Panasonic has announced a new release of NCP and TDE Phone Systems- Version 5, to be release the end of December 2011. They are adding new features, increased growth and new hardware.

Some of the highlights of release 5 include:

• Panasonic NCP500 increasing growth
  • Can support (2) DLC16 Cards (KX-NCP1172) or (2) SLC16 Cards KX-NCP1174
  • New maximum digital or SLT extension count is 36 extensions
  • Up to 10 Old Style Digital Phones can be used- KX-T7400 or KX-T7200 series phones

• New Single Line Telephone Cards with MW and CID for KX-TDE100 & KX-TDE200
  • MCSLC24 Card- KX-TDA1178 24 Port SLT Card with CLID and MW indicator
    • Up to 5 per TDE100
    • Up to 8 Per TDE200
  • MCSLC16 Card- KX-TDA1176 16 Port SLT Card with CLID and MW indicator
    • Up to 5 per TDE100
    • Up to 8 per TDE200

• Improvements in Emergency Call Handling
  • When a number is dialed that is in the Emergency Dial Table (ie, 911, police department, fire department, hospital), the system sends an alert to a PC
  • Requires CA, PanaLog, or Commsoft Call Accounting
  • PanaLog will display which extension dialed 911

• Call Queuing Enhancements
  • Number of callers that can be held in queue for an ICD group increased from 30 to 100
  • While a caller is in queue they can opt out to leave a message
  • Add more ESVM4 cards and OPB3 cards to handle additional people in queue

• SIP Trunk Improvement
  • Supports Super G3 Fax over SIP Trunk- on V4 only G3 Fax is supported over SIP Trunk