3.  MAN-MACHINE INTERFACE

   3.01   Maintenance is performed by  operating  company  personnel
          using  a Man Machine Interface (MMI).  The MMI consists of
   the MAP and the software required to convert human information to
   machine information, and the reverse, for  two-way  communication
   between personnel and the system.

   3.02   Input functions are user commands for activities to:

   o   test equipment
   o   determine equipment configuration
   o   request status
   o   alter equipment status
   o   display equipment location

   Output functions include:

   o   a menu of selectable input commands
   o   a display of equipment status
   o   a display of equipment location
   o   a display of system results
   o   a display of user request results

   3.03   A  Bilingual  Man  Machine Interface (BMMI) is provided in
          offices equipped with NT feature package NTX066AA to  per-
   mit  user  communication  with  the system in English and another
   language, subject to availability from NT.   The  feature  inter-
   prets commands, key words, and messages in the selected language,
   and  responds  in  the  same  language  that is entered.   If the
   default language for an office is not specified in  table  OFCENG
   the  language  is  English.    Refer to NTP 297-1001-129 for more
   details.

   3.04   The user definition procedure specifies a command language
          for that userid.  If no language specification is made the
   default value is that specified in table OFCENG.   As  a  result,
   when  the  user logs-in at a MAP the system is prepared to recog-
   nize and respond in the language specified for the userid.  After
   logging on, the user may change the language of communication for
   the duration of that session.  Table C on page  28  contains  the
   procedure  for changing from English to French and French to Eng-
   lish.





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