AT&T 518-600-016 Administering Lines, If your system is pooled, follow this procedure. If your

Administering Lines

ASSIGNING LINES TO LINE POOLS {POOLED SYSTEMS ONLY)

DESCRIPTION

If your system is pooled, follow this procedure. If your

system is square or behind-switch, follow the “Assigning Lines to Stations” procedure in this Section under “Administering Stations” on page 3-36.

To administer lines in pooled systems, you group interchangeable outside lines into pools that people can access with a single button or a dial code on their phones. People within the system can-place a call through a line pool in one of three ways:

•Button Access. People access the main pooI (default pool 9, which usually contains locaI lines) by pressing one of the two buttons to which the system assigns that pool. You can assign phones access to other line pools as well, such as pools of WATS lines or FX lines. You can also assign individual lines to buttons on phones.

•Dial Access. People use a dial code to access any line pool that you assign to their phones. The user presses one of the two Pool Access buttons that the system assigns to each phone. Then he or she dials the access code for any of the pools that you’ve assigned to the phone. You can also assign individual lines and line pools to buttons on these phones.

•Automatic Route Selection. People press the Pool Access button and dial the telephone numbers they want to reach and the system selects the line pool that you have designated as the best one for the type of call being made. If the most appropriate line for a call is busy, the system routes the call to the second-choice line and so on.

CONSIDERATIONS

The number of lines available for pooling is affected by the number of lines that must be reserved for personal or special-purpose use. For example, if there are ten outside lines and two people need personal lines, there are eight lines left for pooling. If a line is

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