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LBI-39077 User’s Guide Mobile Communications EDACS Enhanced Local Interconnect (ELI) GTI Configurator Software ...
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L BI-39077 CONTENTS Copyright September 1994, Ericsson GE Mobile Communications Inc. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page: LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES ......................................................................................................................... 4 INTRODUCTION ................................................................... ...
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CONTENTS LBI-3907 7 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS (Cont.) Page: DATABASE ............................................................................................................................................................. 42 System Information ........................................................................................................... ...
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L BI-39077 FIGURES AND TABLES 4 LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES Page: Figure 1 - Sample Main Menu Screen with the Edit Group Selected........................................................................ 9 Figure 2 - Sample Main Menu Screen with the View Group Selected ...................................................................... 10 Figure 3 ...
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INTRODUCTION LBI-3907 7 5 INTRODUCTION This manual describes how to installation and use the GT I (Global Telep hone Interconnect) Configurator softw are to configu re the GTI units used in th e ELI option.. A companion m anual, the EDACS Enhanced Local Interconnect (ELI) sy stem m anu al (L BI-39076), des cribes t he in stallat ion, con figu ratio ...
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L BI-39077 INSTALLATION 6 2. Insert either the 5-1/4" or 3-1/2" GTI Con fig urator s oftw are disk into an available f loppy drive. For th is procedure, it has been assumed that drive A is used. 3. Type “A:” and press the Enter key. The characters A:>_ should now be displayed on the next line of the screen. 4. Type “INSTALL” a ...
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INSTALLATION LBI-3907 7 7 software being installed. A back-up of the old database files will be created by the INST ALL program before the conversion takes place. 12. When the installation is complete, make sure the program runs by ty ping “GTICON”, pressing the Enter key, and waiting for the menu screen to appear. (If passwords have been assig ...
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L BI-39077 GETTING STARTED 8 2. Type: “ CD”, press the Space bar, ty pe: “GTICON” (or w hatever other n ame w as giv en to the directory w here the GTI Configu rator softw are files w ere installed) and press th e Enter key . The characters C:GTICON>_ (or C:whatever>_) should then be displayed on the next line of the screen. 3. Type ...
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GETTING STARTED LBI-3907 7 9 • The operation menu window is located just be low the selected (highlighted) group in the group menu line, and lists the individual operations that can be selected within the selected group. • The HELP window is located just above the lowe r left corner of the screen, and prom pts y ou w ith inf ormation about the ...
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L BI-39077 GETTING STARTED 10 • The Telco config operation is used for param eters that are specifi c to an individu al telephone line connected to a GTI unit. • The DID numbers operation is used f or parameters that are specif ic to DID use on a specif ic system of GTI units at a specific location. When the desired operation is selected (highl ...
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GETTING STARTED LBI-3907 7 11 When the desired operation is selected (highlighted), press the Enter key and follow the on-screen instructions, including any directions in the HEL P win dow an d any m essage in the alert and status message f ield. Press the Esc key one or m ore times to return to the Main Menu screen. COMM GROUP The Comm group of op ...
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L BI-39077 GETTING STARTED 12 After you have selected (highlighted) one of the operatio ns from the Comm group, pr ess the Enter key. The next scr een y ou will see contains an INDEX w indow and a HELP w indow. From the INDEX window , select (highlight) the system wh ere you want the selected operation performed, and press the Enter key. The next s ...
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GETTING STARTED LBI-3907 7 13 Figure 5 shows a sam ple Update menu with the By type category selected. When this category is first selected, the System config operation is automatically selected. Selecting another operation will change the information in the HELP window. Figure 5 - Sample Update Menu with the By type Category Selected The By type c ...
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L BI-39077 GETTING STARTED 14 Get/Verify Use the get/verify operation to get the current GTI da tab ase from the GTI units in the selected system, and verify it against the current GTI database for that sy stem in the GTI Configurator . Figure 6 show s a sample Get/Verify menu screen w ith the Entire category selected. Wh en this category is first ...
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GETTING STARTED LBI-3907 7 15 Figure 7 shows a sam ple Get/Verify m enu screen with the Verify category selected. When this category is first selected, th e System config operation is auto m atically selected. Selecting another operation will change the inform ation in the HELP window. Figure 7 - Sample Get/Verify Menu Screen with the Verify Catego ...
