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MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 7.0
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555-670-116
Issue 1
April 1999
7
Release 6.0 Enhancements (February 1998)
■ WinSPM
The System Programming and Maintenance (SPM) software is
now available in a Windows format called WinSPM. For R6.1
and later systems, WinSPM provides a graphical user interface
(GUI) for those tasks most commonly performed by the system
manager. Pictorial representations of system components, such
as modules and their vintages and the creation of MLX
telephone button labels appear on WinSPM. Supported in
Windows 95
, Windows NT, and Windows 98, WinSPM is also
backwards-compatible with previous DOS versions of SPM and
is available on CD-ROM.
■ Windows NT Driver
The MERLIN LEGEND Windows NT PBX driver is available in
R6.1. When coupled with the CentreVU Telephony Services
application, the driver provides true server-based Computer
Telephony Integration (CTI). The new driver requires a MERLIN
LEGEND System of Release 5.0 or later and servers and PCs
that support the applications.
Release 6.0 Enhancements (February 1998)
Release 6.0 includes all Release 5.0 functionality, plus the
enhancements listed below.
■ Private Networks
In Hybrid/PBX mode systems only, MERLIN LEGEND
Communications Systems can be networked with one another
or with DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server (ECS)
and ProLogix™ Communications Systems in private networks.
In previous releases, this functionality is available using tie
lines, but users handle calls between networked switches as
outside calls. In this release, dialing the pool access code is not
necessary for a call going from one networked switch to
another. Also, delay-start tie trunks or T1 trunks administered as
PRI can act as
tandem trunks
to connect networked systems.
Available for Hybrid/PBX mode systems, the private network
features of the MERLIN LEGEND Communications System
Release 6.0 provide the following advantages for
geographically dispersed organizational sites:
— Intersystem Calling. In a private network, users on one
local system can call extensions on other systems in the
network. Release 6.0 can support 2-, 3-, 4-, or 5-digit dial
plans. They dial these extensions as inside calls. To
implement this function, the system manager programs the
extension ranges of remote networked switches to create a
non-local dial plan. This programming does not actually
affect numbering on the remote system. To correctly set up
systems for transparent calling among non-local dial plan
extensions, the system manager assigns networking tie and/
or PRI tandem trunks to pools. Then he or she programs up
to 20 patterns, associated routes, Facility Restriction Levels
(FRLs), digit absorption, and digit prepending. This allows
ARS-like routing of non-local dial plan calls. In addition,
system managers can control whether calling name, calling
number, or both are shown at MLX display telephones for
incoming calls across PRI tandem trunks.