MICON USB VoIP Switch User’s Guide T20/T30
DISCLAIMER MICON T20/T30 USB VOIP/PSTN SWITCH AND THE ACCOMPANIED SOFTWARE AND THE THIRD PARTY VOIP SERVICES ARE NOT INTENDED AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR YOUR PSTN PHONE SERVICE.
1.2 Technical Specifications • USB port:1 • RJ11 port: 2 • LED: 3 (Power, In, OUT) • Size: 138 x 45 x 25 MM • Working temperature: 0- 60oC • Working voltage: 5V • power: 0.5W (sleeping),1.5W (working) • Operating System: Windows’ 2000•XP 1.3 System Requirement • PIII 450 and above • 128MB RAM • 20MB available storage space • CDROM • USB 1.1 or 2.0 port • Internet Service • Local phone service 1.
Fig A. Front View Fig B. Back View 2. Hardware Installation 2.1 PSTN connection Unplug your telephone cord from the wall jack. Using the supplied telephone wire, connect one end to the “LINE” port of MICON T20/30, another to the wall jack as shown in Fig.1 Note: 1. PSTN service is required for VoIP call forwarding feature to function properly. 2.
2.2 Phone Connection Connect the telephone cord that was just disconnected from the wall jack to the “TEL” port on the MICON T20/30 as shown in Fig.2 Fig.2 Phone Connection 2.3 USB Connection Plug the MICON T20/30 to the USB port on your PC with the included USB cable as shown in Fig.3. The PC will load the necessary driver automatically*. The T20/30 is connected properly. LED will be on once MICON Fig.3 USB Connection Note: *Once installed, MICON T20/30 will be the default sound card for your PC.
utility CD in the CDROM drive and follow the on screen instruction to install Skype**. 3.2 MICON VoIP Utility Installation Double click on the button “Driver for MICON T20/30” to launch MICON VoIP Utility installation program. Follow the on screen instruction to finish the installation. Once successfully installed, you can launch the SKYPAL software by clicking on the icon on the desktop or through the “Start” button on the toolbar as shown in Fig.4.
4. How to Make, Receive, and Forward Calls Before you can make, receive, and forward any SkypeTM calls please make sure the SkypeTM client software and SKYPAL utility have been launched and you are logged in successfully. The icon on the system tray indicates that the Internet connection is OK, and the system is ready for calls. The icon means the Internet connection is down or there is a problem during the SkypeTM login process. Please check your internet connection before proceeding to the next section.
Fig.5 Assign Speed-dial number 2. Enter the speed-dial number* and click OK to save setting**. Note: * The speed-dial number ranges from 00 to 99. ** Special service numbers such as international access codes are prohibited to be set into the speed-dial number. * 3. Pick up the handset of the phone connected with MICON T20/30, press " " on the keypad of the phone, and the speed-dial number set in the previous step, then "#". The call will begin to connect (Fig.6).
Fig.6 Skype Calls * Note: If MICON T20/30 is not connected with a PSTN line there is no need to dial “ ” first. You can directly dial the speed-dial number plus # (e.g. 22#). 4.3 How to receive calls When somebody calls your SkypeTM or PSTN number, the phone connected to the MICON T20/30 will ring. Pick up the handset or press the hands-free button on your phone to receive the incoming call as you would with a regular phone call. Hang up the phone or press the hands-free again to end the call. 4.
Fig.9 Enable Call Forwarding In some cases, the phone connected to your MICON T20/30 will ring one time before the forwarding process begins. It is important not to pick up the phone connected to your MICON T20/30. Otherwise, the call will not be forwarded. To avoid the SkypeTM call from being accidentally picked up, you can disable the sound notification in the SkypeTM software, as shown below in Fig. 10a and 10b.
Fig.10a Disable Call Notification Fig.10b Disable Call Notification Note: If the MICON T20/30 is connected with PBX as an extension, you will need to use a special dialing format as following: xP123456790 where the first “x” is the code to access an outside line, “P” is a special symbol representing a pause of 2 seconds, and “1234567890” represents the area code and forwarding telephone number (Fig.11).
Fig.11 PBX Call Forwarding Setting 4.5 How to Make Skype calls from your mobile phones (MICON T30 Only*) The only difference between the MICON T20 and T30 is that you can make Skype calls from mobile phones or any other PSTN phones (Reverse Forwarding) on the T-30. Following the same process as in the last section you can set up the MICON VoIP utility so that it will automatically forward you call to a specific Skype contact or it will prompt you to enter the speed dial # for the contact you want to call.
MICON T-30 VoIP Switch Skype-PSTN Forwarding (“Skype-Out”) Input PSTN Forwarding Number √ Enable Skype-PSTN Forwarding (7342613828) PSTN-Skype Forwarding (“Skype-In”) Enable PSTN-Skype Forwarding (free dial) Input Skype-Forwarding Speed Dial Number √ Enable PSTN-Skype Forwarding (24) Select a location Testing About Exit 5. Appendix: Q&A ► Question 1. After I install MICON T20/30, all speaker outputs, including my favorite MP3 goes to MICON T20/30.
► Question 3. What kind of Cordless phones can be used to connect to MICON T20/30? A•Any kind of cordless phone with standard RJ11 connector can be used. DECT, 46/49, 900 M, and 2.4 G are all applicable. ► Question 4. Does MICON T20/30 work with SkypeOut? How can I do that? A : Yes. Simply press “*” + "00" + "country code" + "phone number" + “#” to call to any phone in the world. Note: SkypeOut is a paid service offered by Skype ► Question 5.
A : MICON T20/30 is designed as a single line device. To use it with a 2-line phone, a special line splitter is need to feed line 1 to the input of the MICON T20/30 and line 2 to the phone directly. Please refer to owner’s manual of your specific phone for detail instruction. ► Question 11. Do I have to install MICON T20/30 as the first device on the incoming line? A : You don’t have to. But if you want to use all your phones in the house to make and receive Skype calls, then you will need to.
