GAI-Tronics TMA Version 7.5.0 Telephone Management Application (TMA) User Guide (Ver. 7.5.0 and newer) - Manual (Page 131)

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Term Definition
Outgoing Call A call originating at a telephone as either a maintenance (poll) call or a user
(voice) call.
Phone Record A collection of information and configuration data pertaining to a SMART
telephone.
Poll Call A type of maintenance call by TMA to a telephone to obtain information.
Polling The process of calling one or more telephones to obtain information about the
telephones.
Reset The act of restarting the control unit from the power-on state by pressing the reset
switch on an access panel.
SMART An acronym for Self-Monitoring And Reporting Technology
SPI An acronym for SMART Phone Interface.
Solid LED (On) Illuminated continuously.
Supervision The ability of the system to determine whether a communication path is working
properly.
System A PC running TMA and the telephones being monitored.
System
Administrator A person responsible for configuring, starting and shutting down the system.
TAPI An acronym for Telephony Application Programming Interface.
Time-out The cancellation of a particular operational mode due to the expiration of a
specified period of time.
TMA An acronym for Telephone Management Application
Transceiver A device that sends and receives signals or data.
Trouble An abnormal condition detected by the system.
Unattended
Polling A polling mechanism run automatically by TMA based on a schedule.
USB An acronym for Universal Serial Bus.
User A person who uses a GAI-Tronics telephone.
User Call A voice (telephone) call from a telephone.
Voice Line
Selector A tool used to designate how many modems and SMART Phone Interface (SPI)
applications will be in use, and which TAPI lines will be served by the SPI
applications.