Prepare for System Administration

These procedures help you get ready to administer your system.

Decide how people will access outside lines.

Complete and keep handy your System and Voice Terminal Configuration Forms.

Schedule a time to perform administration procedures.

Perform Basic Administration

Depending on your system requirements, some of these procedures maybe necessary immediately after your system is installed; you can also perform these procedures whenever you need to change your system later. Perform these procedures at the control unit and the administrator/attendant console.

Set your control unit.

Learn how to enter and leave administration mode.

Specify Touch-Tone or rotary dialing.

Set up a square system, with Iines assigned to buttons.

Set up a pooled system, with line pools, line-to-button assignments, and either Button Access or Dial Access to Line Pools.

Customize with Additional System Options

These procedures are optional. Perform them at the administrator/attendant console whenever you want to add these features to your system.

Assign tail restrictions.

Administer Automatic Route Selection.

Assign voice terminals to groups for Group Page.

Establish Night Service.

Program System Speed Dial codes.

Administer Station Message Detail Recording options.

Set return interval for transferred calls.

Program Voice Terminals for Office Priorities

These procedures are optional. Use Centralized Voice Terminal Programming or perform them at individual voice terminals whenever you want to give some- one access to these features.

Assign an Automatic Line Selection sequence.

Assign Programmable Line Ringing for incoming calls.

Assign Cover buttons.

Assign Line Pickup buttons.

Program Voice Terminals for Personal Priorities

These procedures are optional. Use Centralized Voice Terminal Programming or perform them at individual voice terminals whenever you want to give some- one access to these features.

Assign features to programmable buttons.

Assign Personal Speed Dial codes to 5- and 10-button voice terminals and basic telephones.

Use special characters in programmed dialing sequences.

Select a Personalized Ring.

Program Voice Announcement Disable.

Program Simultaneous Voice and Data Calls.

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