Polycom MLS-model Telephone User Manual


 
Glossary
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Pool Access Code—Release 2.0 or later
A three-digit code used to access outside lines in a specific pool. The main pool and each auxiliary
pool are known to the system as 880, 881, 882, and 883, respectively. Users can either dial the
pool access code or press a pool button representing one of the pools to make a call.
Pool Button—Release 2.0 or later
A button with status lights on a system phone that represents a specific pool for making calls.
See also
Pooled Extension.
Pool Number—Release 2.0 or later
See
Pool Access Code.
Pooled Extension—Release 2.0 or later
An extension in Hybrid mode that has pool buttons or pool and line buttons.
See
also
Hybrid Mode
and
Key Extension.
Programmable Button
A telephone button that does not have a line or pool assigned; it can be set up to dial a number or
access a feature.
Programming
See
Centralized Telephone Programming, Extension Programming,
and
System Programming.
Programming Extension
An extension from which you can program the system; this can be either extension 10 or 11.
Proprietary Device
A telephone or other device that is designed to work with a specific system, and requires a special
interface to connect to the public telephone network. For example, system phones are proprietary
devices that can only be used with the control unit described in this guide.
See also
Industry-
standard Device.
R
RAU (Remote Administration Unit)
An auxiliary device that lets you perform system programming from a remote location.
Recall
A system feature that sends a timed switchhook flash to let you “recall” a dial tone to make another
call to or access a PBX or Centrex service. (Use Recall only on an outside call; using Recall on an
intercom call disconnects the call.)
Record a Call—Release 3.0 or later
This feature allows the user to record an active conservation in the user’s PMVS mailbox.
Reorder Tone
A fast busy signal that the system transmits to an extension when a user attempts to use a feature
that is not available to that extension.
Ringer Equivalence Number (REN)
A measure of the power it takes to ring a phone or other telecommunications device, usually shown
on a label on the bottom of the device.
Restore
The reinstating of system and telephone programming settings that have been saved on a
Backup/Restore PC Card using either Backup Programming—Automatic (#123) or Backup