Lucent Technologies MERLIN LEGEND 6 - Manual (Page 117)

MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 6.0
System Manager’s Guide
555-660-118
Issue 1
February 1998
System Components
Page 3-35 Adapters
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■ Cordless telephones
■ Single-line touch-tone telephones
■ Supplemental alerts (bells, chimes, horns, and strobes)
The MFM is shipped with a power supply that supports one MFM and one DSS.
When you connect two DSSs to a telephone, ask your Lucent Technologies
representative about getting a different power supply. With either type of power
unit, the total cord length cannot exceed 50 feet (15 m) from the telephone.
The MFM supports only touch-tone dialing and does not detect pulse dialing.
You cannot transfer or conference calls from a device connected to an MFM or
use the Hold or Pickup features.
The MFM uses one of the two channels when it is active. A channel carries a
voice or data call between the system and the extension. This means you cannot
use Voice Announce and Speakerphone Paging when an adjunct (such as a fax
machine) and an MLX telephone are in use at the same time. When Voice
Announce is in use, a person calling an MFM extension gets a busy signal; a
person attempting to call out from an adjunct extension with an MFM does not get
a dial tone. Also, an adjunct connected by an MFM cannot provide a switchhook
flash.
A qualified service technician sets up your MFMs to work with either an adjunct or
a supplemental alert.
General Purpose Adapter 3
A General Purpose Adapter (GPA) enables you to connect a tip/ring (T/R)
device—such as a single-line telephone, modem, or answering machine—to an
analog multiline telephone. The device must be touch-tone, not rotary, and you
must make calls from the analog multiline telephone, because the GPA has no
pulse or touch-tone detectors.
The switch on the back of the GPA lets you choose one of the following services:
■ Basic. Use this setting to dial and answer calls on an analog multiline
telephone or to attach a T/R device such as a single-line telephone or a fax
machine. Incoming calls ring only on the analog multiline telephone.
■ Join. Use this setting to add a recording device or a single-line telephone
to a call that is in progress on the analog multiline telephone. You cannot
originate or answer calls on this setting.
■ Automatic. When using a GPA set to Automatic, you must lift the handset
before using any feature that automatically turns on the speakerphone.
These features include Authorization Codes, Auto Dial, Last Number Dial,
and Saved Number Dial. You can use this setting in two ways: