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Hotline phone
A standard phone at an extension which rings
another extension automatically when the handset
is lifted. See also External Hotline.
Hunt Group
A group of extensions that takes incoming or
transferred calls in round-robin fashion. Calls to the
Hunt Group go to the first available extension in the
group, with the extension that answered most
recently being the last one in the hunt order. See
also Calling Group and VMS Hunt Group.
Hybrid mode
An operating mode in which outside lines are
grouped together in pools. To access outside lines,
users press pool buttons on their phones or enter
the pool access code. In this mode, users do not
know which lines they are using to make and
receive calls. See also Key mode and System
mode.
I
ICLID
See Caller ID.
Industry-standard device
A telephone or other telecommunications device
that can be connected directly to the public
telephone network. See also Proprietary device and
Standard phone.
Inside call
See Intercom call.
Intercom Autodialer
An auxiliary device that can be connected to the
system phones at extensions 10 and 11. The
device has Auto Dial buttons for all of the
extensions in the system, which can be used for
dialing or transferring calls to extensions with one
touch.
Intercom Auto Dial button
A button that is programmed to ring or page
another extension whenever the button is pressed.
The button can be used to call the extension or to
transfer a call to the extension with one touch; the
lights next to the button show calling activity for the
extension. See also Manual Signaling.
Intercom call
A call that is made to another system extension.
Internal call
See Intercom call.
K
Key extension
An extension that has line buttons but not pool
buttons. See also Key mode and Pooled extension.
Key mode
An operating mode in which outside lines are
assigned one per line button. To access outside
lines, users press line buttons or enter a Direct Line
Pickup code. See also Hybrid mode and System
mode.
L
Line
The transmission path between your control unit
and the local phone company’s central office, used
for incoming and outgoing calls.
Line button
A button with status lights on a system phone that
represents a specific line for making calls. See also
Key extension and Pooled extension.
Line hunting
See Group Call Distribution.
Line jack
The location on 206 and 400 modules that allows
you to connect outside lines to the control unit.
Line number
The number assigned to each line jack on a 206 or
400 module. Line numbers run consecutively from
01 through 24 (for a two-carrier configuration).
Line pooling
See Pool.
Line Reserve
A system feature that lets you reserve a busy line or
pool (by pressing the busy line or pool button
without lifting the handset) so your phone beeps
when the line or pool becomes free.
Loudspeaker paging system
Equipment that lets you make announcements over
the loudspeaker from a system extension. Any
Lucent Technologies paging system can be
connected to the PAGE jack on the primary
processor module in the control unit. See also
Simultaneous Paging.
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