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Disallowed Phone Number Lists (#404)
Description
This System Programming procedure specifies telephone numbers that users cannot dial. For example, you may want to prevent calls to a specific telephone number or to categories of numbers, such as international numbers. Use this procedure to create up to four lists of up to 10 telephone numbers each.
Related Features
■After completing this procedure, you must use Disallowed List Assignment (#405) to assign the Disallowed Phone Number Lists to specific extensions.
■Allowed Phone Numbers, Emergency Phone Numbers, and Marked System Speed Dial Numbers override the Disallowed List.
■The entries you must make to permit or restrict toll calls differ depending on the setting for Toll Call Prefix (#402). This setting tells the system whether a “0” (for
Considerations
■Each list entry can include up to 12 digits. You can use the wildcard character (by pressing the [ Hold ] button on a system phone) to match any single digit (it appears as “!” on the telephone display).
■When a user dials a number that is on a Disallowed List for the user’s extension, the user hears a reorder tone (fast busy signal) after dialing the part of the number that is stored in the list (for example, an area code).
■If you want to go to another programming procedure when entering phone numbers in a list, you must use [ Next Procedure ] or [ Prev Procedure ] to do so since entering [ # ] and a
Valid Entries
Up to 12 digits including
Examples
The examples below show how to enter telephone numbers for a Disallowed Phone Number List in Step 4 of “Programming.”
■Specific Telephone Numbers. Enter the phone number exactly as you would dial it. For example, to prevent calls to the local number
■All Telephone Numbers in One Area Code. The following list entries