20 Meridian Digital Telephone IP Adapter Installation and Administration GuideMeridian Digital Telephone IP Adapter description Standard 1.1Note: Meridian Digital Telephone Internal IP Adapter units do not supportMeridian Communication Adapters (MCAs). Meridian Digital TelephoneExternal IP Adapter units support Meridian Communication Adapters (MCAs)to allow computer telephony integration (CTI) control of digital telephonesoperating in transparent mode. Meridian Digital Telephone IP Adapter units donot support Analog Telephone Adapters (ATAs).Supported telephone featuresThe Meridian Digital Telephone IP Adapter units support all features providedby the host PBX for host-controlled calls. The following are some examples:! ACD features! call forward! conference! call waiting! hold! transferNote: Dial tone for conference and transfer can be very rough. A stutter can beheard during a remote dial tone. This is a normal occurrence and is caused by theDSP activating a dial tone relay.Refer to Chapter 6, “Using the digital telephone”, for a detailed description ofthe features listed above.Computer telephony integration applicationsYou can use the following two types of computer telephony integration (CTI)applications:1. first-party CTI applications that use the Symposium Desktop TelephoneApplication Programming Interface (TAPI) Service Provider2. third-party CTI applications that use Symposium TAPI Service Provider forM1You can use both types with the Meridian Digital Telephone IP Adapter unit.
