Lucent Technologies 4.1 manual Glossary GL-5

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Mailbox

See Voice mailbox.

Manual Signaling

A feature that lets a user signal an extension by pressing a programmed button. The phone at the target extension beeps for as long as the button is pressed. Alternatively, the Manual Signaling button can be used to ring or voice signal the target extension. See also Intercom Auto Dial button.

MDC 9000 Telephones

See System phones.

MDW 9000 Telephones

See System phones.

Music-On-Hold system

Equipment that lets you play recorded music or messages to callers who are placed on hold. A music-on-hold audio source can be connected to an RCA jack on the primary processor module in the control unit. See also Background Music.

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Network interface jack

A jack, generally located in your equipment room, that provides access to an outside line coming into your building from your local telephone company. A line cord from the network interface jack to a line jack on a 206 or 400 module connects the line to your system.

Night Service

A feature that lets you redirect calls received after hours or when a receptionist is not available to answer calls. (This feature also activates night service operation of the voice messaging system.) See also Password.

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One-touch Intercom Calling button

See Intercom Auto Dial button.

Outside line

See Line.

Outside pool

See Pool.

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Park

See Call Park.

PARTNER Attendant

An optional call routing device that answers calls and routes them to the appropriate extension based on caller responses to a recorded announcement.

PARTNER-Model Telephones

See System phones.

PARTNER-CA48 Intercom Autodialer

See Intercom Autodialer.

Password

Afour-digit code assigned by the System Manager that users can enter from a PARTNER- or MLS-model phone to override dialing restrictions and to turn Night Service on and off. See also Night Service.

Pickup Group

A group of extensions for which calls to any extension in the group can be picked up, from any extension in the system, by dialing a group pickup code.

Pool

A group of outside lines used for making and receiving calls on pooled extensions. A pool typically contains lines of a similar type or purpose (WATS, FX, etc.) and is identified by a pool access code. The system supports four pools: a main pool and three auxiliary pools. See also Hybrid mode, Pool access code, and Pooled extension.

Pool Access Code

A three-digit code used to access outside lines in a specific pool. The main pool and each auxiliary pool are known to the system as 880, 881, 882, and 883, respectively. Users can either dial the pool access code or press a pool button representing one of the pools to make a call.

Pool button

A button with status lights on a system phone that represents a specific pool for making calls. See also Pooled extension.

Pool number

See Pool Access Code.

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