Lucent Technologies 6 User Manual
MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 6.0
System Manager’s Guide
System Manager’s Guide
555-660-118
Issue 1
February 1998
System Components
Page 3-49
Power-Related Hardware
3
Electromagnetic Interference Filters
3
Your Lucent Technologies representative recommends these filters for certain
environments where electric motors, radio transmitters, or other radio-frequency
generating equipment may interfere with telephone reception.
environments where electric motors, radio transmitters, or other radio-frequency
generating equipment may interfere with telephone reception.
System Alarms
3
An alarm condition detected by the system can cause the control unit to activate
an alarm device on a loop-start port. When the contacts close, a signal goes to a
PagePal unit and then to an external alert (a strobe, horn, bell, or chime).
an alarm device on a loop-start port. When the contacts close, a signal goes to a
PagePal unit and then to an external alert (a strobe, horn, bell, or chime).
Trouble Alarm
3
System operator consoles have programmed Alarm buttons to let you know if
there is a problem with the system. An external bell or light can be attached to a
console to supplement the button. If this is not enough notice of a system
problem, a Lucent Technologies technician can use a loop-start line jack and an
adapter to attach a bell or strobe light to the system.
there is a problem with the system. An external bell or light can be attached to a
console to supplement the button. If this is not enough notice of a system
problem, a Lucent Technologies technician can use a loop-start line jack and an
adapter to attach a bell or strobe light to the system.
Power-Failure Alarm
3
A Lucent Technologies technician can use a ground-start or loop-start power-
failure transfer (PFT) telephone jack to attach an alerting device that goes off
during a power failure. You can connect a PFT telephone to this jack when the
jack is connected for a power-failure alarm.
failure transfer (PFT) telephone jack to attach an alerting device that goes off
during a power failure. You can connect a PFT telephone to this jack when the
jack is connected for a power-failure alarm.
Power-Failure DID Busy-Out
3
A Lucent Technologies technician may program the PFT jack on a ground-start or
module to automatically short the
module to automatically short the
busy-out
wire pair for a group of DID trunks
when a power failure occurs. This signals the CO that the DID trunks are out of
service.
service.
Power-Failure Transfer Telephone
3
A power-failure transfer (PFT) telephone is a single-line telephone connected to a
PFT jack on a 400, 400/GS/LS, 408, 408 GS/LS, 408 GS/LS-MLX, 800, 800
GS/LS, or 800 GS/LS-ID module. If there is a power failure, the system shuts off
and the PFT telephone automatically connects to an assigned outside line for
making and receiving calls.
PFT jack on a 400, 400/GS/LS, 408, 408 GS/LS, 408 GS/LS-MLX, 800, 800
GS/LS, or 800 GS/LS-ID module. If there is a power failure, the system shuts off
and the PFT telephone automatically connects to an assigned outside line for
making and receiving calls.