePac® 6 Voice Paging System

User and Installation Manual

PagePac 6 is recommended for the following telephone systems (some installations may require a separate adapter, see page 2).

PAGEPAC® 6 COMPATIBILITY CHART

TELEPHONE SYSTEM CONNECTION POINT

AT&T

TELEPHONE

SYSTEM

TELEPHONE (STATION)

SIDE ACCESS

CENTRAL OFFICE (LINE)

SIDE ACCESS

SPIRIT®

308/616

SPIRIT®

2448

MERLIN®

PLUS

MERLIN® II

SYSTEM®

*See Pages 2, 4, and 6 for PagePac® options

YES, Via Standard SPIRIT® 308/316 page port

Not offered by SPIRIT® 2448

YES, Via Standard MERLIN® PLUS page port

Not offered by MERLIN® II

YES, may require SYSTEM 25 hardware options

*YES, requires PagePac® option

ORDERING INFORMATION

PagePac 6—PEC 5323-006, COMCODE 405701277 PagePac 6 Port Saver—PEC 53519, COMCODE 405703026 PagePac 6 Voice Paging System Installation Instructions—999-500-246 PagePac MusicMate—PEC 53502, COMCODE 403308000 PagePac Trunk Adapter—PEC 53518, COMCODE 405223298

To order copies of this manual, call the AT&T Customer Information Center, 1-800-432-6600. Or write to:

Order: Document Number 999-500-246

AT&T Customer Information Center P.O. Box 19901 Indianapolis, IN 46219

INTRODUCTION TO THE

AT&T PagePac® 6 VOICE PAGING SYSTEM

AT&T PagePac 6 is a compact, powerful, voice-paging system that integrates single-zone paging capability into your telephone system. PagPac 6 can be used with most AT&T telephone systems, from single-line residential systems to modern electronic key and PBX systems.

Front

Rear

PagePac® 6 Voice Paging System

FEATURES

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Connects to your telephone system through standard modular telephone cords.

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Uses standard touch-tone or rotary telephones to page.

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Provides a 6-watt, voice-coil output.

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Supports a wide range of indoor and horn speakers.

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Controls background music provided from a separate source, such as the PagePac MusicMate™, an FM tuner, a tape deck, or leased source, etc.

NOTE: Those who use paging systems to rebroadcast copyrighted music are required to obtain licenses from and pay fees to copyright owners. This usually involves obtaining licenses and paying fees to either ASCAP and/or BMI (American Society of Composers, Artists and Producers, Broadcast Music Inc.). It is the user’s obligation to obtain any license required and pay any fees.

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Comes with its own 12-VAC power supply that plugs into any standard 120-VAC, 60 Hz outlet.

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Connects directly to your telephone system page port.*

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Offers separately purchased adapters for telephone systems without page port connections.

*Page port must provide a dry contact closure.

There are several ways to connect PagePac 6 to your AT&T telephone system.

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For telephone systems equipped with a page port that has either a modular jack

or screw-type connections, PagePac 6 connects directly to the page port.

PagePac 6

Incoming Central Office Lines*

PagePac 6 Port Saver

Speakers

Line Jack

Telephone

System

INSTALLATION

PagePort

Incoming Central Office Lines*

Telephones

Telephone System

For telephone systems not equipped with a page port, a choice of adapters is available:

●

Jack

C.O. Line Protector Model 146

The

PagePac 6 Port Saver

to the telephone system on an incoming Central Office line jack and provides paging while preserving normal telephone service on that line.

Speakers

PagePac 6

Telephones

(Optional)

that connects

C.O. Line Protector Model 146

(Optional)

Speakers

●

PagePac Trunk Adapter

that connects PagePac 6 to the telephone system on an incoming Central Office line jack.

Line Jack

PagePac 6

*If using a C.O. Line Protector that provides both telephone and AC power connections, such as the Model 146,

connect both the PagePac 6 modular cord and power cord to the protector.

Trunk

Adapter

Telephone

System

Telephones

NOTE:

This connection option dedicates

that line for Page-only service.

CONNECTING PAGEPAC 6 TO A PAGE PORT

Telephone System

Page Jack

Modular Line Cord

PagePac 6

To 120 VAC, 60 Hz

Connections to a Page Jack

(Circled numbers correspond to the steps in the installation procedure below.)

Required Materials

PagePac 6

—

Standard modular telephone cord of sufficient length to connect the PagePac 6 to the telephone

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system page jack.

Installation Procedure

PagePac 6 can be placed on a desk or shelf, or wall-mounted using the keyhole slots in the bottom of the unit. After selecting a convenient location:

Connect the PAGE jack on the PagePac 6 to the telephone system page jack with a modular cord.

1. Plug the PagePac 6 power cord into a standard AC wall outlet, or use an extension cord if necessary.

Note:

If the page port has screw-type connections, use a half-modular cord to connect to the page port. The modular end of the cord connects to the PagePac 6 PAGE jack. On the other end of the cord, the red lead connects to page ring, and the green lead to page tip. The black and yellow leads are control leads that connect to a dry contract closure provided by the page port.

CONNECTING PAGEPAC 6

USING THE PAGEPAC 6 PORT SAVER

Incoming Telephone Lines*

Modular Jack

(725A-Type)

Modular

Cord

PagePac 6 Port Saver

Cable Supplied With

PagePac 6 Port Saver

Modular Cord

PagePac 6

Connections to a Line Jack Using the PagePac Port Saver

(Circled numbers correspond to the steps in the installation procedure.)

Telephone System

Incoming Line Jack

To 120 VAC

60 Hz

Required Materials

PagePac 6

—

PagePac 6 Port Saver

—

Two standard modular cords of sufficient length to make the connections shown in the figure above.

—

*If using a C.O. Line Protector that provides both telephone and AC power connections, such as the Model 146,

connect both the PagePac 6 modular cord and power cord to the protector.

5 in.

Port Saver

Port Saver may be mounted above PagePac 6. Distance between keyhole slot centers is 5 in.

PagePac 6

Port Saver

PagePac 6

PagePac 6. Distance between keyhole slot centers is 6.5 in.

Port Saver may be mounted to the side of the

NOTE:

Spacing shown is only a suggestion.

Circumstances may require different spacing.

6.5 in.

Wall Mounting Arrangements for Port Saver & PagePac 6

Installation Procedure

PagePac 6 and PagePac 6 Port Saver may be placed on a desk or shelf, or may be wall mounted (see illustrations above) using the keyhole slots in the bottom of the unit. The units must be

within six to eight inches of each other (see step 1 below).

Connect the AUX jack on the PagePac 6 to the PagePac 6 Port Saver via the Port Saver ribbon cable (the AUX jack is keyed, therefore, you can connect the cable in only one way).

Connect the PHONE jack on the PagePac 6 Port Saver to a telephone system line jack

2. (the line that goes to the telephone), using a modular cord.

Connect the C.O. LINE jack on the PagePac 6 Port Saver to the modular jack where the

3. telephone line from the telephone company appears, using a modular cord.

Plug the PagePac 6 power cord into a standard AC wall outlet, or use an extension cord if necessary.

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