MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 6.0
System Programming
555-660-111 Issue 1
February 1998
Glossary
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Lucent
Technologies
Attendant
Application with equipment that connects to one or more
tip/ring
(T/R) extension jacks and automatically answers
incoming calls with a recorded announcement; directs calls
in response to touch tones.
Magic on Hold A Lucent Technologies Music On Hold enhancement that
promotes a company’s products or services.
Mbps (megabits per second)
Megacom The AT&T tariffed digital

WATS

offering for outward calling.
Megacom 800 The AT&T tariffed digital 800 offering for inward calling.
memory card Storage medium, sim ilar in function to a floppy disk, that
allows information to be added to or obtained from the
communications system through the PCMCIA interface
slot on the processor module.
MERLIN Identifier Adjunct that allows users to receive, store, and use
information provided by Caller ID.
MERLIN and
MERLIN LEGEND
MAIL Voice
Messaging
Systems
Applications that provide automated attendant, call
answering, and voice-mail services on the system.
MFM (Multi-Function Module) Adapter that has a
tip/ring
mode
for answering machines, modems, fax machines, and
tip/ring alerts, and an

SAA

mode for -48 VDC alerts. It is
installed inside an MLX telephone and is used to connect
optional equipment to the telephone. The optional
equipment and the telephone operate simultaneously and
independently.
MLX-5 or MLX-5D
telephone 5-line button digital telephone offered with (MLX-5D) or
without (MLX-5) a 2-line by 24-character display
.
MLX-10, MLX-10D
or MLX-10DP
telephone
10-line button digital telephone offered with (MLX-10D) or
without (MLX-10) a 2-line by 24-character display. The
MLX-10DP allows connection of

Passageway Direct

Connection Solution.

MLX-16DP
telephone 16-line button digital telephone offered with a 2-line by 24-
character display, allowing connection of

Passageway

Direct Connection Solution.

MLX-20L
telephone 20-line button digital telephone with a 7-line by
24-character display.
MLX-28D
telephone 28-line button digital telephone with a 2-line by
24-character display.
mode codes Streams of touch-tone codes used by voice messaging
applications to communicate with the system’s control unit.