Introduction
I N I T I AL ADMINISTRATION
ONGOING ADMINISTRATION
You can begin using your MERLIN® Plus Communications System right now. Just make sure the system is set to generate the right dial signals for your outside telephone lines and to recognize the long distance dialing procedure for your area. To make these simple checks, see "Dial Signals" and "Long Distance Dialing" under "Basic Administration" later in this section.
To take full advantage of your system's advanced technology, however, you should plan to customize your system to fit the needs of your business. You don't have to do it all at once. Look through this section for options and features that best suit the way your business operates, and make the most important settings first. You can add others later.
Before you begin to customize your system, you should understand the meaning of the terms "administer" and "program" as they are used in this manual:
●Administer means to establish options and features that have systemwide impact, such as assigning the outside lines each voice terminal can access or defining system speed dial codes for everyone to use.
●Program means to assign features to an individual voice terminal. Most people will probably program their own voice terminals. But you may want to program certain features that can affect the calling patterns of your business.
As you begin to set up your newly installed system, see the information under the following headings for
●Administration Preview
●Basic Administration
●Customized Line Assignments
●Systemwide Options
Use the Quick Reference Guide to System Administration in Section 6 to make changes to the system once it has been set up and administered. If you need more information on an administration procedure than the Quick Reference Guide provides, look it up in Section 5, "Reference."
