Vertical Communications DSU and DSU II manual Glossary

GCA70–245 Glossary

Glossary

A

All-call paging: Paging through the intercoms of all stations in the system.

Assist button: A button that you can program that will let you send a message requesting assistance to the LCD of another telephone.

Automatic callback: System will ring a calling telephone when a busy called telephone becomes idle.

Automatic dialing (or Autodialing): Using programmable buttons to store numbers for one- or two-button dialing.

Automatic redialing: Turning on a program that automatically redials the last number dialed once a minute for 10 minutes.

C

Call forward: Designating another telephone to receive intercom calls normally directed to the user’s telephone.

Call park: Placing an active call at a particular telephone in system hold (park orbit) and retrieving it by any telephone.

Call pickup: Answering a call at one telephone when it is ringing at another telephone.

Call transfer: Transferring a call from one station to another. The transfer can be screened, i.e., you find out who is calling and announce them to the party being called; or unscreened, i.e., you transfer the call without identifying the calling party to the called party.

Central message desk: A station that has been assigned to control message waiting lights and deliver messages to other stations in the system.

Class of Service programming: Customized programming of your system by the installer that establishes the basic operating parameters of the system and individual stations.

D

Data Interface Unit (DIU): This optional unit provides connections for your standard multiline digital telephone and and Industry Standard Telephone (IST) device such as a FAX machine or answering machine.

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