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Hello all, I am looking for some technical help. I would like to add on to my current phone system.
Currently have an executone IDS 84 with 3 phone lines. Would like to add voice mail and at least one cordless handset to the system. I have been looking at the panasonic KX-TG4000B. It appears to have everything I need. My question is will it integrate with the current system? Will all three phone lines work on the panasonic? Do I need a special card? How would the wiring run? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

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Do you have single line or analog ports in your present system? You will also need to have VMS feature activated on your CPU if you haven't as of yet. If the cordless has an single line/analog port to use you can have it on your system and it can access and utilize all 3 of your lines and have that VM too if you get one. It doesn't fully intergrate but it does interface well.

[This message has been edited by Toshiba Bob (edited July 08, 2005).]

Don't have any single line/analog ports in the current system. I don't see anything about analog
ports on the cordless. You can see the phone I am talking about at
https://www.ahernstore.com/kxtg4000.html
I would like to use the voicemail on the panasonic. Would I still need to activate the VMS
feature on the CPU, and if so, how is that done?

Looks like the phone, while having an "all digital" voicemail system, requires an analog connection to your phone system. You will need an SLI port card like the 15540 to hook this phone up.

I believe you would also need the VMS feature installed on the IDS, as well.

The hard part, I think, would be making the unit work both as a VMS and as a cordless phone-- as calls forwarded to the VMS on the Panasonic may just make the handset ring....

[This message has been edited by Orac (edited July 08, 2005).]

Like Orac said, you'll need a analog card(or opx) with the special power supply #550005. You would only be able to use the vms as a answering machine..no auto-attend or some of it's other features...so therefore don't go with that..you'll be throwing away a bunch of $ for nothing..just get a plain old cordless with built in answering machine...for about $50, versus your panasonic $400 phone/vm. You wont need the 'VMS' feature on your cpu because you'll just be utilizing a answering machine...not a 'true' voicemail system.
Post where you're located so that maybe a Exec. tech. in your area might chime in and set you up.

You can use a OPXI. It converts one digital port to analogue. But the Panasonic phone you mention is really a fancy answering machine. They call it voicemail, because it has more than one greating and can have more than one user. You do not need the VMS download for it to work, because it lacks the capability to send out msg lighting capability. You would call that extension to check voicemail messages and to leave them.

Good Luck!!

JJ, I just tried this setup/scenario, I hooked up a answering machine to a 42 and it answered fine but wouldn't record my voice.. I of course then tested the answering machine with it directly hooked up to a co and it recorded fine. What's missing??

Barster, When the answering machine started recording, did You try hitting 'any ' number on Your dial keypad....to see if it will 'open up ' the voice path....try it.

[This message has been edited by nonameyet (edited July 11, 2005).]

First thing I would do is hook up an analog telephone in place of the answering machine and see if the voicepath is 2 way.

I did both of those things before my post ..nonameyet ..pvj.. voice path worked fine both from digital to analog phone & vice versa..