Nec Aspire And Aspire - S - - Donated By Pete And - Shawna Aspire CTI Manual - Part 1

1. Introduction

2. CTU Installation

3. CTA Installation

4. Troubleshooting

1st Part CTI Manual

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Revision 1.0 Jan 2005

First release

Contents

Section 1: Introduction

General Description.
Requirements.

Section 2: Installing the CTU

Installing the CTU Adapter

Aspire Programming.
Installing The CTU Driver Windows 2000
Installing The CTU Driver Windows XP
Uninstalling The Driver
Configuring The Driver

Section 3: Installing the CTA

Installing the CTA Adapter

Aspire Programming.
Installing The CTA Driver Windows 2000
Installing The CTA Driver Windows XP
Uninstalling The Driver
Configuring The Driver

Section 4: Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting CTA

Troubleshooting CTU

General Description

1st Party CTI is designed to allow you to connect an Aspire phone to a PC. It is aimed for
smaller office of between 1 and 10 users.

There are two types of interface, serial and USB. These can be used to allow call control
from the PC. Answer the phone, clear down and out dial from your PC. The USB interface
can also be used as a PC sound device, this can allow calls to be recorded using software on
the PC.

Minimum PC Requirements

Before installing the CTA or CTU driver, please ensure the PC meets the minimum
requirements.

CPU
Memory
HDD
For a CTA Only
For a CTU Only
Operating System

Intel® Pentium 300MHz or higher
128MB or more
250MB of available disk space
An available 9 way serial port
An available USB port
Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Professional
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional

Screenpop Support

For Screenpop support, please contact NEC Infrontia technical support.

Installing the CTU

1. Caution! To avoid damage to the CTU unplug the line cord from the phone. You will

also need to unplug the AC adapter from the CTU unit.

2. If only one adapter is to be installed on the phone, the adapter should be installed on the

right hand side of the phone (beneath the handset.) Using a flat-head screwdriver,
remove the plastic punch-out plate covering the connector.

3. Set the dipswitches as shown in the diagram.

4. Position the adapter with the connector as shown below.

5. Hook the two plastic prongs into the bottom of the phone.

6. Push the connector into place. The top latch on the top of the adapter should lock into

place when it is properly positioned.

7. Ensure that the ESIU port (that the system phone will be plugged into) is set to Not

Used in Program 10-03-01.

8. Connect the power to the CTU

9. Plug the line cord back into the system phone

10. The ESIU port will be automatically assigned to the correct type (Program 10-03-01)

The USB cable connected to the CTU must pass two times through (one turn) the ferrite
sleeve supplied to comply with EMC requirements.

Aspire Programming

The CTU should be automatically detected when installed. You can check this by going into
programme command 10-03-01. It should be detected as a type 4, CTA/CTU.

Command 15-02-19 must be set to 0 for CTI for the CTU to initialise.

Installing the Driver in Windows 2000

Do Not Connect the USB Cable from the Keyset to the PC until Instructed to do so.

To be able to install the CTU driver, you must first logon to the PC with Administrative
privileges.

1. You must then extract the installation files, double click the files named ‘CTU USB

Driver.exe’

2. Choose a location to extract the files to and click unzip. Once complete you will receive

and confirming 11 files have been unzipped.

3. Browse in the folder the files were extracted to and open the CTU USB Driver folder.

Run the Setup from the Disk1 folder.

4. At the service software screen, select CTI Connection and click Next.

5. At the welcome screen, click next

6. Select the folder the driver will be installed into and click next.

7. Once the install has complete you see the following screen. Click finish

8. You will now be asked in connect your USB cable from the CTU to the PC. Ensure you

push the USB connector firmly into the USB socket.

9. Depending on the configuration of your PC, you may receive the following warning

message, if you do, click ‘Yes.’

10. When you connect the USB cable to your PC, Windows will start to install the drivers

for the CTU.

