Specifications

Communications Card Support
The communications card provides serial data ports for interfacing such items as open architecture interface
applications, PC attendant positions, and the SMDA data printer. Technicians install communications cards on
the auxiliary board. The auxiliary board will accept two communications cards in its front two slots. The FXT
supports a maximum of 10 serial data ports. Two of these ports are the ports provided by the CPU board while
communications cards provide the remaining eight ports. For related information, refer to the feature description
titled, Serial Data Port.
Conferencing—Multiline
This feature allows one station to access other stations or lines at the same time resulting in a conference
arrangement. Users press the transfer/conference button to establish conferencing.
A station user can make conference calls that encompass up to five parties, including the originating station, in
any combination of lines and system stations. For example, a user can conference his or her telephone with
three lines and one other station.
After establishing a conference between his or her station and two external parties, the user can drop out of the
conference by dialing a special code. The conference between the two outside parties continues in an
unsupervised condition. During unsupervised conferences, a line-to-line connection exists through the system.
The installer can use the line-to-line connect duration feature to set the length of time that the system allows an
unsupervised conference to continue. The installer can choose never as a programming option. With this
programming option active, an unsupervised conference will never recall.
NOTE: Be careful when choosing this never recall option for systems that have loop start lines without
disconnect supervision. Both distant parties can leave an unsupervised conference thus leaving
the line unused yet still active. The line will remain active until the person that set the
conference rejoins it to disconnect the line.
Conference Advisory Tone
The conference advisory tone feature allows installers to configure the system to provide an audible tone
whenever more than two parties are connected in a conference call. They may select this tone as either a one
time tone or as a periodic reoccurring tone. If they choose a reoccurring tone, they must select the time interval
between the reoccurring tones.
Console Support
The FXT supports the operation of a DSS/BLF console. The system installer must use a station port to install
each DSS/BLF console; however, the installer can assign up to four DSS/BLF consoles to support the operation
of one system station. When assigned to a station, a DSS/BLF console provides additional programmable
buttons that the user can program as direct station select (DSS) buttons with associated busy lamp field (BLF)
lights and as speed dial buttons (the console, however, does not support second-level speed dialing). The
installer can also assign both outside lines and intercom numbers to console buttons when necessary. The
station with which the console is assigned to work does not have to be a paired station port.
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General Description GCA40–215