Telephone Line Emulator User’s Manual
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TE
Terminal Equipment - see CPE
TE-ACK
Terminal Equipment Acknowledgement - see ACKStuttered Dial Tone
Stuttered Dial Tone is a special dial tone consisting of an initial cadenced sequence
(typically 10 tone bursts) followed by continuous tone. This is normally issued to notify a
user that they have a voice mail message waiting.
SAS
Subscriber Alerting Signal - Bellcore term for Call Waiting Tone.
SCWID
Spontaneous Call Waiting with ID (Caller ID) - Northern Telecom term - same as CIDCW.
Type I Caller ID
This is a one way transmission (on-hook) that is normally number or name and number
delivery after the first power ring and before the second ring.
Type II Caller ID
This is an off-hook transmission of Caller ID known as CIDCW - Caller ID in Call Waiting
or SCWID - Spontaneous Call Waiting with Caller ID.
Type III Caller ID
This is an interactive off-hook sequence know as DSCWID, ADSI, & AST.
VMWI - Visual Message Waiting Indication
An on-hook FSK transmission used to turn on a visual indicator of a Caller ID adjunct or
screen telephone to initiate messages in a CO based voice mailbox. Stuttered Dial Tone
normally accompanies this feature for those users who do not have a visual indicator.