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-# Panasonic KX-TD816 PABX/PBX+# Panasonic KX-TD816 PABX/PBX (also KX-TD1232)
  
 I've bought this small PBX for my office. While not exactly _needed_, it can still be useful for a thing or two. This page compiles knowledge and information on this unit that I've been collecting around.  I've bought this small PBX for my office. While not exactly _needed_, it can still be useful for a thing or two. This page compiles knowledge and information on this unit that I've been collecting around. 
  
-## Alert: Rant incoming +Now, this is a fairly old unit, and a proprietary one at it. Not only information is hard to come by, as the old folks tend to be little protective of their knowledge. Sometimes I find people saying on the forums «I have it, but you have to get it directly from Panasonic» or even the infamous «Sent you via PM.» Some manuals, software and documents are terribly difficult to come by. There are even some old and suspect websites (like `diagrams.ua`) trying to sell schematics. 
- +
-As a strictly proprietary project, generally sold by Panasonic representatives, any very technical insights are pretty hard to come by. For some reason, folks that worked with this unit tend to withhold anything they have. People will either try to sell you this data or boast they have it in Sundance Communications. At best, you'll find a thread that ends in «sent you via PM.»  +
- +
-I, however, don't think even Panasonic would bother with anyone sharing schematics and software on a unit so old that the configuration software is written for MS-DOS. So, for the sake of open knowledge, I'll share what I find here, albeit it's not much. As I grow frustrated, I also got salty. Sorry, I can't avoid it. This article may be a little too rich on salt.  +
  
 +Still, I managed to find some stuff, and I'm sharing it here, should someone want to run this old thing in the future. 
 # Nomenclatures # Nomenclatures
  
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 | *Term*     | *Acronym meaning*      | *Meaning*                                            | | *Term*     | *Acronym meaning*      | *Meaning*                                            |
-| PT/APT/DPT | [Analogue|Digital] Proprietary Telephone  |  A telephone set made specifically for those PABX's | +| IRNA       | Intercept Routing — No Answer | |  
-| SLT        | Single Line Telephone  | Basically, your average normal landline telephone    |+| KSU        | Key Service Unit | Another name for the PBX central box, fairly industry standard | 
 +| PT/APT/DPT | [Analogue\Digital] Proprietary Telephone  | A telephone set made specifically for those PABX's | 
 +| SLT        | Single Line Telephone  | Any standard landline telephone    | 
 +| XDP        | eXtra Device Port      | On certain models (all of them Digital), allows for a SLT to be connected to the analogue wiring, acting as a completely independent station |
  
-## My unit 
  
-My PBX is particularly of the KX-TD816BX model. It sports a KX-TD170 expansion for eight more extensions. Since I have no use for it, it's disconnected. It's also **impossible** to find it's service manual. You'll see it mentioned in a maze of old websites trying to sell it. But I wouldn't bet any money on even being able to contact those people.  
  
-There's a service manual for the UK offering, KX-TD816E. But it's quite different from mine. While it obviously shares some design premises, it's quite different. The motherboard is completely different, the CPU board is in a different location and there's even stuff it got that mine doesn't, like dual pager and dual music source, as well as built-in door-phone card.  
  
-I'm compiling some information on the hardware [[td816bx_hardware|here]], but it is still a work in progress. 
  
-| {{:telephony:dsc_3619.jpg?200 |teste}} | 
-| My unit with a KX-T7230X and a Intelbras single line telephone |  
  
  
-## Model suffixes 
  
-Both TD816 and it's bigger brother TD1232 got **a lot** of versions. Some are newer revisions, some are built for international markets. A friend of mine thinks it got to do with the wildly diverse world of telephonic systems, and it's probably true, but I live in Brazil, and, thus far, I've seen this `BX` unit, that, [according to the «British Telephones» website](https://www.britishtelephones.com/pana/kxtdecode.htm), is focused for the Asian market, and also a KX-TD1232 unit being [sold on OLX](https://sp.olx.com.br/sao-paulo-e-regiao/eletronicos-e-celulares/telefonia-fixa-e-sem-fio/panasonic-kx-td1232x-com-16slc-e-4co-1329602726?lis=listing_no_category) (as well in [another site](https://www.davicomtelecom.com.br/produto/kx-td-1232x-pabx-digital-panasonic-equipado-p-08-tr-a-e-16-r-h-acompanha-ap-propriet-rio-kxt-7533x-semi-novos/47446])), of the «X» variant.  
  
-{{:telephony:t1232x_olx1.webp?200 |}} +## My unit
-{{:telephony:t1232x_olx2.webp?200 |}}+
  
-`X`, by the way, means international market. I'd not lose my sleep over those suffixes, but the fact is that some systems can be quite different from others with the same name, depending on the local market they were built for. +My PBX is particularly of the KX-TD816BX model. It sports a KX-TD170 expansion for eight more extensions. Since I have no use for it, it's disconnected. It's also **impossible** to find it's service manual. You'll see it mentioned in a maze of old websites trying to sell it. But I wouldn't bet any money on even being able to contact those people. 
  
-As for Brazil, Googles returns **nothing** for TD816 with the `BR` suffix, and there's a [single result](https://fveletronica.webnode.com.br/products/kx-td1232br/) mentioning the `BR` variant for TD1232 model. If this model really exists, I don't envy the luck of someone who'll have to maintain it. +There's a service manual for the UK offering, KX-TD816E. But it's quite different from mine. While it obviously shares some design premises, it's quite different. The motherboard is completely different, the CPU board is in a different location and there's even stuff it got that mine doesn't, like dual pager and dual music source, as well as built-in door-phone card. 
  
