AT&T feature module 2 system manual 64MERLIN II System Features

CONSIDERATIONS

ADMINISTRATION

business or more convenient for users. For example, the intercom numbers for the telephones in hotel rooms can be the same as the room numbers, e.g., 401, 402, etc. Call Distribution groups can have their department numbers or project numbers as their dial codes.

The system begins to operate according to the new dialing codes as soon as the administrator assigns them. Therefore, the administrator needs to provide the new dial plan to users right away. If a printer is available, the administrator can order a printout of the current dial plan from the MERLIN

IIsystem. For stations, lines, line pools, and groups in the system, the printout shows:

The logical ID number, which is the order or position within the group, beginning with the lowest number. For example, if there are three Call Distribution groups with Flexible Numbering codes 510, 511, and 512, group 510 is #1, 511. is #2, and 512 is #3.

The current dial code, which is either the default code or the most recently assigned Flexible Numbering code.

The label assigned to lines and stations, such as “IN-WATS” or “SAM.”

Flexible Numbering can only be administered from the MERLIN II System Display Console.

Flexible Numbering dial codes can contain the digits 0 through 9 in any combination except that no code can begin with 0. The dial code 0 is a fixed code representing the administration console connected to the first station jack in the system.

A Flexible Numbering dial code cannot have the digits of a shorter dial code as its leading digits. For example, if you assigned the number 40 to a paging group, you could not assign any longer numbers beginning with 40, such as 400 or 4000, to other endpoints. (See “Planning,” in the MERLIN II System Installation and Administration Manual for more information on how to select Flexible Numbering codes. )

Systems that include basic telephones connected to a Basic Telephone Module, Basic Telephone and Modem Interfaces, or Off-Premises Telephone Interfaces should not have 9 or 88 as Flexible Numbering dial codes. People with this equipment use those fixed codes to access MERLIN II system lines. People with basic telephones connected to the system with a BTMI or OPTI cannot dial intercom numbers longer than two digits.

If you have Call Distribution groups with data hunt groups set up and you change the numbering (i.e. perform flexible numbering) for the call distribution groups, the system will assign the Group Call Distribution flexible numbers (preceded by *) to the data hunt groups.

IMPORTANT Before you establish or change Flexible Numbering codes, get the completed Flexible Numbering Form. If you do not have one, read the entry for Flexible Numbering in “Planning,” in the MERLIN

IIInstallation and Administration Manual and fill out the form before you try to administer this feature. The “Planning” entry includes an example showing how a small hotel uses Flexible Numbering.

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