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The optional Crew Calling Gateway (KVH part no. 72-0349) adds four additional phone lines for crew members and charter passengers to place ship-to-shore calls using prepaid calling cards. Since the CommBox-ACU also provides two main voice lines, the TracPhone V11 may support up to six simultaneous voice calls with the Crew Calling Gateway installed. To support multiple concurrent calls, your service plan must accommodate the minimum data rate required (bidirectional) to support the total number of calls:
1 or 2 concurrent calls - 128 kbps
3 or 4 concurrent calls - 256 kbps
5 or 6 concurrent calls - 512 kbps
Contact your dealer/distributor for details.
NOTE: As an alternative to the external Crew Calling Gateway, one of the CommBox-ACU’s built-in phone lines can be configured for Crew Calling functionality (KVH part no. 95-0036-1008). Contact KVH’s Application Engineering Department at appeng@kvh.com for details.
Crew Calling Gateway Connections