Instruction manual

Dictation System Access

Description

This feature permits voice terminal users to access and control customer-owned dictation

equipment. System 25 can provide an interface to dictation systems that require either an

industry-standard station line port or an Auxiliary Trunk port with contact closure (equivalent

to a push-to-talk switch).

The dictation system is accessed by dialing the designated access code or by pressing a

DSS button on which this access code is stored.

Considerations

This feature allows users to access and control a shared dictation system. A dial dictation

system is essentially a sophisticated tape recorder that can respond to touch-tone signals for

physical control.

For instance, pressing the digit six might cause the dictation system to

rewind its tape; pressing the digit three might cause the dictation system to play back its

tape.

Most modern dial dictation systems interface to System 25 through an industry-standard

station line port.

However, some dictation systems require contact closure for recording

control and must interface to System 25 through a port on an Auxiliary Trunk CP (TN763) by

means of an Auxiliary Trunk Interface and a Paging/Dial Dictation Interface.

If a dictation system may be optioned for either of these interfaces, the preferred interface is

the station line port.

Interactions

The following feature interacts with Dictation System Access.

Direct Inward Dialing (DID): A DID number may match the dictation system access code.

This allows an outside caller to access the dictation equipment.

Administration Requirements

System:

● Dial dictation equipment requires a suitable port to interface to System 25. A port on

a ZTN78 Tip Ring Line or TN742 Analog Line CP is the preferred interface if the

dictation equipment can be optioned for a station port. A port on a TN763 Auxiliary

Trunk CP and its associated equipment must be used if the dictation system requires

a separate contact closure for proper operation.

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