AS-816 Sixteen Port to
Eight Line, Line Sharer
Version 5.00
Table of Content
TABLE OF CONTENT .......................2
INTRODUCTION ................................3
INSTALLATION..................................3
OPERATION ........................................4
JUMPER SETTINGS...........................5
TECH SUPPORT - 916-786-6186 .......5
WARRANTY ........................................5
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Introduction
on each others calls.
Installation
The AS-816 Multi-Port Line Sharer was
designed to meet the growing demand for efficient
use of out bound telephone lines between many
devices. The AS-816 operates on a First Come/First
Served basis, allowing up to 16 analog
telecommunication devices (ports, i. e. telephones,
credit card strip readers, etc.) to use any of the CO
lines connected to it (up to 8 CO line per unit). You
can increase the efficiency even more with the
addition of a slave unit; two AS-816's can share the
CO lines with up to 32 analog ports. The AS-816
will give each port equal priority with the others,
First Come/First Served; no port will have a higher
priority than any of the others.
As soon as a port requests a CO line, this unit
will automatically route the port to the first available
line. When all lines are in use, the AS-816
automatically disables all "inactive" ports; the ports
will be re-enabled when any CO line becomes
available. The AS-816 will not accept or pass
incoming calls to any port. In case of power outage,
no port will be connected to any of the CO lines. The
AS-816 is designed to have sole use of the CO lines
that it is connected to; attempting to share CO lines
between an AS-816 and some other device, i.e. your
phone system, will result in the devices "walking"
1) Connect a 50 pin Ribbon connector cable from
the AS-816 to the CO lines and
telecommunication devices.
2) If a slave unit is attached, connect a 50 pin
Ribbon connector cable from the slave AS-816
to the same CO lines as the master, and also to
the remaining telecommunication devices not
covered by the master.
3) If a slave unit is attached, connect the supplied
serial interface cable to the serial connector on
each unit.
4) Make any jumper setting changes to the unit(s)
before you power the unit(s) up (the AS-816 will
ignore any jumper changes after power up).
5) Connect the power cord from the AS-816 to
standard 110VAC house power; if a slave unit is
attached, connect the power cords from both
units, master and slave, to one power strip
(needed to power up both units at the same time)
and then you can turn the power on to the strip.
Line 1
Wal l
Phone
Jack
Line 2
Wal l
Phone
Jack
Line 3
Wal l
Phone
Jack
Multi-Port Line Sharer
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Connector
cable pins
PORT pin assignments
RING RING RING
PRIMARY STRIPE PIN
COLOR COLOR NUMBER
Blue White 1
Orange White 2
Green White 3
Brown White 4
Grey White 5
Blue Red 6
Orange Red 7
Green Red 8
Brown Red 9
Grey Red 10
Blue Black 11
Orange Black 12
Green Black 13
Brown Black 14
Grey Black 15
n/c n/c 16
n/c n/c 17
Green Yellow 18
Brown Yellow 19
Grey Yellow 20
Blue Purple 21
Orange Purple 22
Green Purple 23
Brown Purple 24
Grey Purple 25
TIP TIP TIP
PRIMARY STRIPE PIN
COLOR COLOR NUMBER
White Blue 26
White Orange 27
White Green 28
White Brown 29
White Grey 30
Red Blue 31
Red Orange 32
Red Green 33
Red Brown 34
Red Grey 35
Black Blue 36
Black Orange 37
Black Green 38
Black Brown 39
Black Grey 40
n/c n/c 41
n/c n/c 42
Yellow Green 43
Yellow Brown 44
Yellow Grey 45
Purple Blue 46
Purple Orange 47
Purple Green 48
Purple Brown 49
Purple Grey 50
Operation
In normal operation, the AS-816 will route a
port to the first available CO line whenever the port
requests a line (goes "OFF HOOK"). When a port
finishes the call (goes "ON HOOK"), the AS-816
will do the following:
Immediately drop the CO line the port
!
was using,
Disconnect the port from that CO line,
!
Either, disable the port, if in an overflow
!
condition, or start looking for that port
to request another line, if not in an
overflow condition, and
Wait two seconds before making that CO
!
line available again.
Once the last available line has been assigned to
a port, the AS-816 will go into an overflow
condition. In an overflow condition, the unit will
disable, cut the "Talk Battery", from all ports that
currently are not connected to a CO line. During an
overflow condition, the AS-816 will disable a port
after that port finishes its call. The overflow
condition is cleared when any CO line becomes
available (2 seconds after a port finishes its call, the
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line it was connected to becomes available). On
recovering from an overflow condition, the AS-816
can reactivate all of the ports at the same time, or it
can activate each port in sequential order with a .05
second or .1 second space between each port
activation (see the Jumper Settings). If you use one
of the sequential activation settings, the AS-816 will
automatically increment the starting port number;
i.e. it starts with port 1, after an overflow it starts
with port 2, after the next overflow it starts with port
3, and so on, until it finally recycles to port 1; this is
the fairest way to implement a sequential activation
format.
Jumper settings
CAUTION: There are points inside each AS816 with 110VAC on them; do NOT have the unit
open when the power is connected to the unit.
Tech Support -
916-786-6186
If you have any problems getting the unit to
work properly feel free to give us a call. Technical
Support is available between the hours of 7:30 AM
and 4:30 PM Pacific Time, Monday through Friday.
WARRANTY
This SKUTCH PRODUCT is warranted against
defects for a period of one (1) year from the date of
the original invoice. Within this period, we will
repair it without charge for parts and labor. To
obtain warranty service the product must be
returned, at the customer's expense, to SKUTCH
Electronics along with a copy of the original invoice.
After the unit has been repaired, SKUTCH will ship
the PRODUCT back via UPS GROUND service at
our expense. If any other form of return shipment is
requested, the customer will pay for 100% of the
shipping cost.
This Warranty does not apply if in the sole
opinion of SKUTCH Electronics, the PRODUCT
has been damaged by lightning or any other Acts of
God, or by accident, misuse, neglect, or improper
packing, shipping, modification or servicing by
other than an authorized SKUTCH Service Center.
EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED IN
THIS AGREEMENT, THERE ARE NO OTHER
WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR
MERCHANTABILITIES OR FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND IN NO EVENT
SHALL SKUTCH ELECTRONICS BE LIABLE
FOR LOSS OF PROFITS OR BENEFITS,
INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR
OTHER SIMILAR DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF
ANY BREACH OF THIS WARRANTY OR
OTHERWISE.
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