Talkswitch 48-CA User Manual page 154

Registered Jacks
Telephone and data plugs registered
with the FCC.
Ringing Equivalency
(Ringer Equivalency Number [REN]) A
number, determined in accordance
with the US Code of Federal
Regulations, which represents the
ringer loading effect on a line. A
ringer equivalency number of 1
represents the loading effect of a
traditional telephone set ringing
circuit.
RJ-11
Registered Jacks 11 is the most common
modular jack in the world. It is usually
used to connect 'single line' telephonic
devices such as telephones, fax machines
and modems. It supports 2 conductors.
RJ-14
Registered Jacks 14 is a technical term
for a telephone jack that looks similar
to the standard RJ-11. However, the
RJ-14 is usually used to connect 'two
line' telephonic devices. It supports 4
conductors.
RJ-45
Registered Jacks 45 is a technical term
for a telephone jack that supports 8
conductors and is used generally for
Networking applications.
Prompted Call Back
Allows you to activate Call Back by
dialing one of TalkSwitch's telephone
numbers, letting the Auto Attendant
answer and then entering the Call
Back settings.
1 4 8
Routing
Determining the path that a message
or call is to take over circuits.
TalkSwitch offers 'routing' of incoming
calls using DSP technology.
Serial Communication
A type of electronic communication
that, unlike parallel communication,
requires that data bits be sent one
after the other. Modems rely on serial
communication to send data over
telephone lines.
Shortcut Key
A special key combination that causes a
specific command to be executed.
Typically, shortcut keys combine the
Ctrl or Alt keys with some other keys. In
Windows environments, for example,
Ctrl and C is used as the shortcut key to
copy. On PCs, the function keys are also
often used as shortcut keys.
SIP
Session Initiation Protocol (SIP).
Developed by the Internet Engineering
Task Force (IETF), this is a signaling
protocol designed to be much more
simple and flexible than the H.323
protocol. SIP uses the existing Internet
and HTML structures to provide VoIP
transmissions. In addition, SIP is more
scalable, allowing applications to grow in
scope without any concern for the
existing architecture. SIP gives network
managers the flexibility to select any
type of architecture, from a heavily
centralized network controlled
extensively by a server, to a less
concentrated network where intelligence
is found at the endpoints that
communicate directly with each other.
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