Microtel D51T v.1.0 - Manual (Page 30)

MICROTEL D51T
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APPENDIX B: Glossary of Dialer Terminology
Acknowledge Stops the dialer from placing additional calls concerning an
alarm condition. Acknowledgment can be made by entering
the '*' during alarm playback, with call-back acknowledge, or
by an auto acknowledge phone escape sequence (*4)
embedded within the telephone number.
Alarm condition An event detected by the dialer usually causing a phone call.
Return-To-Normal A configurable option for each input that causes an alarm
callout sequence when a Fault condition clears.
Call-spacing The time delay between successive answered, but
unacknowledged telephone calls.
Intercall delay Same as Call-spacing.
I/O channel A dialer to outside world connection.
New alarm Any alarm that has not yet initiated a call out sequence or an
alarm still present after the snooze delay.
Phone number A sequence of up to 30 digits used to dial a phone number
and/or perform a dial escape sequence function.
Snooze delay The time between when an alarm is acknowledged and when it
begins to cause calls again.
Unlatched type A fault which self-clears if the alarm-causing condition goes
away.
DTMF Dual Tone Multi Frequency, the standard analog tone format
used to represent the digits on a telephone keypad.
PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network, also referred to as
“POTS”, i.e. plain old telephone system.