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  • Page 1

    I MPORT ANT ! F OLLO W THE SETUP PROCEDURE IN THIS U SER G UIDE WHENEVER YO U M O V E S MART C ONNECT T O A DIFFERENT TELEPHONE . PORT , Inc. 66 Fort Point Street Norwalk, CT 06855 T el: (503) 684-3147, Mon.–Fri., 8 a.m.–8 p.m. ET WWW: http://www .port.com email:techsupport@port.com © PORT , Inc. 1999 Printed on recycled and recyclable paper .[...]

  • Page 2

    Congratulations on purchasing SmartConnect, a uni versally compatible communication device for ex ecutives, mobile professionals and office w or kgroups. SmartConnect lets you c onnect your t e le- confer encing unit or modem to vir tually an y digital phone set, multi-line k ey system or hotel telephone in sec onds. Smar tConnect is fully compatib[...]

  • Page 3

    Set SmartConnect to Lear n Y our T ele phone Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 6 S MART H INT : If you hav e t r ouble setting SmartConnect to work with your phone: • Re-check connections (page 2). • Repeat LEARN procedure (above). • Still having difficulty? Call T ech Support: (503) 684-3147. Please Not e: •If it does not learn successfully , the L[...]

  • Page 4

    H ow to U se S martConnect W ith a PC M odem SmartConnect lets you use y our PC modem even if you don ’t hav e an analog line where y ou need one. Just c onnect Smar tConnect betw een your modem and any digital (or analog) phone with a modular handset cord. If you are using a modem, your compute r’ s software may ha ve to be reset for manual tr[...]

  • Page 5

    W INDOWS NT 4.0 1. Open the My C omputer ic on (usually located in upper left corner of desktop). 2. Within M y Computer screen, click on the CONTROL P ANEL icon. 3. Then click MODEM. 4. Highlight the modem you wish to use, then click PR OPERTIES. 5. Within modem pr operties set Maximum Speed to 38400 or 57600 (setting it at 115200 may cause pr obl[...]

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    FCC INFORMATION: Y our new Sm artC onne ct Digital A dapter complies with P ar t 68 of the FCC R ules. Y our local telephone compan y may need to kno w the complianc e information, whic h may include the Registration Number , Ringer Equivalence N umber (REN), USOC phone jack t ype, and other information. Y ou ’ll find this info on the underside o[...]