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L BI-39077 GETTING STARTED 16 Monitor Use the Monitor operation to set up th e Real-Time Monitorin g m ode for the selected sy stem. Fig ure 8 show s a sample Interconnect Monitor screen. Figure 8 - Sample Interconnect Monitor Screen As radios key and release their PTT , the display is updated automatically with a mom entary delay. Depending up on ...
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GETTING STARTED LBI-3907 7 17 Figure 9 - Sample Status Information Screen for a GTI Unit Figure 10 shows a sample Status Information screen for an optional IAM unit. Figure 10 - Sample Status Information Screen for an Optional IAM Unit ...
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L BI-39077 GETTING STARTED 18 Balance and Levels Use the Balance and levels op e ratio n to balance the audio hybrid for a two-w ire telephone line and set the audio levels. Figure 11 shows a sample Hybrid Balance Monitor screen. Figure 11 - Sample Hybrid Balance Monitor Screen For more information about this operation, see the HYBRID BALANCE AND L ...
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GETTING STARTED LBI-3907 7 19 Other Use the Other operation for m iscellaneous functions such as changing passwords, setting the date/time, clearing the call detail buffer, and changing the modem initialization string. Figure 12 sho w s a sam ple Other menu screen w ith the Set category selected. When this category is first selected, the Tim e oper ...
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L BI-39077 GETTING STARTED 20 Figure 13 show s a sam ple Other m enu screen w ith th e Clear category selected. When this categ ory is selected, the Call deta il operation is the only operation available. Figure 13 - Sample Other Menu Screen with the Clear category selected The Clear category of operations continues to req uire communication w ith ...
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GETTING STARTED LBI-3907 7 21 Figure 14 show s a sam ple Other m enu screen with the Reset categ ory selected. When th is category is first selected, the Units, soft operation is automatically selected. Selecting another operation will change the information in the HELP window. Figure 14 - Sample Other Menu Screen with the Reset category selected T ...
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L BI-39077 GETTING STARTED 22 FILE GROUP The File group of op erations is the fourth group shown in the Main Menu. Figure 15 shows a sample Main Menu screen with the File group selected. When this grou p is first selected, the Print o peration is automatically selected. Selecting another operation will change the information in the HELP window. Fig ...
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GETTING STARTED LBI-3907 7 23 Print Use the Print op eration to select w hich type of GTI Configurator databa se f ile you want printed. Figure 16 show s a sample Print menu screen having the single By typ e category . When this category is first show n, the System config operation is automatically selected. Selecting another operation will change ...
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L BI-39077 GETTING STARTED 24 Every time y ou edit the da ta ba se, t he d at fi les ( named ---. da t) change on t he co mputer har d di sk. As a r ule , you shoul d l eave a "paper trail" from which you could easily edit your last backup copy of the database. Before beginning a backup , y ou need to prepare fresh d iskettes w ith DOS co ...
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GETTING STARTED LBI-3907 7 25 Restore WARNING Restoring previous data to the GTI Configurator database files will overwrite current data in those files. If you do not want to lose the current data, make a backup. Previous configuration data from one version (revision) of GTI Configurator software cannot be used to restore configuration data to anot ...
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L BI-39077 GETTING STARTED 26 OTHER GROUP The Othe r group of oper ations is the fifth gro up shown in the Main Menu. Figur e 19 sho ws a sample Main Menu screen with the otHer group selected. When th is group is first selected, th e change PC m odem param eters operation is auto m atically selected. Selecting another operation will change the info ...
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PASSWORDS LBI-3907 7 27 PASSWORDS Now that y o u are familiar with the general operations available thro ugh the GT I Co nfigurator so ftware and where in the Main Menu sc reen to fin d th em, the fi rst order of bu sines s is assi gnin g passwords to protect the s ys tems man aged by the GTI Configu rator(s). There are two ty pes of passwords used ...
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L BI-39077 PASSWORDS 28 Table 2 - Area of Responsibility for Each Functional Level LEVEL AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY 0 System operator (Monitor and Status information only) 1 Managing system and telco information in database 2 Managing DID user information in database 3 Managing call detail records for billing 4 Overall system administration Table 3 - F ...
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PASSWORDS LBI-3907 7 29 Assigning Passwords CAUTION As soon as th e GTI Configurator softw are is installed for the first time, an yone w ho can read this m anual will have access to all operations, includ ing the assignm ent of all passwords . Before y o u spend any time on any operation, have the overal l system admini strator assign passw ords t ...
