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Paging the System When you page the system, you broadcast a message to all internal extensions with speakers, to a Public Address (PA) system, or to both simultaneously. Paging codes, as described in Table 8, have default values for each destination.

Table 8 Paging Codes

Feature

3-digit dial plan

4-digit dial plan

(default codes)

(default codes)

 

 

 

External Paging

620

6200

Broadcast an announcement over a

 

 

public address system that has a

 

 

paging amplifier and speaker system

 

 

that is connected to your NBX system

 

 

 

 

 

Internal Paging

621

6201

Broadcast an announcement through

 

 

the speakers on all NBX Telephones

 

 

with speakers on your system except

 

 

those that have been set to Do Not

 

 

Disturb.

 

 

 

 

 

Simultaneous Paging

622

6202

Broadcast an announcement externally

 

 

and internally at the same time.

 

 

 

 

 

To page, perform the following steps using your 3Com Telephone:

1Pick up the handset.

2Dial the appropriate paging code on your system.

3Speak the broadcast message into your handset and hang up.

Paging Zones A page zone is a subset of internal extensions to which you can direct a broadcast using a configured extension. You can page a zone, a P.A. system, or both the zone and the P.A. system simultaneously. Zone extensions are configured by the administrator.

To discover the page zone extensions on your system:

1Log in to NBX NetSet > Personal Information > User Information > Page Zones.

The NetSet utility lists the existing page zones and their extension numbers.

2Click Details to list the members of each zone.

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3Com 900-0208 Paging Codes, Feature Digit dial plan Default codes External Paging, Internal Paging, Simultaneous Paging

900-0208 specifications

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