Originally posted by Old blond hippity hopping Bunnie:
You could also put a single line daughterboard in the phone closest to the fax.
I spent three hours one Sunday helping out someone who had a miswired systems board sent to him and he also turned off the memory battery and reset the programming back to default.
If you must buy a "ready to install" system make sure you have the personal cellphone of the person who is going to help you when you get stuck.
The price of buying a single SLI daughterboard is almost the same price as a 2SLI card.
The fax has to be physically connected to an extra phone line on the bottom of your phone.
The actual phone has to be at least an 18 button phone or larger( not 100% sure on this one) and can’t be like a 8 button phone.
The DLI port which is connected to that particular phone must be one of the DLI ports built into the system (not from a DLI card) in this case.
I think most people end up getting the 2SLI card because of a better price per port however the SLI daughterboard is good for a situation where the room is only wired for 1 phone but you need both a phone and fax..