Nortel Modular Ics 6.1 System Coordinator Guide
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P0603535 02 Modular ICS 6.1 System Coordinator Guide Glossary A access code: Different sequences of characters used to gain access to these Norstar features: Line pools, Call park, external lines, Direct-Dial telephone, Auto DN, and DISA DN. Destination codes are also a form of access code. alarm code: A number that appears on the alarm telephone display, informing you that the ICS has detected a fault in the system. alarm telephone: A telephone that is designated to receive reports of Norstar system problems. This function is usually assigned to a prime telephone, but this can be changed under Feature settings in Sys prgrammng. Answer button: A telephone button with an indicator that is used to monitor another telephone. The answer button indicates incoming calls destined for the other telephone. Someone working at a telephone with answer buttons (an attendant, for example) can receive all ringing and visual indication of incoming calls for other telephones, and answer those calls when necessary. One telephone can have up to four Answer buttons. An Answer button is automatically assigned to a telephone when that telephone is assigned an Answer DN. Answer DN: The internal or directory number (DN) of a telephone that is monitored by an Answer button. You can assign up to four Answer DNs to a telephone under Line Access in Terminals and Sets programming. Autobumping: ²¡ÚÞ A feature that determines what the system does with new Call Log items when your Call Log is full. When Autobumping is on, a new log entry causes the oldest entry to be deleted. If Autobumping is off, your Norstar system does not log calls when your log is full. autodial button: A memory button that, if programmed, provides one-touch dialing of external or internal numbers. autolog options: ²¥¡Ý A feature that allows you to select the type of calls that are stored in your Call Log. You can choose to log calls that were not answered by anyone within the system, to log calls that were unanswered at this telephone but which were answered elsewhere in the system, to log all calls answered and not answered at this telephone, or to not have calls automatically logged. Automatic Dial: A feature that allows you to dial without having to pick up the receiver or select a line. You must have a prime line to use Automatic Dial. Automatic Dial is assigned under Dialing options in Terminals&Sets programming. Automatic handsfree: A feature which automatically activates handsfree operation when you make or answer a call. Automatic handsfree is assigned under handsfree in Terminals&Sets programming. Automatic Hold: A feature that automatically places an active call on hold when you select another line.Automatic Hold ( Full AutoHold) is assigned in Lines programming. Automatic Privacy: See Privacy. Automatic Daylight Savings Time: A feature that switches the system to standard or daylight savings time at pre-programmed times. It is
262 / Glossary Modular ICS 6.1 System Coordinator Guide P0603535 02 turned on or off under Daylight time in Sys prgrmmng. Automatic Telephone Relocation: A feature that allows a telephone to retain personal and system programming when the telephone is plugged into a different Norstar modular jack. Automatic Telephone Relocation is enabled under Set relocation in Sys prgrmmng. auxiliary ringer: A separate external telephone ringer or bell which can be programmed to ring when a line or a telephone rings. An auxiliary ringer may be programmed to ring only when the system is in a particular schedule. Programming of an auxiliary ringer is done in Services programming after the feature has been enabled under Capabilities in Terminals&Sets programming. B Base station (XC 3.0 only): A Companion component that is mounted on walls and ceilings to provide a radio link to an office or other area where Companion portable telephones are used. Each base station houses two radios that allow portables to send and receive calls through the ICS. (See also Companion Wireless) Background Music: A feature that allows you to hear music from the speaker of your Norstar telephone. It is available only if a music source has been attached to the ICS and the feature has been enabled under Feature settings in Sys prgrmmng. Basic password: A one- to six-digit password that prevents unauthorized access to the most commonly-used telephone settings. The Basic password can be assigned and changed in Passwords programming.Business series terminals These terminals were developed to replace the Norstar M-series terminals. Therefore, their functionality closely parallels the M-series terminals. busy lamp field (BLF): A device with a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel of indicators that shows the status of up to 24 telephones in the Norstar system. The BLF attaches to the M7310 and T7316/T7316E telephones. button caps: Interchangeable plastic caps that fit over the buttons of Norstar telephones. They are used to indicate the features programmed onto each programmable memory button. Button caps are either pre-printed or have clear windows that allow you to insert labels. Button Inquiry: ²¥â With this feature you can check the function of each programmable button on your system telephone. C Call Duration timer: ²àà A feature that allows you to see how long you spent on your last call, or how long you have been on your present call. Call Forward: ²ÝA feature that forwards all the calls arriving at your telephone to another telephone in your Norstar system. To have calls forwarded outside the system, use Line Redirection. Call Forward No Answer: A feature that forwards all calls arriving at your telephone to another designated telephone in your Norstar system after a specific number of rings. Call Forward No Answer is assigned under Capabilities in Terminals&Sets programming.
