Programming

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Overview

After the system hardware is installed, you can customize the system and individual telephones. This chapter explains how to use programming to accomplish that.

There are two types of programming:

System Programming allows you to customize the system to meet the needs of your business. When the system is first installed, it uses factory settings that reflect the most commonly used options. You can change system settings as needed.

You can perform System Programming from either extension 10 or 11. Because an extension cannot be in programming mode and handle calls at the same time, consider using extension 11 for programming. Doing so gives you the ability to program without disrupting call handling by the receptionist at extension 10.

Telephone Programming allows telephones to be customized to meet individual users’ needs. Individual telephones can be programmed either from extension 10 or 11 (called Centralized Telephone Programming), or from a user’s own extension using a system phone (called Extension Programming).

A system display phone is required for System and Centralized Telephone Programming. Make sure that the programming phone is as large as the largest phone in the system, because an MLS-12D or MLS-18D cannot program an MLS-34D. Similarly, an MLS-12D cannot program an MLS-18D.

This chapter provides general information on programming procedures. When a specific feature name is referenced, it is printed in bold type. For detailed descriptions and step-by-step instructions, refer to that name in Chapter 5. (Brief summaries of all programming procedures are at the end of this book.)

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