Network Router User Manual

C. AMIS Analog Networking

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The AMIS Analog Networking feature is an alternative to digital networking for exchanging messages

between voice mail systems. Customers using the AMIS Analog Networking feature can exchange voice

mail messages with any other voice mail system, anywhere in the world, provided both systems have AMIS

analog capabilities. (Messages can even be exchanged with voice mail systems made by vendors other than

AT&T.) The system administrator can administer a range of remote systems that can be addressed via

casual addressing (known as two-step addressing); individual remote voice mail systems do not need to be

administered. However, the system administrator can also choose to pre-administer any speciﬁc remote

voice mail systems with which their AMIS analog trafﬁc is heavy for one-step addressing (this simpliﬁes

the addressing procedure).

If subscribers are to receive AMIS analog messages, the system administrator must have administered the

local AUDIX to accept incoming AMIS messages. The body of an AMIS analog message is the same as

any other voice mail message, but the header information may be different. For messages from remote

systems administered for two-step addressing, the header includes the telephone number of the voice mail

system and the mailbox ID from which the message was sent.

Two types of remote AMIS connections can be deﬁned:

• amisac — (AMIS casual, referred to as AMIS two-step addressing) In most cases to address AMIS

analog messages via two-step addressing, users must know the AMIS preﬁx (if one is deﬁned), the full

telephone number (area code and country code may be necessary) of the receiving voice mail system,

and the mailbox ID of the user who is to receive the message.

• amisap — (AMIS pre-administered, referred to as AMIS one-step addressing) Subscribers can address

AMIS analog messages to systems administered for one-step addressing in exactly the same way they

do to a remote system networked in any other manner. When a remote system is administered for one-

step addressing, remote subscribers can be administered on the local system. These administered

remote subscribers can be addressed by name as well as by extension.

See AUDIX Administration (585-305-501) for information on administering the AMIS Analog Networking

feature. See AUDIX Feature Descriptions (585-305-203) for an overview of the AMIS Analog Networking

feature.

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