Motorola APS120 - Manual (Page 7)

The APS Custom
offers a variety of
benefits, including:
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C h a p t e r O n e
I n t r o d u c t i o n
The APS Custom is designed to meet the needs of today’s
professional workforce. Enabling quick and efficient paging
of individuals in or away from the office, the APS Custom
provides a solution for many of today’s call routing problems.
An automated paging system, the APS Custom connects to
the existing Key/PBX telephone system to automatically page
individuals, or groups of individuals (local wireless paging
only), using an overhead public address system, local wire l e s s
or wide area paging.
• Customized local wireless, wide area and
overhead paging capabilities
• No-fee local wireless paging
• Wide area paging that works with any service provider
• A single access number
• User paging method selection from any phone
• A professional, efficient and friendly communications solution
• A Windows® 95/98/NT-based Personal Computer
Interface (PCI) Program for system configuration changes
During normal PBX operation, callers that reach the APS Custom are typically asked to
select from paging a party, or transfer to another extension. The exact prompts may
vary based on user-customization. When paging is selected, the desired party’s exten-
sion and the party can be immediately paged via overhead, local wireless or wide area
paging. For more detailed information on caller paging options, refer to section 5.5,
Sending a Page.
T h e re are also eight contact closure inputs available on the APS Custom. These inputs
allow switches outside the telephone system to activate pages. Switch inputs can range
f rom simple transactions, such as an alarm, to a more sophisticated machine transaction
that triggers the APS Custom to page the requested part y. When the APS Custom detects
a contact closure, it can automatically trigger a pre-defined script containing any
combination of overhead, local wireless and wide area pages and announcements. For
example, in the f reezer section of the local supermarket, freezer temperatures are contro l l e d
via automatic t h e rmostats. If one or more of the thermostats fails, freezer temperatures can
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