User`s guide

Overview and Testing
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The AT&T FAX Attendant System™ is always installed co-resident with AUDIX Voice
Power in the IS III environment. You can administer many of the AUDIX Voice Power
features and the FAX Attendant features at any time using the same software and
procedures. The procedures in this guide pertain only to FAX Attendant. For
information on features and procedures that are specific to AUDIX Voice Power,
consult the AUDIX™ Voice Power Release 2.1 System Manager’s Guide.
Hardware and Software Configurations
Before you can implement the initial FAX Attendant System, the necessary hardware
and software components must already have been installed. In most cases, the
system hardware and software is preassembled by AT&T before shipping to the
customer site.
Hardware Configuration
The FAX Attendant hardware consists of:
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AT&T Master Controller III, a 20 MHz 80486/SX microprocessor-based
computer with keyboard and monitor.
Hard disk for storage of data and digitally-encoded voice and fax messages,
and system prompts. The following capacities are supported on hard disk:
— 200 MB
12 hrs. of voice and 1000 fax pages
— 500 MB 36 hrs. of voice and 3000 fax pages
Special circuit boards (lVP4/6 boards) containing interface hardware for
analog voice channels. Each IVP4 board provides four analog voice channels.
Each IVP6 board provides six analog voice channels. A maximum of 12
channels can be included in the system.
One to three IFP4 fax boards
A floppy disk drive for making backup copies of files
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