Glossary / 263 P0603535 02 Modular ICS 6.1 System Coordinator Guide Call Forward On Busy: A feature that forwards all calls at your telephone to another designated telephone if your telephone is busy. This feature is assigned under Capabilities in Terminals&Sets programming. Call Forward Override: An automatic system feature that allows you to call someone and ask them to stop forwarding their calls to you. Call Information: ²¡ÚÚ Call Information allows you to display information about incoming calls. For external calls, you can display the caller name, telephone number and the line name. For an internal call, you can display the name of the caller and the internal number. You can obtain information about ringing, answered, or held calls. Call Log: ²¡ÚÛEnter your Call Log to view a record of incoming calls. The log could contain the following information for each call: sequence number in the Call Log, name and number of caller, long distance indication, indication if the call was answered, time and date of the call, number of repeated calls from the same source, and name of the line that the call came in on. See Autobumping, Autolog options, and Call Log for further information. Call Park: ²àÝ With this feature you can place a call on hold so that someone can retrieve it from any other telephone in the Norstar system by selecting an internal line and entering a retrieval code. The retrieval code appears on the display of your telephone when you park the call. You can park up to 25 calls on the system at one time. Call Park Callback: See Callback.Call Park prefix: The first digit of the retrieval code of a parked call. This digit cannot conflict with the first digit of any existing DNs, Line Pool access codes, the Direct-dial digit, or the external line access code. The default Call Park prefix digit is 1. It may be set to none, in which case Call Park is disabled. Call Park prefix is assigned under Access codes in Sys prgrmmng. Call Pickup Directed: ²àß A feature that allows you to answer a call ringing at any system telephone by entering the internal number of that telephone before taking the call. Call Pickup Directed is enabled under Feature settings in Sys prgrmmng. Call Pickup Group: See Pickup Group. Call Queuing: ²¡âÚ If you have several calls waiting at your telephone, you can invoke the Call Queuing feature to answer them in order of priority. Priority is given to incoming calls, followed by callback and camped calls. Callback: If you park, camp, or transfer a call to another telephone and it is not answered there, it will ring again at your telephone. How long the system will wait before Callback occurs is set under Feature settings in Sys prgrmmng . Camp-on: ²¡Û A feature that allows you to reroute a call to a telephone even if all the lines on that telephone are busy. To answer a camped call, use Call Queuing or select a line if the camped call appears on your telephone. Priority is given to queued calls. Note: Systems which use a centralized voice mail system attached to a Meridian 1, can provide this service to all nodes of the network.
264 / Glossary Modular ICS 6.1 System Coordinator Guide P0603535 02 Camp timeout: The length of a delay before a camped call is returned to the telephone that camped the call. The length of delay is set under Feature settings in Sys prgrmmng. Central answering position (CAP): An M7324 telephone and one or more CAP modules or a T7316E telephone and one or more KIMs that are designated as a CAP under CAP assign in Sys prgrmmng. The CAP provides backup answering and can be used to monitor the telephones within a Norstar system. Buttons can also be programmed under Button programming, in this configuration. Class of Service (COS): The set of Norstar features and lines available to the user for a call. The Class of Service for a call is determined by the restriction filters and remote access packages assigned to the telephone in Lines programming. The Class of Service for a call can be changed by entering a six- digit Class of Service password. (Internal users cannot change their access to features with a COS password, only their restriction filters.) Class of Service and Class of Service passwords are assigned in Passwords programming. See Remote Access. Class of Service password: ²ß¡ A six-digit code that allows you to switch from your current Class of Service to one that allows you to dial numbers prohibited by your current Class of Service. Companion Wireless: The name for Nortel Networks communication systems which use radio technology to transmit and receive signals between its components and the Norstar system. Companion Wireless provides mobility in the workplace. Calls that used to ring just at your Norstar set can also appear and ring at your portable.Companion portable telephone: Hand-held wireless sets which allow complete mobility within the reach of Companion base stations or an external antenna. Portables offer many, but not all, Norstar features and share much of the same programming as wired desk sets. Conference: ²Ü A feature allows you to establish a three-person call at your Norstar telephone. contrast adjustment: ²¥àAllows you to set the contrast level of your telephone display. control telephone: A control telephone can place the lines for which it has responsibility in or out of a Service Mode. The direct-dial telephone is a control telephone for directing calls to the extra direct-dial telephone. A telephone is made a control telephone and has lines assigned to it in Services programming. Coordinated Dialing Plan: (CDP) This dialing plan uses a steering code to identify each node in a private network. This one-digit code becomes part of the set DN number rather than a separate code. In this way, system A might have codes in range 2100 to 2999, whereas system B might have codes in range 3100 to 3999. COS: See Class of Service. cursor: A short horizontal line that appears on the system telephone display to indicate that characters can be entered using the dialpad.
