342 Glossary
Rotary Telephone
A telephone capable of pulse dial only. Callers using a rotary telephone will be
automatically forwarded to the operator or the Gen eral Delivery Mailbox.
SAVE
One of the utility commands. It is used to save VPS data to a personal computer.
Scanning Messages
Allows the subscriber to listen to only the first 4 s of each message. Another method is to
use the digit [2] while listening to a message; this a dvises the VPS to skip to the next
message.
Station Programming
Programming via the proprietary telephone.
Subscriber
A person who has an assigned mailbox.
System Administration
System programming from a personal computer.
System Administrator
Unlike the Message Manager and the System Manager, the System Administrator has full
system programming capability. He uses a computer connected to the RS-23 2C port of the
VPS.
System External Message Delivery Duration Time
The maximum time allowed for an external message that is to b e delivered by the VPS,
specified by the System Administrator.
System Group Distribution List
The system can maintain an internal list of twenty mailbox groups. Each group can hold
twenty mailboxes. Each group is referenced by a System Group Distribution List number
and is assigned via system administration. A recording into a System Group Distribution
List number will go into the mailboxes of all members of that group.
System Manager
(Mailbox 999) The person who can perform very basic and limited system programming
using a telephone. He can create/delete mailboxes; clear subscriber passwords when they
are forgotten; set Class of Service parameters; set the system clock; and generate System
Reports.