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Connecting Data Equipment
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Data Stations
MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 6.1
Installation
Issue 1
August 1998
MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 6.1
Installation
555-661-140
Issue 1
August 1998
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Connecting Data Equipment 6
This chapter explains how to set up data stations. A data station sends
and/or receives data. If the data station includes a telephone, the station
can also send and receive voice. If the system includes both modem
and terminal adapter data stations that need to communicate with each
other, then you need to set up a modem pool for those data stations.
Modem pools are described in the applications note entitled
MERLIN
LEGEND Communication System Modem Pooling.
Data Stations
A data station is a combination of equipment that can include a
telephone and a PC, printer, optical scanner, or fax machine. If the data
station is connected to a tip/ring, analog, or MLX extension jack for data
communications over analog trunks, it requires a modem to convert the
signal from digital to analog or from analog to digital. If, however, the
data station is connected to an MLX extension jack for data
communications over a DS1 (Digital Signal Level 1) Primary Rate
Interface (PRI) facility, it requires an ISDN terminal adapter instead of a
modem.
Table 6–1 provides a detailed comparison of data station configurations.