11. The CTU will now initialise, this may take between one and two minutes.

12. Once the CTU has initialised, you will receive the Aspire Telephony Service Provider

configuration window.

13. You may be prompted to restart the PC, if prompted are, the CTU will not function

correctly until you have restarted.

Installing the Driver in Windows XP

Do Not Connect the USB Cable from the Keyset to the PC until Instructed to do so.

To be able to install the CTU driver, you must first logon to the PC with Administrative
privileges.

1. You must then extract the installation files, double click the files named ‘CTU USB

Driver.exe’

2. Choose a location to extract the files to and click unzip. Once complete you will receive

and confirming 11 files have been unzipped.

3. Browse in the folder the files were extracted to and open the CTU USB Driver folder.

Run the Setup from the Disk1 folder.

4. At the service software screen, select CTI Connection and click Next.

5. At the welcome screen, click next

6. Select the folder the driver will be installed into and click next.

7. Once the install has complete you see the following screen. Click finish

8. You will now be asked in connect your USB cable from the CTU to your PC. Connect

the USB cable firmly in to the PC.

9. The Found new hardware wizard will start. Make sure Install the software

automatically is selected and click next.

10. The Hardware Installation window will appear, click on Continue Anyway.

11. The CTU will now initialise, this may take between one and two minutes.

12. Once the CTU has initialised, you will receive the Aspire Telephony Service Provider

configuration window.

13. You will now need to restart the PC to complete the installation

Uninstalling the Driver

1. Before uninstalling the drive, make sure you disconnect the USB cable from the PC.

2. Go into Start / Programs / Aspire Telephony Driver (USB) and click Uninstall Aspire

Driver

3. To confirm you wish to uninstall, at the prompt click OK.

4. To complete the uninstall, select ‘Yes, I want to restart my computer now’

Configuring The CTU Driver

To look at the setup of the CTU driver, go into ‘Start / Settings / Control Panel / Phone and
Modem Options.’ Select the ‘Advanced’ tab and double click the ‘Aspire Telephony Service
Provider.’

You should also be aware that when the CTU is installed, it installs as a sound device, similar
to a sound card. This means you can use your phone as a PC speaker. In doing this when
your phone is playing a sound, it is busy. You can also use the CTU to record any sounds that
are played through the phone.

To check or change the settings in Windows XP go into Start / Settings / Control Panel /
Sounds and Audio Devices, then select the Audio tab. From there you can then change the
default device for Sound Playback and sound recording.

To Check or change the settings in Windows 2000 go into Start / Settings / Control Panel /
Sounds and Multimedia.

When the CTU is installed, it installs as a sound device. This means it can play and record
sounds.

If you click on the ‘Power Management’ tab you can enable or disable power management.
You can also choose if to enable ‘Hibernation mode’ when you are on a call or not.

Installing the CTA

1. Caution! To avoid damage to the CTA unplug the line cord from the phone. The CTA

does not require power!

2. If only one adapter is to be installed on the phone, the adapter should be installed on the

right hand side of the phone (beneath the handset.) Using a flat-head screwdriver,
remove the plastic punch-out plate covering the connector.

3. Set the dipswitches as shown in the diagram.

4. Position the adapter with the connector as shown below.

5. Hook the two plastic prongs into the bottom of the phone.

6. Push the connector into place. The top latch on the top of the adapter should lock into

place when it is properly positioned.

7. Ensure that the ESIU port (that the system phone will be plugged into) is set to Not

Used in Program 10-03-01.

8. Plug the line cord back into the system phone

9. The ESIU port will be automatically assigned to the correct type (Program 10-03-01)

The RS232 cable connected to the CTA must pass two times through (one turn) the ferrite
sleeve supplied to comply with EMC requirements.

Aspire Programming

There are two modes that the CTA can be used in. CTI mode and SMDR mode (Direct Print
Mode.) The baud rate must also be set to 19200

Program 15-02-19 = 0 should be set for CTI mode.
Program 15-02-20 = 2 should be set for 19200.

