Specifications

Installing the Office Software
68 025-9035AA
operations. One line is used by your computer modem, and the other goes into a modem
card in the paging terminal (the maintenance line discussed in the previous subtopic).
If the terminal and computer are physically near each other, you should consider whether
or not want to use Local Connect.
The line used by your computer modem does not need to be a dedicated line. For example,
in many offices you could share the line that goes to the telephone on your desk with the
modem in your computer. Be aware that in this case, while you are linked up to the paging
terminal, nobody will be able to call you. The line must not have Call Waiting, since the
beeps or clicks used to indicate an incoming call are known to interfere with modem
operations.
Some people use one of their low-use business lines for the computer modem line. This
usually works well, as long as there is no Call Waiting on that line and people are not
going to pick up the line while you are linked to the paging terminal.
Local Connection
You might want to use Local Connect if the computer is located close to the terminal
(within 50 feet or so). It provides a direct connection between a serial port in the paging
terminal and a serial port on your computer. Its advantage is that it does not consume any
telephone lines while linked up to the terminal, and the serial connection is usually faster.
(Please note that a maintenance line for Zetron use is still required as discussed
previously).
If you do use Local Connect, the computer will need to be reasonably close to the paging
terminal. We can provide a 60-foot cable to connect between them. We do not recommend
that you attempt a cable run much longer than this.
With Local Connect, the modem maintenance port on the terminal probably will not be
used much. You might use it to call from a computer at home or a portable computer from
somewhere else, for instance to watch paging traffic, but this is not very common. More
likely, the maintenance port would only be used by Zetron Technical Support, when you
wanted us to check on or change something.
Note Even if you use Local Connect, and thus have both Serial and
Modem maintenance ports installed in the paging terminal, only
one can be active at a time. In other words, the paging terminal
will not allow more than one computer to access its database or do
maintenance operations at the same time. This means that when
you ask us to access your paging terminal to do something, you
must be sure you are not watching traffic nor in ZlinkW, otherwise
we will not be able to link up.