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L BI-39077 PASSWORDS 30 Using Passwords After passwords hav e been assigned, each us er attem pting to access th e GTI Configurator soft ware (by typing GTICON and pressing the Enter key), w ill see a STATUS w ind ow on the screen as shown in Figure 21. At this point the user must ty pe a valid password and press the Enter key, or just press the En ...
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PASSWORDS LBI-3907 7 31 This Locked num ber will change each time you exit th e GT I Config urator softw are and try to re-access th e softw are using HELP as your passw ord. So record only the last L o ck ed num ber, if you have en tered HELP more than once. Then call a custom er support engi neer at 1-800- 528-7711 and give th e engineer the L oc ...
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L BI-39077 DATA LINK TO GTI UNITS 32 DATA LINK TO GTI UNITS The GTI Config urator m ust be able to com mu nicate w ith one GTI unit in a system . If two or m o re GTI Config urator are permitted to access a specific system , only one can h ave access at a tim e. Any changes made to th e user database in this GTI unit w ill also be made in the remai ...
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DATA LINK TO GTI UNITS LBI-3907 7 33 GTI Unit GTI Configurator 1 1 2 2 33 D-Sub 9-Pin (F) Gnd Tx Data Rx Data D-Sub 9-Pin (M) Signal Ground Rx Data Tx Data COM Port RS-232 Port 50 Feet Max PC Monitor Extension Cable 4 5 6 7 8 9 DTR CTS RTS 4 5 6 7 8 9 DTR RTS CTS 9-Pin (F) 9-Pin (M) D-Sub D-Sub Figure 23 - Communication Setup for Local Data Link (9 ...
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L BI-39077 DATA LINK TO GTI UNITS 34 Table 4 - DIP Switch Settings for Various Baud Rates SW2 SW2 SW2 Section 6 Section 7 Section 8 Baud Rate RS-232 Port 300 bps 1200 bps 2400 bps 4800 bps 9600 bps 19200 bps Down Down Down Down Down Down Down Down Down Down Down Up Up Up Up Up Up Up 3. Using the GTI Config urator, select the System config operation ...
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DATA LINK TO GTI UNITS LBI-3907 7 35 “Conn ecting to sy stem....” and “Requ esting un it type...”. If the GTI Conf igurator does not receive a response from the GTI unit, the ST ATUS window will show the follow ing additional statem ent: “ERROR: No response, resending pkt.”. Each time the GTI Configurator tries and fails to establish co ...
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L BI-39077 DATA LINK TO GTI UNITS 36 REMOTE DATA LINK WITH INTERNAL GTI MODEM If th e distance betw een the GTI unit and GTI Config urator is longer than 50 feet, m odems w ill be needed on each en d of a telephone circuit betw een them. The sim plest method is to utilize the 1200 bps m odem built into the GTI unit. This will require the following ...
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DATA LINK TO GTI UNITS LBI-3907 7 37 num ber show n in the Bau d Rate field i s not 1200, press the Enter k ey to display a second pop-up w indow (t o the right of the f irst) giving you a selecti on of baud rat es. Select (h ighl ight) 1200 an d press the Enter k ey to m ove on to the PC Comm Port field back in the SYSTEM CONFIG w indow . T y pe i ...
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L BI-39077 DATA LINK TO GTI UNITS 38 NOTE If the GTI Configurator fails to make contact with the GTI unit, try the following: Check the cabling. Check the COM port selection. Make sure your modem is powered on. Verify that the interrupt jumpers for the COM port are set right: IRQ4 for COM1 or IRQ3 for COM2. See the Audio Level Adjustment, Initial S ...
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DATA LINK TO GTI UNITS LBI-3907 7 39 6. After selecting an operation from the Com m gro up in the Main Menu screen and selecting the system, y ou will need to wait for the answ er pr om pt, then press the Enter key to tell the GTI Co nf igurator to send the o verdial digits to connect the internal modem and begin sending the originate tone. REMOTE ...
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L BI-39077 DATA LINK TO GTI UNITS 40 • Set the modem to automatically answer incomming calls. • Set the modem to not echo off line commands. • Set the m odem to supress th e addition of /ARQ to the end of commands su ch as CONNECT9600, CONNECT2400, etc. This addition will make the commands unrecognizable to the GTI unit. 3. Set the bau d rate ...
