PCM30 Line Drawer
Maintenance Guide BCS33 and up
5-1
List of terms
Automatic call distribution (ACD)
A set of Meridian digital centrex features that assigns answering machine
priorities to incoming calls and then queues and distributes them to a
predetermined group of telephone sets designated as answering positions.
Bus interface card (BIC)
The BIC is a circuit card located in the PCM30 line drawer. The BIC
interfaces to the PCM30 interface card that serves two 30-channel digroups
to a maximum of 60 digital exchange lines.
CCITT
See Consultative Committee on International Telephony and Telegraphy
(CCITT)
Centrex
Centralized private branch exchange. A service that provides a business
telephone subscriber with direct inward dialing to extensions on the same
system and direct outward dialing from all extensions. Centrex switching
equipment is normally located at the central office, but it may be located on
the operating company client’s premises.
Consultative Committee on International Telephony and Telegraphy (CCITT)
The Consultative Committee on International Telephony and Telegraphy
(CCITT) operates under the auspices of the United Nations and is the forum
for international agreement on recommendations for international
communication systems.
Customer terminating equipment (CTE)
CTE refers to the devices used at customer sites.
Digital multiplex system (DMS)
DMS is a central office switching system in which all external signals are
converted to digital data and stored in assigned time slots. Switching is
performed by reassigning the original time slots.