MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 7.0
System Programming
555-670-111
Issue 1
April 1999
Glossary
GL-13
F
Expansion Carrier
Carrier added to the control unit when the basic carrier
cannot house all of the required modules. Houses a power
supply module and up to six additional modules.
ExpressRoute
1000
Data communications device that allows connection
between an RS-232
DTE
device and the control unit, using
MLX extension jacks on an MLX module.
Extended
Superframe
Format
See
Extension
Endpoint
on the internal side of the communications
system. An extension can be a telephone with or without an
adjunct. Also called “station.” See also
.
Extension Jack
An analog, digital, or
tip/ring
physical interface on a module
in the control unit for connecting a telephone or other
device to the system. Also called “station jack.”
Extension
Programming
Programming performed at an extension to customize
telephones for personal needs; users can program features
on buttons, set the telephone ringing pattern, and so on.
See also
Centralized Telephone Programming
.
Facility
Equipment (often a
line/trunk
) constituting a
telecommunications path between the system and the
telephone company central office (
CO
).
Facility Restriction
Level
See
.
Factory Setting
Default state of a device or feature when an optional setting
is not programmed by the user or system manager.
Fax
Facsimile
. Scanning and transmission of a graphic image
over a telecommunications facility, or the resulting
reproduced image, or the machine that does the scanning
and transmitting.
Fax Attendant
System
Fax-handling and processing application available with
AUDIX Voice Power
.
FCC
Federal Communications Commission
.
Feature
Function or service provided by the system.
Feature Code
Code entered on a dialpad to activate a feature.
Feature Module
Prior to Release 3.0, circuit pack inserted into the
processor module
, used to provide system features and
replaced when the system is upgraded.