Glossary / 265 P0603535 02 Modular ICS 6.1 System Coordinator Guide D data terminal: A device, such as a modem, that can be used to transfer data instead of sound over a telephone network. You cannot use Norstar programming to set up such devices. See the documentation that accompanies the device. date: See Show Time or Time and Date. defaults: The settings for all Norstar features when the system is first installed. Settings are changed from their defaults in programming. In this manual, default settings are shown in bold text. Delayed Ring Transfer (DRT) to prime: After a specified number of rings, this feature transfers an unanswered call on an external line, to the prime telephone associated with that line. This feature is activated under Feature settings in Sys prgrmmng. destination code: A two- to seven- digit number that the system interprets and then translates into the digits that you want dialed out. Both the code and its associated dialed digits are assigned under Routing service in Services programming. dialing restriction: See Restriction filter. dialing modes: ²¥¡Û This feature allows you to set the dialing mode of your telephone. Norstar supports three dialing modes: Automatic Dial, Pre-Dial, and Standard Dial. All three modes support on-hook dialing, meaning you can dial a call without picking up the receiver. The special features of the Automatic and Pre-Dial modes are available only when you dial on-hook.Direct-dial: A feature that allows you to dial a designated telephone in your Norstar system with a single digit, such as the main receptionist. As many as five direct dial sets can be established. Each telephone in the system is assigned to one direct-dial telephone. There is a single, system wide digit for calling the assigned direct-dial telephone of any telephone. Direct-dial telephones are established in System programming. Telephones are assigned to a direct-dial telephone under Capabilities in Terminals&Sets programming. Direct-dial #: A digit used system- wide to call the Direct-dial telephone. The digit is assigned under Access codes in Sys prgrmmng. Direct-dial number: The digit used to call the direct-dial telephone. Direct inward system access (DISA): The feature that allows remote users to dial directly into the Norstar system and use Norstar features. Callers will hear stuttered dial tone and will be required to enter a Class of Service password to gain access to the system. See Remote Access. directed pickup: See Call Pickup Directed. Directory number (DN): A unique number that is automatically assigned to each telephone or data terminal. The DN, also referred to as an internal number, is often used to identify a telephone when settings are assigned during programming. Default DN assignments start at 221. DISA DN: The received number assigned to the Norstar direct inward system access facility. If a caller dials a number that is assigned to the DISA DN, the caller hears stuttered dial tone and must enter a Class of Service
266 / Glossary Modular ICS 6.1 System Coordinator Guide P0603535 02 password. Once the password is accepted, the caller hears system dial tone and can use Remote Access features. See Remote Access. Disconnect Supervision: A setting that enables the Norstar system to detect if an external caller hangs up. Once an external caller hangs up, the Norstar system can disconnect its line. Disconnect Supervision is enabled under Trunk/Line data in Lines programming. display: A liquid crystal display (LCD) on the telephone that guides you through feature operation and programming. display button: The Norstar M7310 telephone and M7324 telephone and the Business Series Terminal T7316 and T7316E are each equipped with three buttons located directly beneath the display. During feature operation or programming, some or all of these buttons may be used to provide further options. If an option is available, it is shown in the bottom row of the two-row display, directly above the corresponding display button. Display buttons are represented in this manual as underlined capital, such as OK. DN: See Directory number. Do Not Disturb: ²¡Þ A feature that stops calls from ringing at your telephone. Only Priority Calls will ring at your telephone. A line button will flash when you receive a call, but the call will not ring . DTMF: See Dual tone multifrequency. dual tone multifrequency: Two distinct telephone signaling tones used for dialing. E Emergency 911 dialing: The capability to access a public emergency response system by dialing the digits 9-1-1. State and local requirements for support of Emergency 911 Dialing service by Customer Premises Equipment vary. Consult your local telecommunications service provider regarding compliance with applicable laws and regulations. emergency telephone: A single-line telephone, also referred to as a 500/2500 telephone, that becomes active when there is no power to the ICS. evening schedule: See Schedules, and Services. event message: Event messages are stored in the system log and displayed during a Maintenance session. They record a variety of events and activities in the Norstar system. exceptions: See Overrides. external call: A call to a destination outside the Norstar system. External Call Forward: See Line Redirection. external code: The number you dial to get an external line. By default it is 9, but this can be changed under Access codes in Sys prgrmmng. You do not always need an external code. It is primarily to support the M7100 and T7100 telephones, and single-line telephones using an Analog Terminal Adapter. external line: A line on your system telephone used for making calls to destinations outside the Norstar system. external music source: See Music source.
