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Glossary
A
All-call paging: Paging through the intercoms of all stations
in the system.
Assist button: A button that you can program that will let you
send a message requesting assistance to the LCD of another
telephone.
Automatic callback: System will ring a calling telephone
when a busy called telephone becomes idle.
Automatic dialing (or Autodialing): Using programmable but-
tons to store numbers for one- or two-button dialing.
Automatic redialing: Turning on a program that automat-
ically mdials the last number dialed once a minute for 10
minutes.
C
Call forward: Designating another telephone to receive inter-
com calls normally directed to the user's telephone.
Call park: Placing an active call at a particular telephone in
system hold (park orbit) and retrieving it by any telephone.
Call pickup: Answering a call at one telephone when it is ring-
ing at another telephone.
Call transfer: Transferring a call from one station to another.
The transfer can be screened, i.e., you find out who is calling
and announce them to the party being called; or unscreened,
i.e., you transfer the call without identifying the calling party to
the called party.
Central message desk: A station that has been assigned to
control message waiting lights and deliver messages to other
stations in the system.
Class of Service programming: Customized programming of
your system by the installer that establishes the basic operating
parameters of the system and individual stations.
D
Departmental station operation: The operation of stations
that are organized into departments.
Direct Inward Station Dialing (DISD): This feature allows
an outside party to call an intercom station directly without an
attendant's assistance.
Direct Station Selection/Busy Lamp Field (DSS/BLF):
Using one button to place intercom calls; the button is some-
times referred to as a DSS button. Busy lamp field or BLF is a
term for a light that identifies current call status of DSS station.
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