Microtel CellStat v.1.22 - Manual (Page 36)

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APPENDIX B: Glossary of Dialer Terminology
Acknowledge Stops the dialer from placing additional calls concerning an
alarm condition. Acknowledgment can be made by entering
the '*' during alarm playback, with call-back acknowledge, or
by an auto acknowledge phone escape sequence (*4)
embedded within the telephone number.
Alarm condition An event detected by the dialer usually causing a phone call.
Call-spacing The time delay between successive answered, but
unacknowledged telephone calls.
Intercall delay Same as Call-spacing.
I/O channel A dialer to outside world connection.
New alarm Any alarm that has not yet initiated a call out sequence or an
alarm still present after the snooze delay.
Phone number A sequence of up to 30 digits used to dial a phone number
and/or perform a dial escape sequence function.
SMS Short Messaging System, a standard for transmitting short
textual messages of about 160 characters via cellular networks.
Snooze delay The time between when an alarm is acknowledged and when it
begins to cause calls again.
Unlatched type A fault which self-clears if the alarm-causing condition goes
away.