Glossary / 267 P0603535 02 Modular ICS 6.1 System Coordinator Guide external paging: A feature you can use to make voice announcements over an externally-mounted loudspeaker connected to the ICS. The external speaker is not a Norstar component and must be supplied by the customer. F feature button: Many Norstar features are invoked by pressing the Feature ( ²) button followed by a feature code. The feature button is also used to exit a feature. feature code: A number that is used to activate a particular feature. Feature programming: ²¥Ü Allows you to program a feature code onto a memory button. Forward: See Call Forward. Full Autohold (on idle line): When this feature is on, if you select an available line and then do something that selects another line, the first line is put on hold. Full Autohold is enabled under Trunk/Line data in Lines programming. Full handsfree: See handsfree. G Group Listening: ²¡âÛ A feature that allows you to have others in your office hear a caller through your telephone speaker. The caller hears you only when you speak into the receiver. They cannot hear other people in the office. You can cancel Group Listen for the current call. Group Listen is cancelled automatically when you hang up the Group Listen call. H Handsfree: A feature you can use to make calls without using the telephone receiver. Full Handsfree is activated under Capabilities in Terminals&Sets programming. When it is activated, a handsfree/mute button is automatically assigned to the telephone. Handsfree (HF) Answerback: When activated, this feature automatically turns on the microphone at a telephone receiving a Voice Call so that the person receiving the call can respond without lifting the receiver. It is activated under Capabilities in Terminals&Sets programming. Handsfree/Mute button: See handsfree. Hardware: A section in programming that shows what equipment has been installed in the ICS. This section is accessed by the installer. headset: A head-mounted or ear-mounted telephone receiver that is used instead of the hand-held receiver. Headsets are not Norstar components and must be supplied by the customer. Held (Line) Reminder: A system telephone rings and displays the message On hold: LINENAM when an external call has been placed on hold for a certain period of time. The Held Line Reminder feature and Remind delay are set under Feature settings in Sys prgrmmng . HF Answerback: See handsfree answerback. Hold button: ³ This button is used to suspend calls so that the person using the telephone can perform another task without disconnecting the caller. Hook Switch Flash: See Link time.
268 / Glossary Modular ICS 6.1 System Coordinator Guide P0603535 02 Host system signaling: (Also referred to as end-to-end signaling.) System telephones can access a remote system or dial a number on an alternate carrier by means of host feature activation, such as Link, Pause and Run/ Stop. Hospitality The Hospitality features allow business which use hospitality telephones, or room-based telephones, to control access, alarms, and maintenance duties through the telephones. Hotline: This feature automatically calls a pre-assigned number when the telephone receiver is lifted or the handsfree/mute button is pressed. A Hotline number can be an internal or external number. Hotline is assigned under Capabilities in Terminals&Sets programming. Hunt group: The hunt groups feature allows a group of sets to be called by a single directory number ensuring that calls are easily routed to the appropriate group. I I/C: An abbreviation of intercom. ICS (integrated communication system): The central hardware component in the Norstar system. The ICS has its own processor and memory, and provides a physical point of connection for the various types of devices, telephones, and expansion modules used in Norstar. The ICS can function on its own as a basic system (with 32 system telephones and up to 48 external lines), or with the addition of Trunk Modules (TM) that supports more external lines, or Station Modules (SM) that support more system telephones.Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN): A digital telephone service that allows for a combination voice and data connection over a single, high-speed connection. ISDN service can operate over the same copper twisted-pair telephone line as analog telephone service. intercom button: A button that provides access to internal lines used for calls within a Norstar system and access to external lines through a line pool or external code. A telephone may be assigned zero to eight Intercom buttons. This is done under Line access in Terminals&Sets programming. intercom keys: See Intercom button. internal line: A line on your telephone dedicated to making calls to destinations inside your Norstar system. An internal line may still connect you with an external caller if you use it to access a line pool or to pick up a call using Norstar call handling features such as Call Park or Call Pickup Directed. internal number: A number, also referred to as a Directory Number or DN, that identifies a Norstar telephone or device. internal user: Someone using a system telephone within a Norstar system. ISDN: See integrated services digital network. ISDN DN: A directory number (DN) used by ISDN terminal equipment connected to the ICS. The system uses a maximum of thirty ISDN DNs. K key indicator module (KIM): This module is configured similarly to the CAP module except that, as an eKIM, it can support multiple target lines and Hunt Group DNs. You can
