Instruction manual

MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 5.0
System Planning
555-650-112
Issue 1
June 1997
Glossary
Page GL--8
F
G
facility Equipment (often a line / trunk ) constituting a
telecommunications path between the system and the
telephone company central office (
CO ).
Facility Restriction
Level
See FRL .
factory setting Default state of a device or feature when an optional setting
is not programmed by the user or system manager.
fax (facsimile) Scanning and transmission of a graphic image
over a telecommunications facility, or the resulting
reproduced image, or the machine that does the scanning
and transmitting.
Fax Attendant
System
Fax handling and processing application available with
AUDIX Voice Power .
FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
feature Function or service provided by the system.
feature code Code entered on a dialpad to activate a feature.
feature module Prior to Release 3.0, a circuit pack inserted into the
processor module , used to provide system features and
replaced when the system is upgraded.
Feature screen Display screen on MLX display telephones; provides quick
access to commonly used features.
forced idle Condition of the system during certain programming or
maintenance procedures; system prevents initiation of new
calls.
foreign exchange See FX .
frequency
generator
See ring generator .
FRL (Facility Restriction Level) ARS calling restriction type that
restricts outgoing calls to certain specified routes.
FX (Foreign exchange) Central office ( CO ) other than the one
that is providing local access to the public telephone
network.
General Purpose
Adapter
See GPA .
glare Condition that occurs when a user tries to call out on a
loop-start line at the same time that another call arrives on
the same line.