Microtel Series 1000EX - Manual (Page 66)

MICROTEL Series 1000EX Dialer
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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 the acknowledgment
command (0**71*,0**72cc*), with call-back acknowledge, or
by an auto acknowledge phone escape sequence (*90)
embedded within the telephone number.
Alarm condition An event detected by the dialer usually causing a phone call.
Analog An I/O channel type that uses a numerical value (0.0% to
99.9%).
Call-spacing The time delay between successive answered unacknowledged
telephone calls.
Interaction delay A programmable time delay between a keyboard command and
its voice message response, to allow the user to move the
phone handset to the ear. If the keypad is located separately
from the ear piece, then a 0 delay will speed Interaction delay.
I/O channel A dialer to outside world connection.
Latched type An I/O channel parameter that will store an alarm condition
even if the alarm condition goes away. The alarm condition
will be held until the alarm is acknowledged.
New alarm Any alarm that has not yet initiated a call out sequence or an
alarm still present after the snooze delay.
Phone list A sequence up to 9 digits indicating which phone numbers to
call from the telephone directory.
Phone number A sequence of up to 60 digits used to dial a phone number or
perform a dial escape sequence function.
Report format A selection of what data is reported during a call within a
status message.
Snooze delay The time between when an alarm is acknowledged and when it
begins to cause calls again.
Unlatched type An I/O channel parameter that causes an alarm to self-clear if
the alarm condition goes away.