Lucent Technologies DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8.2 Instructions Manual

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Feature Description
MMCH’s two levels of functionality for a multimedia complex, Basic and 
Enhanced mode, are enabled either by switch administration or by an mm-basic 
feature button or FAC.
Basic Mode Operation
In Basic Mode:
nAll voice-only calls originate at the voice station.
nAll multimedia calls originate with the H.320 DVC system. 
nAll incoming voice...

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Enhanced Mode Operation
The Enhanced multimedia complex provides a much more tightly coupled 
integration of the complex voice station and H.320 DVC system. In Enhanced 
Mode:
nBoth multimedia and voice calls must originate at the telephone set.
nVoice and multimedia calls can be controlled at the telephone set.
nConferencing is spontaneous and established just...

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The following endpoint-software packages have been tested:
nPictureTel PCS 50 & PCS 100, Release 1.6T
nProshare 2.0a, 2.1
nZydacron Z250 Ver. 2.02, Z350 Ver. 1.2 (With Netmeeting 2.0)
MMI & VC hardware
The MMCH feature requires the use of two additional circuit packs:
nMulti Media Interface (MMI) TN787J.
nVoice Conditioner (VC) TN788B.
The TN787 and TN788 are...

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ESM Installation
Figure Notes
Figure 11. Typical Multimedia Call handling ESM Connections
Use the following procedure and Figure 11 to connect to the ESM equipment:
1. Install the TN2207 primary rate interface (PRI) circuit pack and the TN787 
multimedia interface (MMI) circuit pack in the DEFINITY System port 
carrier. 
NOTE:
These two circuit packs should be...

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Planning for MMCH
The following are some of the tasks you perform in planning and administering 
MMCH.
Planning the system
This is a list of questions to help you use DEFINITY ECS for multimedia. 
nHow many MMCH users are you going to have? 
nHow many multimedia calls do you expect to have at any given time?
With the information above you can determine how many...

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6. Administer multimedia complexes:
nAdminister data modules — Data Module screen, or Data Module 
page of the Station screen.
nAdminister stations as part of a multimedia complex, assign 
associated data module extension, multimedia mode, service link 
mode and appropriate multimedia buttons — Station screen.
7. Administer early answer and H.320 flag for stations,...

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nCall Vector
— Multimedia (optional)
nFeature Access Codes
— Basic Mode Activation (p.5)
— Enhanced Mode Activation (p.5)
— Multimedia Call Access Code (p.5)
— Multimedia Data Conference Activation & Deactivation (p.5)
The Multimedia Data Conference Deactivation FAC must be entered after 
you are active on a multimedia call. To enter the FAC:
1. Select TRANSFER
2....

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Administration commands
System-Parameters Customer-Options form:
To enable the MMCH release 6.3 feature, you must change the 
System-Parameters Customer-Options form. There are two MMCH related fields 
on page 2 of this form.
nThe “Multimedia Call Handling (Basic)” field must be set to ‘y’ to allow 
MMCH Basic mode operation. 
nThe “Multimedia Call Handling...

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Screen 15. Data Module screen (Page 1 of 2)
Screen 16. Data Module screen (Page 2 of 2)
nTy p e — Set the data module type to 7500 or WCBRI.
nMultimedia — This field appears on the data module screen only if MM is 
set to yes on the System-Parameters Customer Options screen. Enter Y to 
enable this data module to be multimedia compliant.
nMM Complex Voice Ext:...

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Station screen 
After you have administered the BRI data module, use the Station screen to 
associate it with a voice station to screen a multimedia complex. This is a 
one-to-one relationship: you can administer only one station and one data 
endpoint per multimedia complex. Neither the voice station, nor the data endpoint 
can be a member of another multimedia...