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MERLIN LEGENDCommunications System Release 6.1
System Planning
555-661-112
Issue 1
August 1998
Data Communications
Page 5-35Assigning Features to Data Stations
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Assigning Features to Data Stations 5
Many of the features used for voice calls (as described earlier in this guide) can
also be assigned to data stations. This section describes these features and how
to assign them to each ISDN terminal adapter or modem data station. This
includes: modem data stations with an MLX telephone using an MFM, ISDN
terminal adapter data stations with a telephone, and modem and ISDN terminal
adapter data-only stations (data stations with no telephone).
NOTE:NOTE:NOTE:
Features cannot be independently assigned to modem data stations
connected to analog multiline telephones using a General-Purpose Adapter
(GPA). The feature assignment for the telephone also includes the modem;
therefore, the following planning instructions are not used for these types of
data stations.
The following optional features can be assigned to data stations:
■ Account Code Entry. This feature allows tracking of outgoing data calls
for billing, forecasting, or budget reports.
■ Auto Answer All. This feature allows a modem with automatic answering
capability to answer data calls when the user is away from the data station.
Supports analog voice and modem data stations only.
■ Automatic Route Selection (Hybrid/PBX Mode Only). This feature routes
calls over outside lines/trunks according to the number dialed and the
lines/trunks available. Therefore, the system can be programmed to select
the least expensive route for each data call over either PRI, NI-1 BRI, or T1
Switched 56 facilities.
■ Calling Restrictions. These features inhibit line access, and allow
companies to control and manage communications costs for outgoing data
calls.
■ Data Status. This button allows monitoring of station activity (busy, not
busy) at any data station. Although this feature is similar to having an
Inside Auto Dial or Signaling button because it lights the green LED to
indicate extension-busy status, pressing the button has no effect. It does
not dial the data extension number. Thus, the button does not interfere with
a data call in progress, unlike an Auto Dial button, which dials its
programmed number.
■ Personal Lines. This feature provides direct access from an ISDN terminal
adapter data station to outside lines that support the PRI, NI-1 BRI, or T1
Switched 56 interface.
■ Idle Line Preference. This feature automatically selects the first available
line for data calls.
■ Last Number Dialed. This feature automatically places a call to the last
number dialed from that data station. The dialing sequence must include
dial-out code for outside calls.