Nortel Networks 1005r User Manual

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Monitoring multimedia hardware
Standard 1.10
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CallPilot
Channel and Multimedia Monitors
The Channel Monitor shows the status of call channels. The call 
channels are the connections between the server and the switch that carry 
the call signals to CallPilot. 
The Multimedia Monitor shows the status of multimedia channels. The 
multimedia channels are the DSP ports that process the calls. They are 
the voice, fax, and speech recognition channels. 
Disabling call channels
If you must take the CallPilot system out of service to perform software 
or hardware maintenance, Nortel recommends that you disable all call 
channels first. There are two ways to disable the call channels:
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Courtesy stop the channels (preferred method).
When you courtesy stop call channels, CallPilot waits until the 
channels are no longer active before disabling them, instead of 
suddenly terminating active calls.
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Stop the channels.
When you stop channels, you suddenly disable them and terminate 
all active calls.