Interactions And Restrictions; Meridian Digital Group Listening (Glisten) And Password Protection - Nortel Meridian SL-100 Reference Manual

1-4 M3900 series general description
Optivity Telephony Manager for Meridian SL-100, 2.0
The Optivity Telephony Manager for MSL-100 product, version 2.0 or greater,
initiates all flash download commands including:
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Note 1: The flash download mechanism requires OTM for MSL-100 2.0 or
greater.
Note 2: The Meridian digital telephones require an IPE equipped with an
EXPEC, NT7D07BA or later version.

Interactions and restrictions

During the download process, the Meridian digital telephones are in an
inoperable state. The sets display a message on their displays indicating that a
download is in progress. If a download fails, a message is displayed indicating
that maintenance is required.
In cases where there is an IPE equipped with an EXPEC and both the Meridian
digital telephones (M3900 series) and M2000 series sets coexist, the M2000
sets continue to operate during the flash download process.

Meridian Digital Group Listening (GLISTEN) and password protection

Use the GLISTEN feature to activate the loudspeaker on the set when the
handset is in use. A group of people can listen to the audio but only the handset
transmits audio to the far end. Group listening differs from handsfree in that
only the loudspeaker, and not the handsfree microphone, is enabled and the
handset is off-hook and its audio paths are on.
The GLISTEN feature is only available when enabled, and when assigned to
the set through SERVORD. When this feature is not available, it does not show
up in the options menu lists. In addition, because handsfree and group listening
555-4001-136 Standard 04.02 May 2001
the ability to query current firmware version residing on the Meridian
digital telephones
the ability to initiate flash download on MeridianM3900-series digital
telephones on a set by set basis (downloads can be scheduled for a series
of phones; scheduling canbe set for any range of time on any date.)
the ability to initiate flash download for all Meridian digital telephones
configured on an IPE peripheral equipped with an extended peripheral
equipment controller (EXPEC), NT7D07BA or later vintage.
the ability to keep track of download progress as well as manage the
correlation of firmware files for the different sets
the ability to log download failures and provide a record of downloads
completed as well as those failed.
the ability to abort a download gracefully