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DATA LINK TO GTI UNITS LBI-3907 7 41 Figure 31 - System Configuration Screen with External Modem Pop-up Window 8. The presence of the Intercon nect Monitor screen m eans that the com mun ications path is OK. You may now use it to transfer user database parameters (such as System Co nfig, Telco Config, and DID User Config inform atio n) to the syste ...
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L BI-39077 DATABASE 42 DATABASE The Edit group of operations allow s you to add to, change, or delete information in the GTI Configurator user datab ase. Management of this information is divided into the following three operations: System config - One Sy stem Configu ration record is required for each sy stem. Until user- configured values are upl ...
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DATABASE LBI-39077 43 Figure 32 - System Configuration Screen If a system is currently configu red, y ou m ust select a specif ic system in th e INDEX window before you can view or edit its user data fields. The INDEX window shows fou r user data fields f or up to nine sy stems at a time. Use the Page Dow n or Page Up key to jump ahead or back nin ...
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L BI-39077 DATABASE 44 • Phone # - (This field is not present when the local data link is selected.) T his field defines the telephone number of the subscriber lin e connected to a GTI unit in th e system (when th e internal m odem is selected), or to an external modem in the system (when the external modem is selected). (Default = Blank) • Bau ...
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DATABASE LBI-39077 45 • Tone Level - This field (for each prom pt message) is used to def ine the loudness level of th e message. Enter a number from 1 to 7, where 7 is the loudest. (Default = 5) • Vc Tm - This field (for each prompt m essage) is used to define the nu mber of seconds that you wish to allocate for this voice prompt. Enter a num ...
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L BI-39077 DATABASE 46 you w ill see is the T elco Configuration screen for the sy stem you selected. A sam p le Telco Configuration screen is shown in Figure 33. Figure 33 - Telco Configuration Screen The T elco Configuration screen allows y ou to add, change, or delete T elco inform ation in the GTI Configurator databa se. Each GTI unit in a syst ...
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DATABASE LBI-39077 47 as 24-hour time in hours and minutes. The number w ill b e called every 24 hours at the given tim e. (Default is none.) • • Edit C.O. Num bers: - This field is used if you w ant to enter telep hone num bers for the hybrid b alance and adjust level operations. Ent er N if y o u don’t; Y if you do. (Default is N.) If y ou ...
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L BI-39077 DATABASE 48 • Base DID Adder: Enter the base phone num ber used to access th is DID line. This num ber is typically a seven digit number where the last X digits (where X is the number of feed digits) are zero. • Range of DID num bers-low: This number is typically an X digit (wh ere X is the num ber of feed digits) nu mber indicating ...
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DATABASE LBI-39077 49 When you have finished configuring a system for the first tim e, or after r eco nfiguring o ne or more par ameters fo r a p revio usly configu red system , press the F10 key to save th e record. You m ay contin ue to enter new records for system s or chang e existing ones. When the system records are conf igured the way you w ...
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L BI-39077 DATABASE 50 Templates As y ou set up y our database for the first time or add new records to a working database, you will soon find that m any records look alike. To save y ou typing time, you can define a set of 10 different "data templates" with the Alt- Fn key. Then you can retrieve a template to fill in a new data record wi ...
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DATABASE LBI-39077 51 If you get the m essage " No bus master, cannot clone data" this means that the unit you updated cannot p erform the automatic cloning function to the other GT I units on the Subscriber Bus. If you are in y o ur shop working w ith o ne unit, then ignore the messag e. If you have dialed y our system , then y ou have a ...
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L BI-39077 BALANCE AND LEVEL 52 HYBRID BALANCE AND LEVEL SETTINGS OVERVIEW This feature provides the capability for remotely ad justing various hardw are parameters. There are no hand-adj ustable controls on the GT I unit itself, so all adj ustments mu st be performed from the GTI Configurator using the B alance and Levels operation from the Comm g ...
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BALANCE AND LEVEL LBI-3907 7 53 Each GTI must be set-up for the type of telephone line to be connected to it b y selecting the correct jumper positions and DIP switch settings. This line type is shown in the TYPE column. The possible line type entries are as follows: EndtoE - 2-wire audio, End-to-End DID - 2-wire audio, direct inward dial E&M2W ...
