AT&T 3.0 manual Testing the DSS, Testing Night Service

Testing the System

Testing the DSS

At each Direct Station Selector (DSS), check that all lights are operational. Then use the DSS to call a telephone in the system. Test the Page buttons on the DSS.

Testing Night Service

To test the Night Service feature on the system operator console, follow the steps below:

1 At the system operator console, press the Night Service button.

If Night Service with Outward Restriction is programmed, you must also enter the password. (You can also activate Night Service on a DLC by pressing the Feature button and dialing 39.)

The Night Service LED turns on.

2Pick up the handset and press a button for an outside trunk.

3Dial the outside number that reaches an operator console that is programmed to receive Night Service coverage.

4Verify that the telephones assigned to the Night Service group are ringing.

5Have someone pick up the handset at a telephone in the Night Service group.

Verify that you have good two-way communication.

6At both telephones, hang up.

7Repeat Steps 2 through 6 for each operator console that is programmed to receive Night Service coverage.

8Test telephones that are programmed for Night Service with Outward Restriction.

a Pick up a handset on a restricted telephone and verify that outside calls are not allowed.

b Using the password, make an outside call.

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