Data Calls With An Analog Voice Terminal - AT&T Merlin II Feature Module 2 Data Communications Manual

Data Calls with an Analog Voice Terminal

PLACING A DATA CALL
DISCONNECTING A DATA
CALL
5-10 Data Calls with an Analog Voice Terminal
If your system administrator has assigned the Simultaneous Voice and Data
feature to your analog voice terminal, you can place and receive both voice
and data calls through the MERLIN II system. You use your voice terminal to
place data calls.
Be sure that you have set the appropriate options on the
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modem.
You can place data calls to any of the following:
• A host computer outside your MERLIN II system
An analog data endpoint in your system, such as
terminal
A digital data endpoint in your system, such as a local host computer,
using an incoming modem pool
Follow these steps to place a data call:
If your computer or data terminal isn't on, turn it on.
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On your voice terminal, a red light shows next to the line on which the
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system will place your data call. If you want to use a different line for the
call, such as an intercom line, touch the button for that line.
Touch Speaker.
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The green light comes on next to the line button, and you hear the dial tone.
Take the appropriate action:
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– If you're calling outside your system or to an analog
your system, dial the telephone number or intercom
computer or data terminal.
– If you're calling a digital data endpoint in your system, dial the
intercom number or Group Call Distribution code of the appropriate
incoming modem pool. If you have more than one such pool, consult
your system administrator to select the most appropriate modem pool
for your call.
When you hear a steady tone, indicating that a data connection has been
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made, put your modem into data mode.
Your speaker goes off. The green light next to the button for the line or line pool on which
you placed the call stays on throughout the dirts call.
If you're placing an internal call to a digital endpoint through a modem
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pool, press the Break key on your keyboard. When you see the
prompt type an asterisk, then the intercom number or data hunt group
code for the computer or data terminal and press the Return key.
When a prompt appears on your computer or data terminal screen, follow
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the login or access procedure for the computer or data terminal to which
you placed the call.
To end a data call, follow these steps:
Log off from your keyboard.
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Turn off your modem.
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The
green light next to the line or line pool button goes off.
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