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L BI-39077 BALANCE AND LEVEL 54 (T) Audio To Ph. - Set Audio-to-phone level (F) Audio Frm Ph. - Set Audio-from-phone level (P) E&M4W To Ph. - Set E&M 4-wire to phone level (GTI outputs tone to phone) (G) E&M4W Frm Ph. - Set E&M 4-wire from phone level (Calls Milliwatt number) (U) E&M4W Microwv - Output tone & view level thro ...
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BALANCE AND LEVEL LBI-3907 7 55 times, the Y key , and the Enter key. Type in the “silence num ber” and press the Esc key 3 times to return to the Main Menu screen. Defining Silence and Milliwatt Numbers in the Database You may wish to enter Silence and Milliw att numbers for the C.O. connected to a given line (The p ho ne company may or m ay n ...
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L BI-39077 BALANCE AND LEVEL 56 When hy brid balancing is complete, the low e r case ' b ' und er the A DJ . COMPLETED column w ill become an upper case 'B'. This feature allows you to identify which adjustment operations have been completed during this session. DID Lines As DID lines can't originate phone calls, they need ...
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BALANCE AND LEVEL LBI-3907 7 57 ADJUSTING AUDIO LEVEL FROM PHONE When config ured for 2-Wire telephone lines (DID and End- to-End) all hardware g ains in the GT I are set to predeterm ined values, so level adjustment s in the conv entional sense, do not exist. How ever, as there are significan t differences in phone lines, the GTI does have a way t ...
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L BI-39077 BALANCE AND LEVEL 58 To ad just the Hardw are Gain, cho ose the ' E&M4W to P h.' menu item and the GTI Configurator will instruct the GTI unit to call the number and return current settings. A bar graph will appear with the current gain setting in the GTI unit. In order to pro perly perform this adjustment, the GTI unit mus ...
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BALANCE AND LEVEL LBI-3907 7 59 A bar graph will appear with the current level received by the GTI on the microwave line. In order to pro perly perform this adjustment, the GTI unit must generate a tone into the phone line. Press the 'TAB' key to turn on the adjustment tone. Pressing the 'TAB' key again will toggle off the tone. ...
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L BI-39077 VOICE PROMPTS 60 VOICE PROMPTS OVERVIEW Voice prompts is the m ost flexible ty p e of telephone call prompts available in the ELI option. (T elephone call p rompts are an aid to a telephon e user, and do not apply to a radio user.) Other choi ces are tone prom pts and no prom pts. The desired type of telephone call prom pts can be select ...
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VOICE PROMPTS LBI-3907 7 61 The GTI configurator provides a f lexible method of allocating tim e among voice prom pts, and designating w hich (if any ) prompts are to be play ed. When you enter Y in the Edit Voice Prompts fi eld in the Sy stem Config uration screen (see Figure 35), a PROMPTS pop-up win dow will appear. This pop- up w indow allows y ...
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L BI-39077 VOICE PROMPTS 62 PROGRAMMING ACCESS To gain access to program min g voice prompts on a GTI unit con figu red for an End- to-End (also E&M using End-to-End emu lation) line, dial th e number of the lin e connected to t he GTI unit. Then wait for the prompt and dial 99999. T o gain access to program min g voice prom pts on a GTI unit c ...
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VOICE PROMPTS LBI-3907 7 63 PROGRAMMING COMMANDS There are th ree voice prompt programmi ng comm ands, each made u p of tw o parts. T he first part say s w hat to do. T he second part says what prompt number to do it to. The following numbers are used for the first part: 0 Erase 2 Play 9 Record For exam ple, the com mand 05 say s to erase the messa ...
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L BI-39077 BILLING FILES 64 BILLING FILES Billing files for Call Detail Records can either be sto red in the GTICON directory or in a separate directory named GTIBILL. The GTI Configurator w ill first look for the GTIBILL directory at the root of the hard disk to p ut the files there. If that directory does not exist, then it puts the files into ...
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BILLING FILES LBI-3907 7 65 The GTI Configurator w ill give you precise instru ction on w hen to insert your f o rm atted floppy diskettes into th e computer. Make a n ew set of backups for each w eek in the billing period. That way , you alway s have archived data f or billing should your hard disk data become damaged. If you need to restore the d ...
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L BI-39077 GLOSSARY 66 GLOSSARY BCU .............................................................................Billing Correlation Unit DID ..............................................................................Direct Inward Dial DTMF ..........................................................................Dual-Tone-Multi-Frequency EDACS ...
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