ADA
Americans with Disabilities Act. The ADA is federal civil
rights legislation written and enacted to provide disabled
people with access and accomodations equal or similar to those
of the general public.
Analog
A method of sending voice, video or data signals that is analogous
to the original signal.
Auto Answer
When an incoming call is received, the SmartPhone will
answer the call and two-way conversation is established with
the calling party.
Location Identification Message
This is the location identification message that can be programmed
into the SmartPhone at the site or remotely.
Central Office Telephone Line
POTS or "Plain Old Telephone Service" is the basic
single line access to the public switched network.
Digital
The voice, video, or data signals are encoded into a series
of 0's and 1's. These are decoded at the receiving end.
Our phones require an analog telephone line or an "ATA" Analog Telephone Adaptor for use with VOIP networks.
FCC
Federal Communication Commission.
This is the government organization that regulates the telephone
industry.
PBX
Private Branch Exchange. A private phone system allowing phone
calls within a business and to the outside world. To make
a call on the public telephone network you usually have to
dial 9 then the telephone number.
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Human
Voice Recognition
SmartPhone feature, recognizes when the emergency service
person answers the phone. Distinguishes between human voice,
ringing and busy signal. When human voice is detected, Location Identification Message plays immediately.
Ring-Down
A Ring-Down telephone line automatically rings a phone when
the originating phone goes off hook. The Ring-Down telephone
line can be connected to a device which is connected to another
phone, or a telephone number can be programmed into a PBX. The
local telephone company can also program a telephone number.
Built-In Consolidator Feature
This is the ability to access each phone that is wired to a
single telephone line. With the Built-In Consolidator feature
you are able to call each SmartPhone without a separate piece
of equipment. Each phone will have its own ID. Install up to
10 SmartPhone V units on the same telephone line.
Touch Tone
A trademark owned by AT&T for the tone dialing.
WINK
Most telephone companies provide a called party disconnect WINK.
After the called party has hung up, the telephone company momentarily
opens up the telephone line to the calling party. This turns
the SmartPhone off. If the SmartPhone is installed on
a PBX telephone line, the WINK only turns down the trunk between
PBX and the telephone company.
120 VAC
The SmartPhone requires power, we normally
supply a step down transformer with our phones
so you can tap into an existing 120VAC power
source.
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