AT&T 585-300-903 manual 13-14AUDIX System Administration

13-14AUDIX System Administration

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NOTE

When finished entering the dial string, press ADD . This will create and save the remote machine profile. Continue administering the following fields.

∙address ranges/warnings

See the previous section (Setting Up the Local AUDIX System Profile) and the following for appropriate entries:

—Assign a different range for each method that will be used to address messages to subscribers. Back in Figure 13-2, Remote AUDIX System Profile, the following three ranges are assigned to identify subscribers at a remote AUDIX system:

∙The first range does not use a prefix. The prefix is only required when one or more of the remote subscribers share the same extension numbers as the local subscribers. The AUDIX system uses the prefix to distinguish between local and remote subscribers in this case.

∙The second range uses the public network access code as the prefix. When addressing a message to a remote subscriber, the local subscriber enters the remote subscriber’s number as if they were placing a call to that subscriber. This may be the easiest method in some instances.

∙The third range uses a location code as the prefix. This method simplifies addressing messages by requiring only an alphanumeric code in front of the extension number. Location codes, besides being shorter in length, are often more friendly to the user.

—The prefix is used only by the AUDIX system to identify subscribers. It is not used for dialing out, so it does not need to match an area/office code. It consists of 0 to 27 alphanumeric characters. Added with the extension, up to 32 characters can be assigned to a range.

∙message transmission schedule

These fields are used to specify when the local AUDIX system will call this remote AUDIX system. Three cycles can be defined in each remote AUDIX system profile. Enter in military time (hh:mm), a start time, an end time, and an interval. Cycles may be assigned to minimize toll charges that might be incurred in transmitting messages to this remote system.

The interval specifies the frequency of connections during the cycle. The total time of the cycles cannot exceed 24 hours. Cycles cannot overlap. A cycle can span across midnight. The default is one cycle from 00:00 to 23:59 at 1 hour (01:00) intervals. One hour intervals are fine during the installation of the network. After the network is completely set up, reset the interval to the interval furnished on the Engineering Worksheet (typically 5 minutes).

If the transmission queue reaches a threshold of 150 messages, the local system will attempt a call to this remote system every minute (regardless of the administered interval) during the administered transmission times.

∙updates in/updates out

For now, leave these fields set to n since this will simplify testing. After testing is complete, set these fields to y if you want to activate the remote updates feature.