Glossary - Comdial X34PT User Manual

Glossary
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All-call paging: Paging through the intercoms of all stations in
the system.
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 automatically
redials the last number dialed once a minute for 10 minutes.
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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 ringing
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
paw.
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.
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Direct Station Selection/Busy Lamp Field (DSSBLF): Using
one button to place intercom calls; the button is sometimes
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.
Do not disturb: A mode that disables incoming call ringing and
intercom calling.
Dual Tone Multiple Frequency (DTMF): The tones made by
your telephone when you dial.
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