-## Resources +There are also service manuals for KX-TD1232E, CE, AL et al. and KX-TA1232. While the design is different both between bigger or smaller brothers (816 vs 1232) and between regional versions, the core design is more or less the same, as discussed at [[ta1232_td816_td1232_hw_arch|this page]] on that same Wiki. 
-### Software+
  
-There are several software pieces written for TD816, including that Russian one, the «KX-TD Programmator», but there are those who says it [«will mess up your system.»](https://sundance-communications.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/583468/re-some-kx-td816-questions#Post583468) I didn't try it, so I won't link it here because I don't know if it's any good. +I'm compiling some information on the hardware [[td816bx_hardware|here]], but it is still a work in progress.
  
-#### «Digital Super Hybrid System - Operating & Maintenance Tool»+| {{:telephony:dsc_3619.jpg?200 |teste}} | 
 +| My unit with a KX-T7230X DPT and a Intelbras SLT | 
  
-It's the [in]famous dealer software. Nearly impossible to find, it's deemed as not needed to may folks around those telecom. forums. But it's a thousand miles more practical than configuring via the proprietary telephone (PT), and some people might not have one.  
  
-It's old and runs on MS-DOS, FreeDOS or DOSBox, but at least it's official. The only way I was able to find it was by searching through Usenet and ending up at [this thread](https://www.usenetarchives.com/view.php?id=comp.dcom.telecom.tech&mid=PDExNDI2NTkyNzMuMTEyOTc2LjMwNDk4MEBpNDBnMjAwMGN3Yy5nb29nbGVncm91cHMuY29tPg) in which the guy asked for donations and got trolled to the ground. But one guy linked the URL to the dealer software, that was, thankfully [archived by Web Archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20040814204044/http://download.panasonic.co.uk/bts/) (I love this tool.).  
  
-I've also managed to track two more versions (3.41X and 4.02B2, respectively from circa 1998 and 2000, judging by the copyright notice.) to [a Russian abandonware website called «Old DOS»](http://old-dos.ru/index.php?page=files&mode=files&do=show&id=102232#download). 
  
-For convenience, I'm also providing those here.   
  
-| *Version*                      | *Target Market*    | *Download*                   | Compatibility      | +## Model suffixes
-| 2.02BE, 2.10BE, 2.37BE, 2.41BE | United Kingdom     | {{ :telephony:e1232b.tgz |}} | British «E» models | +
-| 3.41X                          | International      | {{ :telephony:dshsomt.ver.3.41x.english.zip |}} | See screenshot below | +
-| 4.02B2                         | _Unknown suffix_   | {{ :telephony:dshsomt.ver.4.02b2.english.zip |}} | _Unable to ascertain_ |+
  
 +Both TD816 and TD1232 got **a lot** of versions. Some are newer revisions, some are built for international markets. A friend of mine thinks it got to do with the wildly diverse world of telephonic systems, and it's probably true, but I live in Brazil, and, thus far, I've seen this `BX` unit, that, [according to the «British Telephones» website](https://www.britishtelephones.com/pana/kxtdecode.htm), is focused for the Asian market, and also a KX-TD1232 unit being [sold on OLX](https://sp.olx.com.br/sao-paulo-e-regiao/eletronicos-e-celulares/telefonia-fixa-e-sem-fio/panasonic-kx-td1232x-com-16slc-e-4co-1329602726?lis=listing_no_category) (as well in [another site](https://www.davicomtelecom.com.br/produto/kx-td-1232x-pabx-digital-panasonic-equipado-p-08-tr-a-e-16-r-h-acompanha-ap-propriet-rio-kxt-7533x-semi-novos/47446])), of the «X» variant. 
  
-3.41 seems to tend to international market, and it even asks the region of the equipment upon start: +{{:telephony:t1232x_olx1.webp?200 |}} 
 +{{:telephony:t1232x_olx2.webp?200 |}}
  
-{{ :telephony:dshs_omt_3dot41bx.png |}}+`X`, by the way, means international market. I'd not lose my sleep over those suffixes, but the fact is that some systems can be quite different from others with the same name, depending on the local market they were built for, and frequently, service manuals made for one won't be adequate for another. 
  
-Again, my equipment has the P401A60905A ROM version. 3.41X had it's issues at the first moment, but it was the version that best worked for me. Not only it can display and change every configuration as it was also able to back up the configuration. Your mileage may vary, depending on region and ROM version. +As for Brazil, Googles returns **nothing** for TD816 with the `BR` suffix, and there's a [single result](https://fveletronica.webnode.com.br/products/kx-td1232br/) mentioning the `BR` variant for TD1232 model. If this model really exists, I don't envy the luck of someone who'll have to maintain it. The sellers of one of the add-ons I bought said he worked with a lot of «BR» models, specially the TD1232BR, since the price difference between the two units were, at the time, minimal. 
  
 +KX-TD1232RU, for example, seems to be similar to TD1232CE and some of it's firmwares have Russian as the default language. My unit, which is a TD816BX got two languages: English (default) and French, which doesn't look very Asian market to me, but okay. TD816E, for the British market, is **wildly** different and also include some features onboard, like the doorphone adapter. 
 +
 +## Resources
  
 +[[ta1232_td816_td1232_resources|KX-TA1232/KX-TD816/KX-TD1232 resources]]
  
 ## Other stuff ## Other stuff
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