Meridian America Link/Customer Controlled Routing manual SDI port, Terminal number TN, Trunk

558List of terms

SDI port

This is used for the optional sharing features that allow the IPE Module or the Application Module console to access Meridian 1 administration and maintenance programs.

Stand-alone System Interactive Diagnostics (SSID)

A set of diagnostic tools that provide confidence tests on various IPE

Module or Application Module hardware components.

terminal number (TN)

The physical address of a device (for example, telephone set, trunk, and attendant) on the Meridian 1 PBX. The TN is composed of the loop, shelf, card, and unit IDs.

trunk

Trunks are the physical links, or circuits, that enable telephone communication, such as the link between a PBX and the public central office (CO). There are various trunk types, which provide services such as Direct Inward Dialing (DID trunks), ISDN, central office connectivity (CO trunks). Trunks can be analog or digital. Digital trunks use A/B signaling, or D-channel signaling in the case of ISDN. Trunks are configured on the Meridian 1 in Overlay 14.

Versa Module Eurocard (VME)

VME bus is an industry standard, high-performance, 32-bit computer bus.

Voice Response Unit (VRU)

A device that plays voice menus to a caller and responds to caller instructions entered on a touch-tone phone. Also known as IVR or Interactive Voice Response.

553-3202-210 Standard October 1998