Nortel Meridian Meridian 1 User manual

Background Terminal Facility Description
Meridian 1
Background Terminal Facility
Description
Document Number: 553-2311-316
Document Release: Standard 10.00
Date: June 1999
Year Publish FCC TM
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Contents
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Terminal setup and configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Using the Background Terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
System options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Individual feature options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Accessing the Background Terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Directory number expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
User modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Configure port and identification codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Print port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Configure terminals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Restrict terminal features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Restrict terminal access to data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Managing terminal restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Define options for the Set command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Operating parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Print system settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Operating parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Print terminal setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Print at other terminals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Background Terminal displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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Display format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Display wake-up events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Display message registration events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Display room status events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Automatic daily routines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Full Automatic list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Traffic data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Display option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Call Number Information Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Operating parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Automatic Wake Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Guest Entry of Auto Wake Up (GEWU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Multi-Language Wake Up (MLWU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
VIP Automatic Wake Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Set wake-up call times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Operating parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Set time for a secondary wake-up announcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Set language identifiers for wake-up announcements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Find wake-up call times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Operating parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Print wake-up call times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Operating parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Print wake-up call map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Operating parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Room Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Set room status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Operating parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Set ready-for-sale criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Set automatic control of room cleaning status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Set cleaning status from room telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Set check-in, check-out parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Operating parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

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Assign guest room categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Find current room status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Operating parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Print current room status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Operating parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Message Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Set meters to a given value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Operating parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Erase meters (set to zero) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Operating parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Turn meters on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Operating parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Turn individual meter display on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Operating parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Find non-zero meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Operating parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Print meter values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Operating parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Call Party Name Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Set room for Call Party Name Display information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Operating parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Print Call Party Name Display information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Operating parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Room Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Set room status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Operating parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Set ready-for-sale criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Set automatic control of room cleaning status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Set cleaning status from room telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Set check-in, check-out parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Operating parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

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Assign guest room categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Find current room status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Operating parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Print current room status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Operating parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Command summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Automatic Wake Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Message Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Room Status (Part 1 of 4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Call Party Name Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Automatic List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Options for the Set command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Terminal functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Turning display messages on or off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Recorded Announcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Check-in, Check-out criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
For Sale Print criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Guest Room category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

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List of tables
Table 1
Background Terminal configuration (LD 17) (X11 Rls 17 and earlier) 5
Table 2
Background Terminal configuration (LD 17) (X11 Rls 18 and later) . 6
Table 3
Maintenance commands (LD 37) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Table 4
Set command to restrict or allow access to features examples . . . . . . 16
Table 5
System options printout example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Table 6
Printing at another terminal command examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Table 7
Display format (Maid ID, Multi-Language Wake Up, & VIP Wake Up) 24
Table 8
Display values (Part 1 of 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Table 9
Display format parameters (Part 1 of 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Table 10
Generating automatic daily routines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Table 11
Traffic printout format (Part 1 of 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Table 12
Using the Set command for Automatic Wake Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

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Table 13
Example of the Set command for the LAnguage option . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Table 14
Examples of the Find command for Automatic Wake Up . . . . . . . . . . 50
Table 15
Examples of the Print command for Automatic Wake Up . . . . . . . . . 52
Table 16
Wake Up call map example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Table 17
Room status examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Table 18
Using the Set command for Room Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Table 19
Using the Find command for Room Status (Part 1 of 2) . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Table 20
Using the Print command for Room Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Table 21
Using the Set command for Message Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Table 22
Using the Set command to erase meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Table 23
Using the Set command to turn meters on or off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Table 24
Using the Set command to turn display of meters on or off . . . . . . . . 83
Table 25
Using the Find command to find non-zero meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Table 26
Using the Print command for Message Registration (Part 1 of 2) . . . . 87
Table 27
Room status examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Table 28
Using the Set command for Room Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

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Using the Find command for Room Status (Part 1 of 2) . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Table 30
Using the Print command for Room Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

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Revision history
June 1999 Standard, Release 10.00. This document is reissued for X11 release 24.2x.
December 1998 Standard, Release 9.00. This document is reissued to include the Flexible
Direct Inward Dialing (FDID) feature.
August 1996 Standard, Release 8.00. Reissued for Release 22.
December 1994 Standard, Release 7.00. Reissued to include editorial changes and indexing.
Due to the extent of the changes, revision bars are not used.
October 1993 Standard, Release 6.00. This document is reissued to include new technical
information. Changes are noted with revision bars in the margins.
December 1992 Standard, Release 5.00. This document was reissued to technical updates.
Because of the extent of changes, revision bars were omitted.
December 1991 Standard, Release 4.00. This document was issued to include changes and
updates for X11 release 17. Because of the extent of changes, revision bars
were omitted.
December 1990 Standard, Release 3.00. This document was issued to include changes and
updates for X11 release 16. Updates were indicated by revision bars in the
margins.

