Mitel MIVOICE OFFICE 250, Installation And Administration Manual

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Document Style Conventions
This section identifies the style conventions used throughout the manual. An extensive list of
abbreviations and acronyms used in this manual appears in the Reference chapter. See
“Abbreviations and Acronyms” on page 1-380 .
British English and American English References
This document supports the requirements of technicians in the United States of America (USA),
Canada, and Mitel European market, which includes the United Kingdom (UK). Because of this dual
North American and European support, dual references are made to industry features, standards,
and jargon, as appropriate throughout the document. Terms used in the Mitel European market
appear in brackets [<
European equivalent
>]. For the purposes of this addendum, British English
terms are assumed to apply to other English-speaking European cultures, as well.
For example, the U.S. telecom industry refers to an audio communication line between a public
switching system and a private switching system as a “central office (CO) trunk.” In the UK, this
same type of line is called a “local exchange trunk.” Applying the dual-reference guideline would
result in the following statements:
• During system installation, the technician connects CO trunks [local exchange trunks] to the
LSM-2 or LSM-4 modules.
• To turn the Diagnostics Mode on or off at an administrator phone, the system administrator enters
9900 [9100 in Europe].
However, this document does not make a similar distinction between American English and British
English spellings of common words. Only American English spellings appear in this document. For
example, the word “analog” is
not
also spelled “analogue,” inasmuch as the meaning is clear.
References to “Endpoints”
Starting with the v4.0 release:
• Digital endpoints are now referred to as digital telephones.
• IP endpoints are now referred to as IP phones.
Prior to v4.0, this document used the term “endpoint” to describe the devices that the MiVoice Office
250 family of products supports over Internet Protocol. In this context, digital and IP phones are
endpoints, as are data modules, fax machines, computer telephony (CT) gateways, Single-Line
Adapters (SLA), IP Single-Line Adapters (IP-SLA), Media Gateway Control Protocol
(MGCP)/Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) gateways, Audio and Web Conferencing (AWC), and
answering machines.
To promote clear communication and understanding, commonly accepted names of endpoints are
used as appropriate. In particular, desktop IP phones may also be referred to as IP phones. Digital
endpoints may also referred to as digital telephones. Wireless endpoints may also referred to as
wireless phones. And, analog single line endpoints are also referred to as single line phones or
single line sets.