Features and services
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Meridian Data Services
Description
Keypad dialing
Description This feature allows the ASIM to initiate and/or terminate
asynchronous or synchronous data calls to in-house or remote hosts using the
ASIM keypad.
Provision Keypad dialing capability is provided on ASIM terminals with a
standard 12-button dial pad that has the digits 0 through 9, plus the * and
the #.
Synchronous Data Switching
Description This capability allows synchronous terminals to have switched
access to local and remote computers equipped with synchronous ports.
Interaction This feature is supported by the synchronous QMT8, QMT12,
ADM, and ASIM.
Hotline
Description This feature is used when a data user always wants to access a
particular data station.
Hotline from QMT8 This feature is used with keyboard dialing and is
similar to and uses the Automatic Dialing software. Hotline is accessed from
the data terminal by
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turning DTE on
•
switching DTE from off-line to on-line
•
operating the carriage return (CR) key
Hotline from QMT11 If the ASIM and the hotline key are ON, the feature is
activated by
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turning the DTE on
•
releasing a call and entering a carriage return command
•
momentarily depowering the ASIM when the DTE is on
Hotline uses the assigned AUTO-DIAL key.
At a co-located data station, the data DN may be assigned Hotline, while the
voice DN may be assigned AUTO-DIAL.
