D
Data Link Error: This phrase appears on the PC Attendant’s monitor if there has been a temporary loss of
communication between the PC Attendant station and the DXP operating system. The system will reset itself in
order to continue call-handling activities.
Delete key: allows attendant to delete extension numbers from the Intercom window.
Dialpad: Buttons 0 through 9,
✳
and # used for dialing.
Direct Inward Station Dialing (DISD): Allows an outside party to call an intercom station directly without an
attendant’s assistance.
Direct Station Selection/Busy Lamp Field (DSS/BLF): Using one button to place intercom calls. Busy lamp field
or BLF is a term for a light that identifies current call status of a DSS station.
Directory: Contains a list of all available intercom numbers and any names associated with those numbers.
Do not disturb: A mode that disables incoming call ringing (audible) and intercom calling.
DXP operating system: The DXP hardware/ software equipment combination that controls all call activity and all
system features.
E
End key: Moves cursor to the end of current window.
Enter key: Launches or initiates selected functions.
Escape key: Returns the PC Attendant to a main screen from a Help screen; allows attendant to move the cursor
from the main screen to the pull-down menus.
H
Headset key: Allows attendant to alternate between handset and headset modes. When headset is activated, handset
remains active for listening only.
Help key: Activates context-sensitive Help screens.
Hold key: Places current call on hold.
Home key: Moves cursor to beginning of current window.
I
I. D.: Allows the attendant to enter a short tag (up to 14 characters) to an incoming call in order to identify the call if
it returns to the attendant.
Insert key: Allows attendant to add extension numbers to Intercom window.
Intercom key: Allows attendant to make calls to any extension within the system.
Intercom window: Displays the names/numbers and status of all intercoms within your system.
L
Line greeting: A message (up to two lines in length) that appears when a call comes in on a line for which a
particular greeting is needed. The attendant assigns these greetings to the lines through system programming.
Line key: Allows attendant to make an outgoing call.
M
Menu bar: Appears at the top of the main screen; provides system programming and call-handling options.
Message key: Activates a message-waiting light at a station; accesses the text messaging features.
Mute key: A fixed feature button that keeps a distant party from hearing your conversation.
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