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December 1989 Standard, Release 2.00. This document was issued to include changes and
updates for X11 release 15.
June 1989 Standard, Release 1.00. This document was issued to include changes and
updates for X11 release 14.

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General information
Hospitality and health care personnel use Background Terminal (BGD) to
enter, retrieve, and modify data associated with the following features:
— Automatic Wake Up (AWU)
—RoomStatus(RMS)
— Message Registration (MR)
— Call Party Name Display (CPND)
BGD helps monitor system operations by providing a visual display of
information changes, hard copy backup, and traffic statistics.
The BGD package (package 99) must be equipped on the system load.
Package 99 requires that the Controlled Class of Service (CCOS) package
(package 81) and one or more of the following packages be equipped. Your
application may require some additional feature packages. Refer to X11
features and services for complete package requirements.
— AWU (package 102)
— RMS (package 100)
— MR (package 101)
— Property Management Systems Interface (PMSI) (package 103)
— Maid ID (package 210)
— Hospitality Screen Enhancement (HSE) (package 208)

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You can use the Background Terminal (BGD) to
— Display message queue size. In response to customer requests, the
system displays messages that reflect event changes for rooms associated
with Automatic Wake Up, Message Registration, or Room Status. The
queue size ranges from 20 to 255 messages and is defined in the system
Configuration Record (LD 17). The default value is 20 messages,and the
message length is six words.
The messages are collected for customers who have Display Terminals.
The actual messages are output only to the BGD that has been defined as
a Display Terminal.
— Define name strings associated with Room Directory Numbers (DNs),
and to print these names for specified rooms.
— Provide Call Number Information Messages (CNIMs) that provide
calling and called DN information to BGD ports. This facilitates the
automatic display of guest names or other DN-related information.
— Generate traffic reports. Wake Up and display message statistics are
accumulated daily starting at midnight and stored in the system for a
maximum of two days. When a Print Traffic command is issued, the
report for the day is printed.

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Terminal setup and configuration
A Background Terminal (BGD) is connected to the system through a Serial
Data Interface (SDI)port. Any ASCIIserial terminalconforming toRS232-C
or CCITTþV.þ24 standards can be used as a terminal device.
A maximum of 16 SDI portscan be configured for system options N, NT, RT,
XN, XT, 51, 51C, 61, 61C, 71, 81, and 81C. A maximum of eight SDI ports
can be configured for system options S, ST, STE, MS, 21, and 21E.
SDI ports configured for the following features cannot be used as BGDs:
— Automatic Call Distribution Package C (ACD-C) Load
Management/Report Printer Terminal
— Auxiliary Processor Link-Integrated Messaging System/Integrated
Voice Messaging System (APL-IMS/IVMS) Link
— CDR Tape Link
— Automatic Call Distribution Package D (ACD-D) Link
— Command Status Link (CSL)
— Property Management System Interface (PMSI)
The terminal type used as a Background Terminal (BGD) may be an ASCII
serialterminalconforming toEIAstandardRS-232-Cor CCITTspecification
V.24.
To configure the BGD terminals, enter the following parameters in LD 17.
Also, refer to the excerpt of LD 17 in Table 1.
ABGDcaninteractonlywiththeroomsassociatedwith aspecified customer.
Therefore, when configuring a BGD, you must specify which customer is
associated with each BGD. If you define a physical SDI port with a
two-character alphanumeric identifier, the tasks performed by the BGD will
be assigned to it. If none are defined, the BGD can perform all functions
associated with Automatic Wake Up, Message Registration, Room Status,
and Call Party Name Display.

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BackgrounddisplaymessagequeuesizeThe number of entries in the queue
can be set from 20 to 255. The default is 20 entries. Enter YES to the prompt
PARM and the number of entries to the prompt NDIS. Queue size changes
will take effect only after the next initialization.
Device type and address A teletype (TTY) or video display terminal (VDT)
device is defined for Background Terminal (BGD) input/output. Each device
is assigned a physical device address (SDI port) ranging from 0 to 15. Enter
TTY xx to the prompt ADAN, where xx is the deviceaddress. The number of
devices supported depends on the system type (16 for NT, XT, 51, 51C, 61,
61C, 71, 81, and 81C systems, and 8 for ST, STE, RT, 21, and 21E systems).
Output use To define a TTY device as a Background Terminal, reply BGD
to the prompt USER. In response to the prompt CUST, provide the customer
(0–99) to whom the BGD will be assigned. Terminals may also be allowed
access to the overlay mode. However, the Background and overlay features
willinteractat terminals designatedto operate in thisdualmode bydisplaying
each other’s messages. In addition, the BGD can only be used for data input
or retrieval in the mode for which it is accessed.

