Nortel ICS Install Manual page 652

652 / Glossary
23 B channels and a D channel
(23B+D).
Prime line: The line on your
telephone that is automatically selected
when you lift the receiver, press the
handsfree/mute button or use an
external dialing feature.
A Prime Line is assigned to a telephone
under Line access in Terminals&Sets
programming.
Prime Set (prime telephone): A
telephone that provides backup
answering for incoming calls on
external lines. The prime telephone for a
line will ring for any unanswered calls
on that line. A prime telephone is
assigned to a line under Trunk/Line
data in Lines programming.
Priority Call: ≤fl·
If you get a busy signal when you call
someone in your office, you can
interrupt them for an urgent call. This
feature is enabled for a telephone under
Capabilities in Terminals&Sets
programming.
Privacy: This feature determines
whether a Norstar user may select a line
in use at another telephone and join an
established call. Privacy is enabled
under Trunk/Line data in Lines
programming, but can be turned on and
off by users during individual calls.
Private line: See Private to.
Private network: A telephone
network consisting of owned or leased
telephone lines used to connect different
offices of an organization independently
of the public network.
Private Network Identifier (PNI)
this is an identifying digit or set of digits
assigned to each system in a private
network with a Meridian system. These
codes are provided by the Meridian
system administrator when the node is
brought on to the network.
Modular ICS 7.1 Installer Guide
Private to: Allows you to select the
telephone that will use the line
exclusively. The line cannot appear on
any other telephone, except the prime
telephone for that line. Private lines
cannot be placed into line pools.
Private lines are assigned under
Trunk/Line data in Lines
programming.
Programmed release:
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A feature that performs the function of
the ® button in a programmed dialing
sequence.
programming: Setting the way the
Norstar system will work. Programming
includes system-wide settings and
individual telephone and line settings.
programming overlay: A paper
template that is placed over the four
memory buttons with indicators on the
two-line display telephone you use
during system programming. The
overlay labels indicate the special
function that each of the four buttons
takes on in programming.
public line: An external line that can
be assigned to any telephone and to
many telephones. A line is assigned as
Public under Trunk/Line data in Lines
programming.
public network: The regular
telephone network that connects most
homes and businesses.
Public Safety Answering Point
(PSAP): This is the first point of
contact a caller reaches after dialing
911.
pulse/tone dialing: An external line
setting for pulse or tone dialing. Pulse is
the traditional method of dialing used by
rotary-dial or push- button single-line
telephones. Tone dialing allows
telephones to communicate with other
devices such as answering machines.
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