Installing the CTA Driver Windows 2000 / Windows XP

To be able to install the CTA driver, you must first logon to the PC with Administrative
privileges.

1. Before you start the installation, ensure the RS232 cable is connected to the PC and the

telephone.

2. You must then extract the installation files, double click the files named ‘CTA

Driver.exe’

3. Choose a location to extract the files to and click unzip. Once complete you will receive

and confirming 11 files have been unzipped.

4. Browse in the folder the files were extracted to and open the CTA Driver folder. Run

the Setup from the Disk1 folder.

5. At the service software screen, select CTI Connection and click Next.

6. At the welcome screen, select the location you wish to install to and click next

7. You will now be prompted to select the com port the CTA will be connected to.

8. The CTA will now initialise, this may take between one and two minutes.

9. When the CTA is initialised, information about the extension and Com port will be

displayed in the following windows. If the extension number and extension name are
correct, this means the PC can communicate to the CTA.

10. Once complete, click finish.

Uninstalling the CTA Driver

1. Before uninstalling the drive, disconnect the serial cable from the PC.

2. Go into Start / Programs / Aspire Telephony Driver (RS) and click Uninstall Aspire

Driver

3. To confirm you wish to uninstall, at the prompt click OK.

4. To complete the uninstall, select ‘Yes, I want to restart my computer now’

Configuring the CTA Driver

Should you wish to reconfigure the driver to use another Com port or to use with another
extension, you can reconfigure the driver as follows.

Go into Start / Settings / Control Panel / Phone and Modem options. Select the Advanced tab,
listed in the providers should be ‘Aspire Telephony Service Provider.’ To change to another
Com port, click Port Settings. A window will pop up allowing you to select another Com
Port.

The display will refresh and redetect the extension periodically. If you want to do in
immediately refresh, you should click ‘Line Info Refresh.’

If you click on the ‘Power Management’ tab you can enable or disable power management.
You can also choose if to enable ‘Hibernation mode’ when you are on a call or not.

Troubleshooting

General

Problem Solution

The ‘Aspire Telephony Service
Provider’ option is not displayed
in Control Panel / Phone and
Modem Options / Telephony /
Advanced

Problem Solution

Unable to communicate with the
CTA

Problem Solution

Unable to communicate with the
CTU.

It is most likely there has been a problem with the
installation of the driver. Try the installation again, make
sure you are logged on to the PC with administrative
privileges

CTA

1. Check the Serial cable is firmly connected to the
Keyset and the PC.

2. Check PRG 10-03-01 to be sure the CTA is being
detected by the Aspire.

3. During the installation of the CTA driver, the CTA
‘Initialises’, if the phone / Serial cable is unplugged
when the driver is installed it may not be detected. Try
restarting the PC.

4. Check the serial lead is connected to the correct com
port.

5. Check to make sure no other applications are using the
same Com Port. For example a modem could be using
the same Com Port.

CTU

1. Check that the USB cable is firmly plugged into the
phone and PC.

2. Ensure that the power is plugged into the CTU.

3. Check PRG 10-03-01 to be sure the CTU is being
detected by the Aspire.

4. During the installation of the CTU driver, the CTU
‘Initialises’, if the phone / USB cable is unplugged when
the driver is installed it may not be detected. Try
restarting the PC.

5. Check in Device Manager under ‘Ports (Com and Lpt
)’ and make sure that ‘NEC-I CTU Communications
Port’ exists. Also check there is not an exclamation mark
against the device.

Unable to record audio in an
application

Unable to Play sounds through
the Keyset

1. Check to see that your operating system is configured
to use the CTU for sound recording, as detailed in
‘Configuring the CTU’ section of the manual.

2. Another application is using the audio device. Close
down the application and try again.

1. Check to see that the PC is correctly configured to use
the NEC CTU for sound playback. For more
information, please see the ‘Configuring the CTU’
section of the manual.