Meridian America 51 Switch User Manual


 
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Ease
of installation
Every Meridian 1 system is shipped from the factory assembled and
equipped to order. Installation effort is reduced to unpacking and
positioning equipment, plugging in connectorized cables, ‘and adding
customer-specific programming where required.
Ease of expansion
The modular packaging scheme employed by the Meridian 1 family of
products accommodates growth by permitting easy expansion. System
expansion simply requires adding one or more UEMs. The modular
packaging scheme also provides for low cost, easy expansion from one
system type to another. For example, the card cage assembly of a UEM
containing CPU equipment for a small system may be removed and
replaced with the CPU card cage assembly designed for larger systems.
In
addition, peripheral equipment, which is the bulk of the system investment,
is common to all system types and may be retained when
expandi&
Advanced features
By providing service capabilities defined by software, which can be
expanded as needs evolve, Meridian 1 systems offer advanced features and
capabilities in an economical, flexible, and maintainable form. In addition.-
to a wide range of standard voice and data services, Meridian 1 systems also
provide a number of sophisticated communications services and features,
including:
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Automatic Call Distribution (ACD)
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Electronic Switched Network (ESN)
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Call Detail Recording (CDR)
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Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)
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Meridian Mail Voice Messaging
ACD
Automatic Call Distribution (ACD) is used when a large volume of
incoming calls must be answered by a group of telephones allocated for this
purpose. Incoming calls are served on a first-in, first-out basis and are
distributed among the available telephones. For more information on ACD,
refer to Northern Telecom Publication
Automatic Call Distribution Basic
features description
(553-2671-100).
System overview 553-3001-l 00
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