Dialogic 6.2 Manual Do Utilizador

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The term lapdid has its origins with the LAP-D protocol used for call 

control, but has an extended meaning for Brooktrout products. For 

call control for all protocols, trunk 1 = lapdid 0, trunk 2 = lapdid 2, 

trunk 3 = lapdid 4 and trunk 4 = lapdid 6. 

Local Exchange Carrier

A T1/E1 slot or a single analog slot. Lines are numbered starting at 

1.

A number used with the hardware module number to reference a 

channel in a system. Channel 0 is reserved and channel 1 is the 

administrative channel. Other channels are numbered from  

2 to n+1 (where n is the number of work channels defined for the 

module).

An address of a communicating Boston or Millennium entity such as 

a facility and channel on a Boston module or the Boston device 

driver. Each address consists of 4 components, the facility, the 

channel, the module, and the machine. It is possible to make use of 

most features of the firmware and the APIs without requiring direct 

use of these addresses.

A communicating Boston entity that usually represents a CPU on a 

Brooktrout board, a host application, or the Boston driver. See 

section TBS for more information about modules and module 

number assignment.

Non-Volatile RAM. Random Access Memory that is not erased when 

the board is powered off or when the firmware is downloaded again.

A number in the range 0 to n-1 where n is the total number of work 

channels on all the boards in the system.

In the Boston architecture, a sequence of bytes containing a Boston 

destination address, source address, and one or more commands.

Peripheral Component Interconnect

Portable Document Format

A TDM bus (MVIP, H110, etc.) or a DS-1 interface (T1/E1).

Robbed-Bit Signaling