ESI IVX1 C-Class, IVX C-Class, IVX C-Class Generation II Product Overview

Small-business system meets your needs — and more

IVX1 C-Class is ideal for small businesses. The standard

configuration has a capacity of 3  6  2 — meaning that
it supports three lines, six digital stations, and two analog
ports. For those who need more, the 360 port card (see
“Systems,” page 4) boosts capacity to 6  12  2.

Each configuration boasts the full ESI voice mail feature
set (see “Features at a glance,” below).

Features at a glance

For a small system, IVX C-Class has an impressive
feature set that makes it an attractive choice for a wide
variety of businesses:

• ESI Feature Phones — Compact and stylish, yet
rugged, the 24-Key Digital Feature Phone includes a
high-quality speakerphone, large and informative
multi-functional display and a specially designed key
layout with several dedicated keys to minimize or
eliminate the need to memorize codes. ESI also
offers the 12-Key Digital Feature Phone with similar
design and basic functions (See page 3). At least
one 24-Key Digital Feature Phone must be pur­chased with each IVX C-Class system.

• Extensive help — ESI’s Verbal User’s Guide uses
spoken and displayed help prompts to help every­one from the Installer through the Administrator
down to the least experienced end user.
Easily accessible with one press of the HELP key.
You may also go to www.esiusers.com for detailed
on-line help.

• Enhanced Caller ID — Allows one-touch automatic
message return.

• Call waiting — Includes helpful display, showing
both calls’ Caller ID information, and easy one-key
toggling between calls.

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IVX C-Class Generation II features

• Enhanced Caller ID

• Full ESI voice mail feature set

• Two built-in voice mail ports

• Auto attendant

• Music-on-hold (MOH)

Contents

Features at a glance .................................................. 1

Phone models ............................................................ 3

Systems ...................................................................... 4

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Integrated Voice Exchange.

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This and all other references to Caller ID service within this

manual assume the end-user organization subscribes to
Caller ID service from its telephone service provider.

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IVX C-Class Product Overview

Features at a glance (continued)

• Conference calling — Includes up to two conference
bridges, and a conference may contain up to four
parties, so the IVX C-Class system can support up to
two conferences of four parties each. Analog phones
on the system also can initiate conferences.

• Esi-Dex

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speed-dialing2 — Calls any number using

three separate lists (personal, station, and system);
uses Caller ID information or direct keypad entries
to store numbers.

• Dedicated overhead paging interface — Allows
for external paging through overhead speakers or
multi-zone paging units (amplification required).

• Built-in paging — Without an external paging
system, IVX C-Class provides paging utilizing the
speaker in on-hook Digital Feature Phones.

• 911 alert — Provides immediate line access if any
station dials 9 1 1 to report an emergency; sends a
message via the serial port indicating the start date,
time, station number and end-time of the 911; also
sounds an audible warning at the operator station
and displays, for example:
911 CALL FROM
X102 JOHN JAMES

• Status indicator lamp — Indicates three conditions
of the 24-Key Digital Feature Phone: off-hook,
ringing and new voice mail message.

• Music-on-hold (MOH) — IVX C-Class has an
external MOH port in addition to three prerecorded
MOH tracks.

• Programmable answer ring assignment —
Program incoming calls to ring to an extension,
extension list, or the auto attendantl.

• Day/night mode — Program different answer ring
assignments for day and night.

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• Override ring

— Press the programmable override
ring key to suppress ringing on an incoming call. The
call is forwarded to the call-forwarding destination.

• Analog Caller ID — Lets non-ESI analog devices
on the system take advantage of Caller ID.

• Privacy release — Enabling privacy release allows
any system user to conference with an in-progress
call by pressing a CO line key for the line on which
the call is in progress.

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Voice mail features

• Two built-in voice mail ports — These are in
addition to the 20 maximum call-processing ports;

thus, you may use the system for its greatest call­handling advantage without having to balance voice
mail needs versus station capacity.

• Live call recording
tion or personal memo along with moving or copying
of any recording to other users’ voice mailboxes.

• Highest-grade voice quality (64-kilobit/second
sampling) for voice mail and other storage of voice
messages. IVX C-Class offers two hours of storage.

• Quick Groups
mail messages for several users.

• Quick Move
users’ mailboxes.

• Virtual Mailbox Key
any other mailbox on the system.

• Different mailbox types, including broadcast,
cascade, and guest.

• Customized music-on-hold — In addition to the
prerecorded and live MOH input, custom MOH can
be recorded on the Memory Module.

• Message Recycle Bin (undelete) — Remembers,
and can restore, up to 10 of each mailbox’s most
recently deleted messages.

• Auto attendant — Its eighteen branches let you
and your customer set up a caller-friendly answering
environment, including a company directory. The
auto attendant also features virtually unlimited call
routing, with pager or cell phone notification.

• Automatic day/night mode — Switch from day to
night manually or program the day/night table for the
system to switch automatically.

• Up to 10 departments — Program departments as
“ring-all,” “in-order,” or uniform call distribution (UCD).

