Using the Console
If you have a 34-button deluxe voice terminal without an Attendant Intercom Selec- tor for your administrator/attendant console in a large system, you’ll use the dial pad to specify particular voice terminals during administration. In the attendant mode, buttons not used for lines, Night Service, or Send Message can be used for program- ming features, including Auto Intercom. If you have a 34-button deluxe voice terminal with Attendant Intercom Selector for your administrator/attendant console, you’ll use Shift buttons along with your Auto Intercom buttons. The paragraphs below describe how to use these buttons.
Auto Intercom Buttons. Each person’s voice terminal has a unique 2-digit intercom number similar to an extension number. These intercom numbers (10 through 39 for a Model 1030 system, 10 through 79 for a Model 3070 system) are automatically assigned to Auto Intercom buttons on the Attendant Intercom Selector if you have one or on the administrator/attendant console in small systems. During attendant operation, you use the lights next to each Auto Intercom button to determine the status of voice terminals in your system.
Shift Buttons (console with Attendant Intercom Selector only). Consoles with Attendant Intercom Selectors have three Shift buttons that let you administer as many as 70 voice terminals using only the 30 Auto Intercom buttons on the Attendant inter- com Selector. When you touch the left Shift button, you change the intercom numbers to 10 through 39 in the blue band. Use the center Shift button, labeled 40-50-60, to change the intercom numbers to 40 through 69 in the white band. Touch the right Shift button, labeled 70-80-90, to change the intercom numbers to 70 through 79 in the gray band. If you want to dial a particular intercom number, you must first touch the Shift button that provides access to the group of intercom numbers that includes the one you want. For example, if you want to assign lines to the voice terminal represented by intercom 31, touch the left Shift button. The light next to the Shift but- ton comes on, and the Auto Intercom buttons now represent intercom numbers 10 through 39.
Message Status Button (console with Attendant Intercom Selector only). The Message Status button is used only when your console is in the attendant mode. You use this button to find out which voice terminals have messages waiting for them.
SPECIFYING TOUCH-TONE AND ROTARY SIGNALING
Do you have any rotary lines coming into your system?
When first installed, your MERLIN communications system will be set to generate Touch-Tone signals. If some of your lines are rotary, your system will have to be reset to accommodate them. If you are not sure whether you have any rotary lines, call your local telephone company. You will also need this information to complete the System and Voice Terminal Configuration Forms.
