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

Overview

HOW TO USE THIS
SECTION OF THE GUIDE
Your voice and data communications equipment is setup to allow
simultaneous voice and data calls through the MERLIN II system. For
example, you can make a data call to a host computer, then place or receive
voice calls without interrupting your data call.
You can place:
Internal data calls to a computer or data terminal connected to your
MERLIN II system
For example, the personnel files for Bye, Loew, and Zelli are stored in the
brokerage firm's minicomputer. To update the files, the office manager
places a call from her terminal to the data hunt group for the
minicomputer. When the system connects her to an available port on the
minicomputer, she logs in, then opens the appropriate file.
Outside data calls to a host computer in another location
For example, financial consultants at Bye, Loew, and Zelli often call
TapeNet, a stock market information service. They place these calls
through a modem pool for outgoing calls. When the data connection is
made, they log into TapeNet's system and request information on
particular companies.
Data calls into your MERLIN II system from another location
For example, Bye, Lowe, and ZeIli's president makes frequent trips to the
firm's branch office in Newport Beach. He places a data call to the home
office each day to read and respond to his electronic mail.
The methods you use for data communications depend to some extent on the
type of voice and data equipment you have. This section of the guide
discusses placing, disconnecting and receiving data calls at both digital and
analog workstations. As you follow the procedures that apply to your
equipment, keep in mind that the messages and prompts that appear on your
screen during data calls may be different from those used as examples.
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