Lucent Technologies MERLIN LEGEND Release 6.1 System Planning Manual page 568

MERLIN LEGENDCommunications System Release 6.1
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Glossary
S
SAA
SA buttons
satellite system
screen pop
SDN
series
configuration
Service Observing
SID
signaling
simplex signaling
single-line
telephone
slot
SMDR
SMDR printer
Software Defined
Network
special character
(Supplemental Alert Adapter) Device that permits alerting
equipment to be connected to an analog multiline
telephone jack so that people working in noisy or remote
areas of a building can be alerted to incoming calls.
Telephone buttons that provide access to both inside and
outside calls.
In a private network, a communications system that is
directly connected to and located within 200 miles of the
local system.
Refers to a computer-telephony software application that
takes caller information (for example, provided by Caller ID
service), queries a database, and displays a screen with
information about the caller onto a user's PC screen.
Screen pop requires that an identifying number or code be
available to identify the calling party. See also CTI link .
(Software Defined Network) AT&T private networking
service created by specialized software within the public
network.
A private network arrangement where either two or four or
more communications systems are connected in a line,
with no particular system acting as the hub system . See
also star configuration .
A feature available in Release 6.1 and later systems that
allows one extension to listen in on (observe) calls that
arrive at another extension.
[station (extension) identification]
Sending of information between devices to set up,
maintain, or cease a connection such as a telephone call.
Transmission of signals in one direction only across a
telecommunications channel.
Industry-standard touch-tone or rotary-dial telephone that
handles one call at a time and is connected to the system
via an extension jack on a 012, 016 (T/R), or 008 OPT
module.
Position in a carrier for a module; numbered from 0.
(Station Message Detail Recording) Feature that captures
usage information on incoming and outgoing calls.
Printer used to produce SMDR reports. Connected to the
system via an RS-232 jack on the processor module .
See SDN .
Pause, Stop, or End-of-Dialing signal in a programmed
dialing sequence such as a speed dial number.
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