Administrator's Guide

Trunk Group
Issue 5 October 2002 1271555-233-506
Maintenance Tests
Appears when the Group Type field is aplt or tie.
Measured
Indicates if the system will transmit data for this trunk group to the Call
Management System (CMS). You cannot use
internal and both unless either the
BCMS (Basic) or the VuStats field is
y on the System-Parameters
Customer-Options screen. If the ATM field is set to
y on the System-Parameters
Customer-Option screen, this field accepts only
internal or none. If this field
contains a value other than
internal or none when ATM is y, none appears.
MF Tariff Free
This field appears for Access, APLT, DID, DIOD, DMI-BOS, and Tandem trunk
groups when the Incoming Dial Type field is
mf or the Group Type field is tie, the
Trunk Signaling Type field is blank,
cont, or dis, and the Incoming Dial Type
field is
mf.
Valid entries Usage
y/n
Enter y if hourly maintenance tests will be made on this
trunk group. Your entry is not saved when the screen is
submitted unless one or more trunk members are
administered.
Valid entries Usage
internal
Enter internal if the data can be sent to the Basic Call
Management System (BCMS), the VuStats data display, or
both.
external
Enter external to send the data to the CMS.
both
Enter both to collect data internally and to send it to the
CMS.
none
Enter none if trunk group measurement reports are not
required.
Valid entries Usage
y/n
Enter y to make the switch generate an MFC Tariff-Free
Backward Signal (administered on the
Multifrequency-Signaling-Related-System- Parameters
screen) during call setup instead of the “free” signal. This
aids CO billing.