Modem Pools - AT&T Merlin II Feature Module 2 Data Communications Manual

Modem Pools

ASSIGNING LINES
SETTING UP CALL
DISTRIBUTION GROUPS
4-4 Modem Pools
You administer the analog or basic telephone station jacks for modem pools in
the same way you administer station jacks for analog voice terminals or basic
telephones. This includes assigning lines and optional features to station
jacks, as shown in the administration procedures that follow.
Perform the first three procedures, which are required, then carry out any of
the optional procedures that apply to your system.
Assign lines or line pools to each of the analog or basic telephone jacks for
the modems in the pool.
Assign the jacks for an incoming modem pool to a Call Distribution Group
for better management of incoming calls.
Specify Ringing Options for lines assigned to incoming modem pools.
Assign Call Restrictions to the analog or basic telephone jacks for the
modems in outgoing modem pools.
Assign System Speed Dial codes to the telephone numbers of remote
computers.
Administer an Automatic Route Selection table to place outgoing data calls
on the most appropriate line pool.
Each of these actions is described below. For detailed administration
procedures, see the appropriate sections of the MERLIN II System Manual.
If you haven't already done so, follow the steps in "Procedure
NOTE:
for Setting the Voice Terminal Type, " later in this section, to identify
station jacks for BTMIs as ready to receive voice terminals with flat
membrane buttons (non-BIS/HFAI).
Calls can come into and go out of a modem pool only on the lines that are
assigned to the analog or basic telephone jack for that modem pool. Check
your Station Jack Configuration Forms and Incoming Modem Pool Form to
see which lines or line polls should be assigned to each modem pool. Then
follow the instructions in the appropriate Line Assignments entry for your
type of system in Section 2 of the MERLIN II System Manual to make the
assignments.
To use the Group Call Distribution feature, you assign the analog or basic
telephone jack for each modem in an incoming modem pool to a Call
Distribution group. Then you assign to the group the lines or line pools on
which calls are received by the incoming modem pool.
once you've administered this feature, the MERLIN II system directs each
incoming call on these lines to the next available modem in the modem pool,
in round-robin order. See "Group Call Distribution" in Section 2 of the
MERLIN II System Manual to set up Call Distribution groups.