• Trunk-to-trunk forwarding — In addition to manual
trunk-to-trunk transfer, trunk-to-trunk forwarding can
be used through programming an outdial branch in the
auto attendant or enabling off-premises “reach-me”
in a user mailbox.

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— Can record any conversa-

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— Makes it easy to leave voice

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— Records a conversation into other

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allows easy monitoring of

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One conference bridge is available on the 3x6x2 main board

only. The second conference bridge is available with
installation of the 360 port card (see “Systems,” page 4).

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Not available on the 12-Key Feature Phone.

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Not available on the 12-Key Feature Phone.

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IVX C-Class Product Overview

Phone models

IVX C-Class supports two different models of ESI Digital Feature Phones.

Model

24-Key Digital Feature Phone 2

12-Key Digital Feature Phone 1

Lines Chars.

Display

32 Yes

16 No

Speaker-

phone

Programmable

feature keys

12 No No1

9 No No

Accepts

Expansion Console

Headset

jack

Note: At least one 24-Key Digital Feature Phone is required on each system to perform Installer and Administrator system

programming. The 12-Key Digital Feature Phone does not support system programming.

Each model connects to the cabinet via standard two-wire twisted pair cable. The intelligent display and the extensive
spoken prompts from ESI’s Verbal User Guide deliver vital call-handling information and are readily understandable by
even a novice ESI phone user. For added reliability, each ESI phone has a sealed membrane below the keys, making it
virtually spill-proof. The sturdy base lets the user adjust each phone four different ways — from near-horizontal to near­vertical — to fit easily on any desk or counter space.

For more information on ESI Feature Phones, visit www.esi-estech.com/phones.

Phone overlays

Each ESI Phone comes with one overlay for the programmable feature keys. To order additional overlays or to obtain
assistance with DESI
based software, DESI Lite, which allows you to print the overlays.

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products, visit the DESI Web site at www.desi.com. You can also download the free Windows-

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While the 24-Key Feature Phone lacks a dedicated headset jack, it is headset-capable.

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IVX C-Class Product Overview

Systems

At purchase, IVX C-Class consists of a system cabinet with support for three lines, six
digital stations, and two analog ports, along with two voice mail ports, and two hours of
voice mail storage

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The wall-mounted system cabinet measures 8
easy installation and easy component access. It houses a Memory Module and main
board, and has an expansion slot for the 360 port card (see “360 port card,” below).

The main board combines leading-edge hardware components — including a Motorola
ColdFire

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processor and DSP structure — along with proprietary operating system software.
The board provides: system control of the Memory Module; three CO line interfaces; six
digital station interfaces; two analog ports; a standard RS-232C DB9 serial port; USB port
a built-in modem for remote access by ESI technicians; an external paging-device
interface; and an MOH interface

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The Memory Module

consists of a CompactFlash® card. It contains all system programming and configuration data,
including pre-loaded voice prompts. The Memory Module provides voice storage at 64 kilobits/second — the industry's
highest-quality sampling rate — and two hours of voice storage.

The IVX C-Class system’s advanced CO line circuitry provides for open loop detection and the system’s built-in Caller ID
interface. The total line capacity is six phone lines. All stations are connected using a single pair. Each port position is
pre-numbered and fixed. Digital Feature Phone station runs can be up to 1,000 feet. A dry contact overhead-paging
device can be connected to the system. The Installer can program the system through a phone.

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360 port card

The optional 360 port card3 provides support for an additional three CO lines and six digital stations (but no additional
analog ports), boosting IVX C-Class to its maximum 6x12x2 capacity.

Note: For more complete details on IVX C-Class, consult its Installation Manual (ESI document #0450-0406), on which this

document is based. ESI-trained Resellers may download this document and any others mentioned herein from
www.esiresellers.com (password required).

About ESI

ESI (Estech Systems, Inc.) is a privately held corporation based in Plano, Texas.
Founded in 1987, ESI specializes in telephone systems for the small to mid-size business. Since its days as
a small start-up, ESI has enjoyed exceptional stability and growth while maintaining its dedication to small company
values — including the need to take care of the most important part of the equation: your business.
ESI pioneered the all-in-one telephone and voice mail system. The original IVX, introduced in 1996,
represented a radical breakthrough in system design: the inclusion of a full suite of features within a single integrated
telephone design.
Committed to excellence, ESI is an ISO-9001-certified company — assuring that quality is fundamental.

Copyright © 2007 ESI (Estech Systems, Inc.). IVX is a registered trademark of ESI. Other registered trade names mentioned herein are trademarks of their
respective owners. ESI phone systems are protected by various U.S. Patents, granted and pending. Product appearance, and other details and features
described herein, are subject to change without notice. Some featur es m ay not be available at init ial releas e. More inform ation on ESI and its pr oduc ts
is available at www.esi-estech.com.

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USB port is currently non-functional.

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Memory Modules are packaged separately and are mounted in the cabinet during installation.

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For use with only IVX C-Class Generation II (i.e., not with IVX C-Class Generation I).

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