Apple GeoPort Telecom Adapter Kit

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The Apple GeoPort Telecom Adapter Kit is a modem designed to be used with GeoPort compatible Macintosh models.

Communications and collaboration are central to human interaction. Today, people rely on the telephone to talk to each other, to send faxes and electronic mail, and to access online information services. And the GeoPort Telecom Adapter II, Apple Telecom 3.0 software, and other software included in the GeoPort Telecom Adapter Kit— in conjunction with an analog telephone line— provide an all-in-one solution to handle all of these vital functions.

An inexpensive communications device, the GeoPort Telecom Adapter II takes advantage of Apple’s GeoPort architecture and the Macintosh Telephony Architecture (MTA) to turn your Power Macintosh into a high-speed modem, intelligent telephone, digital answering machine, and fax. So you can handle all of your communications and collaboration needs right from your desktop— easily and intuitively.

The screen-based telephone application is even easier to use than your phone. As a full-duplex speakerphone, it allows you to have natural conversations— unlike conventional speakerphones that allow only one caller to speak at a time— and delivers high-quality sound. It comes with intelligent dialing and call logging to make dialing calls effortless and allow you to manage and streamline your communications. The digital answering machine software takes advantage of the intelligent answering capability of Apple Telecom 3.0, which allows a single line to support voice, fax, and modem use. And perhaps most important, the software supports telephony Apple events, so you can integrate off-the-shelf telephony-aware applications using AppleScript software to create your own custom solutions.

The fax application includes OCR software, making it easy to convert faxed material into text, to be saved or pasted into any document and forwarded via any means. And the communications application lets you access information services such as commercial online bulletin boards or the Internet.

Speed, convenience, and integration—the GeoPort Telecom Adapter Kit brings it all to desktop communications and collaboration, making it easier than ever to stay informed and in touch.

Features

Screen-based telephone

  • Provides full-duplex speakerphone function
  • Automates telephone dialing with Apple Phone software and Apple Address Book entries
  • Supports character dialing, intelligent dialing, and call logging

Digital answering machine

  • Supports high-quality sound
  • Provides intelligent auto-answer that directs between voice, fax, and modem calls
  • Allows you to record and store multiple greetings and create multiple mailboxes
  • Provides remote access to voice mail and voice-mail navigation

Fax/Modem

  • Offers full fax functionality at 14.4 Kbit/s (V.17)
  • Supports high-speed modem functionality at up to 28.8 Kbit/s (V.34)
  • Includes OCR capability, fast printing, and QuickDraw GX compatibility

Macintosh Telephony Architecture (MTA)

  • Supports a single phone line for voice, fax, and data use
  • Supports audio recording and playback through Telephone Manager 3.0 system software
  • Supports AppleScript (including telephony Apple events) for the creation of customized solutions with many off-the-shelf applications

Technical Specifications

Power requirements

  • The GeoPort Telecom Adapter II operates from the computer’s power via an extra line on the cable that connects the adapter to the computer. A separate power supply or battery is not needed.

Environmental requirements

  • Operating temperature: 50° to 104° F (10° to 40° C )
  • Storage temperature: –40° to 149° F (–40° to 65° C)
  • Relative humidity: 20% to 90% noncondensing
  • Maximum altitude: 10,000 ft. (3,048 m)

Size and weight

  • Height: 1.5 in. (3.8 cm)
  • Width: 2.8 in. (7.1 cm)
  • Depth: 5.7 in. (14.5 cm) for pod; 7.7 in. (19.6 cm) for pod and standoff
  • Weight: 0.46 lb. (0.21 kg) for pod; 0.67 lb. (0.30 kg) for pod and cable

General telephone

  • Single phone line for voice, fax, and data
  • Dialing capability
    • Tone/pulse dialing
    • Auto or manual dialing and answering
  • Voice features
    • Record from phone line
    • Play audio to phone line
    • Real-time audio supports full-duplex speakerphone

Fax

  • Group 3 fax communication standards
    • CCITT V.27ter: 2400, 4800 bps
    • CCITT V.29: 7200, 9600 bps
    • CCITT V.17: 12,000; 14,400 bps
  • Error control
    • Fax error correction mode (ECM)

Modem

  • Data communication standards
    • CCITT V.34: 28,800; 26,400; 24,000; 21,600; 19,200; 14,400; 12,000; 9600; 7200; 4800 bps
    • V.32bis: 14,400; 12,000; 9600; 7200; 4800 bps
    • CCITT V.32: 9600; 4800 bps
    • CCITT V.22 bis: 2400 bps
    • Bell 212A: 1200 bps
    • CCITT V.22: 1200 bps
    • CCITT V.23: 1200/75 bps
    • CCITT V.23: 75/1200 bps
    • CCITT V.21: 300 bps
    • Bell 103: 300 bps
  • Error correction and data compression
    • Full CCITT V.42/V.42bis compliance
    • MNP classes 2–5
  • Data transmission and format
    • Full- or half-duplex operation
    • Asynchronous or framed modes
  • Character formats
    • 5, 6, 7, 8 data bits
    • 1 or 2 stop bits
    • Odd, even, or no parity

System requirements

  • Any Power Macintosh except 5200, 5300, and 5400 series; or other PowerPC processor–based computer, including the Macintosh Performa 6100, 6360, and 6400
  • Macintosh system software version 7.1.2 or later (System 7.5 or later recommended)

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