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A Cordless Home

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VoicenData Bureau
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Now, working

from home can be a cable free experience thanks to new products, which are

compatible with DMAP and DECT standards.
 





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Why

do without all the comforts of telecommunications and data communications that

you have become accustomed to in the office when you are at home? The answer is

often that the necessary connections are not available and expansive

installations in a rented flat would simply be a waste of money. Or you simply

do not like the thought of the jumbled mess of cables in the lounge. Thanks to

some new products, this is a thing of the past!




Take the case of

Ananda. He knows the look only too well, and doesn’t feel very confident of

his chances of being allowed to turn the study into a hobby room and move his

desk and computer into the lounge. “What! That jumbled mess of cables right

next to the sofa? And the telephone cable laid under the carpet? Please, spare

me the chaos,” Gita responds. In some ways she’s right, he thinks. The many

cables for the PC, printer, scanner and video equipment draped around the desk

are not exactly decorative, and the telephone socket is on the wrong side of the

room. Nevertheless it would make an excellent working corner. He mentions the

problem to a good friend who says that’s not a problem. You must simply go

cordless and at the same time you can install a garden camera designed according

to the DMAP Standard (DECT Multimedia Access Profile) for Gita. She will then be

able to look at the activity around the pond or keep an eye on the back gate

from the PC in the lounge. That will convince her!



The friend knows what

he is talking about. A clutter of cables around your desk at home is a thing of

the past. The future lies in wireless transmission technologies—also at home!

At last you can arrange furniture precisely as you would like to without having

to worry about connections and cables. You not only make your calls on a

cordless telephone and surf the Internet on your laptop in the garden, but a

whole range of other applications can be implemented. Why not check the

temperature by reading the outside thermometer cordless from the PC before you

leave the house? Open the garage door? Or connect the video or a house

surveillance camera?



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All these applications

will be possible in future using products that are compatible with the DMAP

Standard. Small companies, freelancers and private persons should in future be

able to experience the same comfort with their data communications and

telecommunications as many of us have already become used to at our

professionally equipped workplace in the office. But in a stylish, wireless

world with many additional applications which make working and living in the

home much more pleasant. The maxim is quite simply: Modern technology in the

living room: Yes. Cables and extensive installation work: No.



No Installation Needed

A solution for cordless in-house communications

is available. For instance, Ascom has products that combine ISDN functionality

with the advantages of cordless systems and is extremely easy to install. The

heart of a typical in-house solution is the base station for the transmission of

data (DMAP) and voice (DECT); in addition an ISDN PCMCIA or ISA card as the

interface to a laptop or PC. Cordless access to the Internet is possible with up

to 2 x 64 Kbit/s. The product comes with the
Eurit 133 ISDN

handset including charging bay as part of the kit. After all, the Internet

surfer in the home should also be able to make a call via the wireless Internet

access. In addition this product offers answering machine and fax functions and

allows data transmission over the Internet. All the technical features

associated with this product are based entirely on industrial standards such as

Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) for the cordless

communication and ISDN for wired communication. Six mobile DMAP units can be

used for data transmission and up to six Generic Access Profile (GAP) telephones

for voice transmission. All handsets can be used at any time for internal

conversations.



“No cables, no

problems,” says Ananda to Gita, but her skepticism disappears only when she

hears the magic words “Plug and Play”. Of course they both enjoy surfing the

Internet and processing videos on the PC. But technology only brings pleasure if

it is easy to use. This applies much more at home than it does in the office,

and is a prerequisite for the broad acceptance of new applications.



Ananda now sends

e-mail to his friends cordless from his laptop in the lounge. With the cordless

telephone he can contact Gita anywhere in the home. Using the fax software he

sends a fax showing the route to the restaurant where they are to meet friends

on Saturday, etc. Communication can be so simple and natural when it is

cordless. It is only in this way that “human” communications habits can be

transferred to technical communications systems.

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