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Tables 1 and 2 contain excerpts from LD 17. Refer to X11 Software
input/output guide for complete details.
Note: Table 1 shows LD 17 for X11 Release 17 and earlier. Table 2
shows LD 17 for X11 Release 18 and later.
Table 1
Background Terminal configuration (LD 17) (X11 Rls 17 and earlier)
Prompt Response Comment
REQ CHG Modify existing data.
TYPE CFN Configuration data block.
PWD2 xxxx Level 2 password.
PARM YES Change the system parameters.
NDIS xxx 0, (20)-255 = Number of display messages in queue for the
BGD.
This prompt appears ONLY IF the system has BGD
facilities enabled.
IOTB (NO) YES Changes are (not) to be made to logical units.
ADAN aaa TTY xx Action, device, and port number
aaa = NEW, CHG, OUT
xx = port number (0-15)
CDNO xx SDI card number (0-15).
DENS SDEN
DDEN
4DEN
Single, double, or quad ports on SDI card.
USER BGD Use this port for the BGD. BGD terminals cannot be shared
with ACD, APL, CDL, CMC, CSL, HSL, or LSL.
XBGD Remove Background Terminal.
CUST xx Customer number.

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Table 2
Background Terminal configuration (LD 17) (X11 Rls 18 and later)
Prompt Response Comment
REQ CHG Modify existing data.
TYPE CFN Configuration data block.
ADAN NEW, CHG, MOV, OUT
TTY, PRT 0-15 Add, change, move, or remove an I/O device, type aaa, port x.
CTYP aaaa Card type.
DCHI Asynch port (even) on DCHI card.
MSPS Misc/SDI/Peripheral Signaling card.
SDI Single port SDI card.
SDI2 Dual port SDI card.
SDI4 Four port SDI card.
XSDI SDI paddle board.
GRP 0-4 Network group number for option 81 systems.
DNUM 0-15 Device number (same as ADAN number).
USER BGD Background Terminal interface.
CUST xx Customer number.
ADAN <CR>, **** Go to next prompt or exit overlay.

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MaintenanceLD 37 is used to diagnose faults with disk units, tape units, teletype (TTY),
or Serial Data Interface (SDI) cards. It provides enable, disable, status, and
test functions on these devices. Problems are indicated in Input/Output
Diagnostic (IOD) messages.
Use the following commands from LD 37, listed in Table 3, to test and
maintain BGDs. Refer to X11 Software input/output guide for complete
details.
After configuring the BGDs for the customer, define the terminal function.
— Control
These terminals enter, change, andretrieve data forthe Automatic Wake
Up (AWU), Message Registration (MR), Call Party Name Display
(CPND), and Room Status (RMS) databases. They can also change
options and control settings.
—ReadOnly
These terminals display information only. They cannot enter or change
any parameters for the associated features.
—Print
These terminals are usually printers, for automatic printing of AWU,
MR, and RMS reports at a specified time.
—Display
These terminals are usually input/output devices that record changes to
AWU, MR, and RMS on an ongoing basis.
Table 3
Maintenance commands (LD 37)
Command Purpose
TTY x Test TTY x. This sends a string of characters (ABC)
followed by “READY FOR INPUT” to the terminal.
Anything entered on the keyboard will be echoed until
END is entered.
STAT TTY x Provides the status of TTY x (port nn).
ENL TTY x Enables TTY x (port nn).
DIS TTY x Disables TTY x (port nn).

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Background Terminal Facility Description
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Using the Background Terminal
The Background Terminal (BGD) helps you manage your Meridian 1 system
by carrying out orders that you type in from a terminal keyboard. The BGD
also provides youwith informationto help you figure out how tooperate your
system to best meet your needs.
Various system and individual options are available through the Background
Terminal (BGD).
System options
— Assign BGD terminal options, such as read only, read/write, and print
only
— Assign unique identification codes to terminals
— Restrict terminal access to features
— Direct printouts to specific terminals
— Assign automatic daily routines
— Allow or deny range entry for room DNs
— Allow or deny the substitution of X in a room DN
— Provide a confirmation message each time data is manually changed by
entering a terminal command
— Provide Automatic Wake Up traffic statistics, and display messages
— Assign unique two-letter language identifiers for use with
Multi-Language Automatic Wake Up

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Individual feature options
Automatic Wake Up
— Set automatic display of particular types of wake-up events as they
happen
— Set the activation time for secondary wake-up announcement
Message Registration
— Set a unit cost figure to generate total call charges for metered calls
— Set the automatic display option for particular DNs on for some, off for
others
Room Status
— Set the ready for sale print criteria
— Set the language ID for Automatic Wake Up messages
— Set the time for automatic update of room cleaning status
— Define automatic room status applied with check-in command
— Set automatic display of room status changes from particular sources as
they happen
— Assign guest rooms to categories
Call Party Name Display
— Set CPND name assignments for eligible DNs