Lucent Technologies MERLIN LEGEND 6 - Manual (Page 442)

MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 6.0
System Manager’s Guide
555-660-118
Issue 1
February 1998
Glossary
Page GL-18
MFM (Multi-Function Module) Adapter that has a tip/ring mode
for answering machines, modems, fax machines, and
tip/ring alerts, and an
SAA mode for -48 VDC alerts. It is
installed inside an MLX telephone and is used to connect
optional equipment to the telephone. The optional
equipment and the telephone operate simultaneously and
independently.
MLX-5 or MLX-5D
telephone 5-line button digital telephone offered with (MLX-5D) or
without (MLX-5) a 2-line by 24-character display
.
MLX-10, MLX-10D
or MLX-10DP
telephone 10-line button digital telephone offered with (MLX-10D) or
without (MLX-10) a 2-line by 24-character display. The
MLX-10DP allows connection of
Passageway Direct
Connection Solution.
MLX-16DP
telephone 16-line button digital telephone offered with a 2-line by 24-
character display, allowing connection of
Passageway
Direct Connection Solution.
MLX-20L
telephone 20-line button digital telephone with a 7-line by
24-character display.
MLX-28D
telephone 28-line button digital telephone with a 2-line by
24-character display.
mode codes Streams of touch-tone codes used by voice messaging
applications to communicate with the system’s control unit.
modem Device that converts digital data signals to analog signals
for transmission over a telephone line, and analog signals
received on a telephone line to digital signals.
modem data
station A type of data station that includes a modem as its DCE. It
may also include an MLX telephone for simultaneous voice
and data (MLX voice and modem data station), an analog
multiline telephone (analog voice and modem data
station), or a single-line telephone for dialing only (modem
data-only station). These data stations connect respectively
to MLX, analog, or tip/ring extension jack modules. They
provide analog transmission of data.
modem pool Pair, or group of pairs, of modems and data modules with
interconnected RS-232 interfaces that converts digital
signals to analog, or analog signals to digital, thereby
allowing users with
ISDN terminal adapter data stations to
communicate with users who have analog modem data
stations.