3.4. Detecting the Fax Configuration Using the Control Panel Applet (CPA)

• 3.4.1. The Overview Tab
• 3.4.2. Properties List Box
• 3.4.3. AutoDetect Button
• 3.4.4. Save Registry
• 3.4.5. Restore Registry
• 3.4.6. CPi/200-BRI or CPi/400-BRI Configuration

Use the Control Panel Applet (CPA) to detect the fax configuration. There are two ways to launch the CPA:

• Click the Control Panel Applet button from the Fax Configuration group you find in the Dialogic GDK Configuration window.
• Select the GammaLink Fax option from the Control Panel program group, found on the Settings menu located on the Windows Start bar.

Figure 46. Dialogic GammaLink Fax Configuration Window (CPA)

NOTES:

1. Some configurations cannot coexist in the same chassis. Refer to the Supported Configuration section to find out which are the valid configurations. If conflicting hardware configurations are detected, you will be prompted to resolve the conflict by selecting the prevalent hardware configuration type. The other configuration types are ignored.

Figure 47. Hardware Selection Window

2. Dialogic CP boards are detected with their model name. DM3 and Springware-based products are detected by the number of channels that belong to virtual CP4/LSI and CPi/200 boards. See the following table for details.

3. A warning message appears before modifying your Registry information, advising you that the existing Registry information will be replaced with new data. This only applies to the Dialogic Registry entries.

Table 6. Board Detection

Board Model	Detection as
CP boards	CP boards
CPi/2400CT-T1	6 CP4/LSI Series 2
CPi/3000CT-E1	7 CP4/LSI Series 2 + 1 CPi/200
CPi/2400CT	6 CP4/LSI Series 2
CPi/3000CT	7 CP4/LSI Series 2 + 1 CPi/200
BRI/2VFD	2 CPi/200-BRI

3.4.1. The Overview Tab

The Overview tab in the Fax Configuration window contains features that allow you to:

• Configure fax board properties
• Restore saved registry settings
• Save the current registry settings
• Set BRI configuration settings
• Automatically detect the fax boards currently installed in the system

3.4.2. Properties List Box

The Properties list box displays the channel and its board type currently installed in the system.

3.4.3. AutoDetect Button

The AutoDetect button is used after a new board is installed in the system or to repair an incomplete GDK registry key information set. The AutoDetect process scans the system for fax hardware and assigns sequential channel number(s) to the detected physical channel(s).

To view this data after the AutoDetect operation is complete, select the desired channel number and then click the Properties button. To view all configuration settings, select the Advanced tab to display the Advanced Properties options.

NOTE:

To save the existing GDK registry configuration before you use AutoDetect, click Save Registry.

The following message box appears when AutoDetect is complete:

Figure 48. Board Detect Complete Message

An example of detected boards is displayed as in Figure 49:

Figure 49. Boards Detected by the CPA

If AutoDetect detects a CP PEB- or SCbus-based board in the system (CP6/SC or CP12/SC), it prompts the user for further configuration information.

Figure 50. Dialogic Configuration

The following bus types are available:

• The Mu-law encoding and companding standard is used primarily in the US, Canada, Mexico, Hong Kong, Japan and Taiwan.
• The A-Law encoding and companding standard is used in all other countries and in particular in Europe.
• "Fax-only" means that there are no voice resources on the PCM Expansion bus (PEB).
• SCbus refers to the standard bus interface used for communicating with an SCSA bus.

Table 7. Encoding Standards

Configuration Type	Description
PEB, Mu-Law Fax only	PEB configuration, use Mu-Law encoding, with fax card performing call control. Use this option for CP-SCbus boards used in combination with LSI/120, DID/120 or EA-24 boards for instance.
SC, Mu-Law	SCbus configuration, use Mu-Law encoding. Use this option for CP-SCbus boards used in combination with DTI/240SC boards for instance.
SC, A-Law	SCbus configuration, use A-Law encoding. Use this option for CP-SCbus boards used in combination with DTI/300SC boards for instance.

NOTE:

If the SC Mu-Law or SC A-Law options were selected, the GDK software configuration process will update the GammaLink System Service to include a dependency on the Dialogic System Service.

Select the PEB, Mu-Law Fax only option. The PEB Mu-Law Fax Only dialog box displays.

Figure 51. PEB Mu-Law Fax Only Dialog Box

Select the telephone network interface card that you have installed in your system and click OK.

3.4.4. Save Registry

The Save Registry feature saves the current GDK configuration to a binary file format using the name and location you specify. The file created has a .REG extension. It is recommended that you do not modify this file. If you must modify the file, it can be read by the Windows NT^® application, RegEdit32.exe.

3.4.5. Restore Registry

The Restore Registry feature restores a configuration from a previously saved registry file. The file must be a binary type file saved from either the Control Panel Applet Save Registry feature or from the Windows NT^® application, RegEdit32.exe.

3.4.6. CPi/200-BRI or CPi/400-BRI Configuration

If no BRI board(s) is detected, the BRI Configuration button is disabled.

The BRI Configuration button is used to configure a CP BRI board. Currently, the only configuration parameter available is the specification of firmware. AutoDetect assigns a default value for this configuration parameter.

To configure a BRI board, click the BRI Configuration button. The GammaLink BRI Cell Configuration Window appears.

Figure 52. GammaLink BRI Cell Configuration Window

Each BRI channel and its associated logical channel numbers are listed in the BRI Firmware Configuration window.

To view or set the firmware commands for a BRI board, select the desired BRI Cell. To modify the BRI firmware characteristics, select the desired firmware configuration.

Table 8. Firmware Configuration

Firmware Configuration	Description
Point-to-Point	In point-to-point mode one Terminal Equipment (TE) is connected at the end of up to 1km of cable. This is the recommended firmware configuration.
Point-to-Multipoint	In point-to-multipoint mode up to eight terminals can be connected in parallel along the bus. The length of the bus is limited to about 200 m, depending on the cable.
Other Configuration	Enter the name of a firmware file.

If you select Other Configuration, click the Browse button to find a firmware file to associate with the selected BRI cell.

Click OK to accept the changes, or Cancel to exit the GammaLink BRI Cell Configuration dialog box without accepting the changes.

NOTE:

The firmware file associated with the BRI cell manages the BRI board cell configuration. There is an additional firmware file, GFXCX.BIN, which manages the communication hardware on each fax channel.

WARNING

CPi/200 and CPi/400 BRI boards have the following limitation: these GammaLink boards support both Point-to-Point and Point-to-MultiPoint firmware configurations. However, the CP board must be the only device present on the line (even in Point-to-MultiPoint mode).

You can modify the characteristics of each board channel using the Control Panel Applet (CPA). To view the channel properties, select the desired Channel Number and click the Properties button. You can select more than one channel at a time by holding down the Ctrl key and selecting the channels, or by dragging a box around multiple channels.

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