Glossary Of Terms - Comdial 7700S User Manual

Glossary
Of Terms
Glossary
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All-call paging:
Paging through the intercoms of all stations in the sys-
tem.
Alternate Button:
When
an attendant presses this
button, all calls nor-
mally routed to his or her telephone a then routed to an alternate
attendant's telephone instead.
Answer button:
An installer-programmed button that allows a user to
answer a call that is audibly ringing at his or her station (it is possible
for more than one call to be ringing at the same time; however, only
one of the calls will ring audibly).
Automatic callback:
System will ring a calling telephone when a busy
called telephone becomes idle.
Automatic dialing: Using pqrammable buttons to stow numbers for
one- or two-button speed dialing.
Automatic redialing:
Turning on a program that automatically redials
the last number dialed once a minute for 10 minutes.
B
Both Button: This button provides a means for an attendant to estab-
lish a conference between the attendant's station, a curnmt call, and the
last call that was placed on hold.
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Call forward:
Designating another telephone to receive intercom calls
normally directed to the user's telephone.
Call park:
Placing an active call at a particular telephone in system
hold (park orbit) and nztxieving it by any telephone.
Call pickup:
Answering a call at one telephone when it is ringing at
another telephone.
Call transfer:
Transfening 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 par&y.
Central message desk:
A station that has been assigned to control
message waiting lights and deliver messages to other stations in the sys-
tem.
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
Direct
Station Selection/Busy Lamp Field (DSSIBLF): 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.
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