Lucent Technologies MERLIN LEGEND Release 7.0 Feature Reference page 621

MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 7.0
Feature Reference 555-670-110
Features
Programming
Direct Station Selector
One or two DSSs can be used with the MLX-20L telephone. Each DSS adds 50
buttons to the system programming console. For more information about the DSS,
see ''Direct Station Selector'' on page
The LEDs on the DSS indicate the status of telephone features during system
programming, such as calling restrictions. Each LED on the DSS represents an
extension connected to the system. When certain features are selected from the
System Programming menu, the LEDs on the DSS indicate the status of the
feature for each extension. For example, if Restriction is selected from the
Extension menu, the red LED is on for each extension that is toll-restricted.
Programming with SPM on a PC
The advantages of programming the system with a PC are the availability of
surrogate mode and, in releases prior to Release 3.0 (where programming can be
backed up on a PCMCIA memory card), the security that comes from knowing
that programming can be backed up on a floppy or hard disk. This makes
recovery of system programming fast and efficient in the event of an inadvertent
system shutdown or loss of power.
To program with a PC, SPM software is needed, along with the appropriate
Windows, DOS, or UNIX operating system software; the last is necessary only if
you are using Integrated Solution II/III.
For Release 6.0 and later systems, SPM is available in a Windows format called
WinSPM. WinSPM provides a graphical user interface (GUI) for those tasks
commonly performed by the system manager. Included in WinSPM are pictorial
representations of system components (such as modules and their vintages).
WinSPM also provides an SPM DOS Emulator mode that allows basic SPM
programming of all releases of the MERLIN LEGEND System. Also supported in
Release 6.1 and later systems is SPM programming for options not included in
the GUI. WinSPM is supported in Windows 95, Windows NT, and Windows 98.
The rest of this section describes the DOS or DOS-emulation version of SPM. If
you are using WinSPM, refer to the documentation and the on-line help that are
part of the WinSPM package.
Release 4.1 and later systems work with a version of SPM that allows you to
program in a DOS window of Windows 95. SPM provides an interface to the
programming and maintenance software in the control unit processor module. The
SPM software emulates the display screen and buttons of a system programming
console (the MLX-20L telephone). As shown in
mirrors the following three areas of the console:
Display and display buttons (at the top of the SPM screen).
Function buttons (described on the right side of the screen).
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Figure 30, the SPM display
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