Paradyne 3830 manual Pstn

COMSPHERE 3800 Series Modems ± Model 3830

PSTN	Public Switched Telephone Network. A network
	shared among many users who can use telephones
	to establish connections between two points. Also
	known as dial network.
pulse dialing	One of two dialing methods, in which telephone
	numbers are sent as pulses (brief changes in
	voltage or current intensity) across the telephone
	line. Rotary telephones use pulse dialing.
register	A part of the modem's memory that contains
	values that determine the modem's operating
	characteristics.
remote loopback	A test that sends a signal to the remote modem to
	test the local modem, the remote modem, and the
	circuit between them.
result code	An asynchronous message (in either numbers or
	words) that the modem sends to the DTE after
	executing or trying to execute a command.
RJ11	A type of 6-position jack normally used with
	permissive dial networks and telephone sets.
rotary	A TELCO service whereby multiple lines to a
	customer premise share a common telephone
	number.
S-Registers	Registers that contains information affecting the
	modem parameters. All S-Registers must be
	preceded by the AT prefix.
serial transmission	A way of transmitting data in which bits are sent
	sequentially one at a time.
Sync Dial	A factory preset configuration area containing
	configuration options most often used in
	synchronous dial networks.
synchronous transmission	Data transmission that is synchronized by timing
	signals. Characters are sent at a fixed rate. This
	type of transmission is more efficient than
	asynchronous transmission.

Glossary-10 August 1998 3830-A2-GB91-30