Glossary / 269 P0603535 02 Modular ICS 6.1 System Coordinator Guide attach one or more module to a T7316E telephone. L Last Number Redial: ²Þ A feature that allows you to redial the last external number you dialed. Fixed line: A telecommunications line between two service points leased from a communications carrier for private use, usually incurring a monthly service rate. Fixed lines setting is used solely by data modules. Least cost routing: See Routing service. line: The complete path of a voice or data connection between one telephone (or other device) and another. Lines: A programming section that allows you to assign settings to each trunk and external line. Lines programming can be done by an Installer or a System Coordinator Plus. A System Coordinator can program the name of a line. Line number: A number that identifies an external line. The total number of lines depends on how many Trunk Modules are installed. Line Pool: ²ßÝA group of lines used for making external calls. Line pools provide an efficient way of giving a telephone access to external lines without taking up many line buttons. A line is assigned to be part of a line pool under Trunk/ Line data in Lines programming. Line Redirection: ²¡Ý A feature that allows you to redirect all calls on an incoming line to a destination outside the Norstar system. Once a line is redirected it cannot be answered within the Norstar system. The system may be set up to give a brief ring when a call comes in on a redirected line, under Capabilities in Terminals&Sets programming. This feature differs from Call Forward in two ways: It redirects only external calls, not internal calls, and it redirects calls to destinations outside the system. Call forward redirects calls only to destinations inside the Norstar system. See Call Forward. Link: ²àÚ If your Norstar system is connected to a Private Branch Exchange (PBX), you can use a Link signal to access special features. The Link signal can also be included as part of a longer stored sequence on an External Autodial button or in a Speed Dial code. The Link symbol ( ¤) uses two of the 24 spaces in a dialing sequence. Long Tones: ²¡â¡A feature that allows you to control the length of a tone so that you can signal devices such as fax or answering machines which require tones longer than the standard 120 milliseconds. Lunch schedule: See Schedules, and Services. M M7000 telephone This telephone has a no display. It does have four memory buttons. (Note this telephone is only supported on systems running Profile 2, 3, or 4). M7100 telephone: A telephone with a single line display and one programmable memory button without an indicator. M7208 telephone: A telephone with a single-line display and eight programmable memory buttons with indicators.
270 / Glossary Modular ICS 6.1 System Coordinator Guide P0603535 02 M7310 telephone: A telephone that has a two-line display, three display buttons, 10 programmable memory buttons with indicators, and 12 dual memory programmable buttons without indicators. An M7310 can be equipped with a Busy Lamp Field. M7324 telephone: A telephone with a two-line display, three display buttons, and 24 programmable memory buttons with indicators. An M7324 telephone can be equipped with a CAP module. Malicious Caller ID (MCID) This feature is a European ETSI-based network feature that allows a user to use ²¡áà record the caller information at the service provider. memory buttons: Buttons that can be programmed to dial frequently used features or numbers automatically. See M7100/T7100, M7208/T7208, M7310, T7316/T7316E, and M7324 telephone entries for their exact memory button configurations. message: A feature that allows you to send a message to another Norstar user. The Message feature also allows you to know if you have any messages waiting and maintains a Message Waiting List to keep a record of your internal messages and your (external) voice mail messages. Message Waiting Indicator: PRI lines can provide the signal that cause the set to display a message-waiting message, or light a lamp on the set to indicate a voice message. Monitoring See Silent Monitoring. Move Line buttons: ²¥¡Ú A feature that allows you to move assigned lines to different buttons (with indicators) on your telephone.Music source: A radio or other source of music can be connected to the Integrated Communication System to provide music for the Music on Hold and Background Music features. A music source is not part of the Norstar system and must be supplied by the customer. N Names: Names can be assigned to System Speed Dial numbers, external lines, telephones, and service schedules. This is done in programming. You can use up to 16 characters to name a System Speed Dial number, and seven characters to name a telephone, line, or schedule. If a Name has not been assigned, the line number or DN will appear on the display instead of a name. Network DN: A number supplied by the ISDN network service provider for ISDN terminal equipment. Night schedule: See Schedules, and Services. O On hold: A setting, programmed under Feature settings in Sys prgrmmng , that controls whether external callers hear music, periodic tones, or silence when they are placed on hold. overlay: See Programming overlay. overflow: A setting in Routing Service that allows users to decide what path an outgoing call will take if all the lines used in a particular route are in use when the call is made. Overrides: One component of a restriction filter. Overrides are numbers you can dial even if they are forbidden by a more general restriction. See Restrictions.