AT&T partner plus communications system manual Telephone Programming, Template 1 Extension

Telephone Programming

Use forms D1 and D2 to record the features and Auto Dial numbers for the programmable buttons of MLS-series and MLC-6 phones. Telephone buttons that can be programmed depend on the type of phone, as shown below:

MLS-34D	MLS-12D and MLS-12	MLC-6	MLS-6
	(MLS-12 has no display)

Programmable
buttons	Any unused line
Any unused line	buttons are
	programmable
buttons are
programmable

NOTE: Standard touch-tone, rotary, cordless, and feature phones cannot be programmed as described here.

NOTE: An MLS-6 or MLC-6 phone with 4 lines assigned to it has no programmable buttons. That is, if it only has lines 1 and 2, the phone has two programmable buttons—the buttons where “Line 3” and “Line 4” would have been.

Form D1 Instructions (Standard Templates)

This form has two standard templates, one for an MLS-34D telephone and the other for an MLS-12D or MLS-12 telephone. These standard templates show how dial code features and Auto Dial numbers can be put on the programmable buttons of system telephones.

Template 1 (Extension 10)

This template shows an MLS-34D phone programmed for extension 10 (typically the receptionist).

■The top three rows of buttons are programmed with Intercom Auto Dial buttons for extensions 11–28. This lets the receptionist dial any of those extensions with a single touch, or see which extensions are busy at a glance. The 24 programmable buttons on the MLS-34D are enough to program all extensions in your system as Intercom Auto Dial buttons.

■The bottom row of programmable buttons show dial-code features that are especially useful for the receptionist. For more information on these features, see the instructions for form D2, or the Installation and Use guide provided with the system. (If you have more than 18 extensions in your system, you can program additional Intercom Auto Dial buttons on this row, to let the reception- ist have one-touch access to all extensions.)

Template 2 (MLS-12 or MLS-12D)

This template shows dial-code features and Auto Dial numbers for an MLS-12 or MLS-12D phone. The Do Not Disturb and Privacy features are programmed on the first two buttons, since those features require buttons with lights.

If you want any telephones programmed like this template, simply list their exten- sion numbers under the template, or if you prefer different setups for phones, fill in the completely blank templates on form D2. (If this standard template is close to what you need, you can edit it.)

NOTE: Form D2 provides blank templates for MLS-12 or MLS-12D, MLS-6 or MLC-6, and MLS-34D phones.

Extension Assignments/Automatic Line Selection

Under the template, indicate the extensions to be programmed like the template. Directly under each extension, indicate its Automatic Line Selection setting, if it should be different from the factory setting—for example, to indicate that an extension should select outside lines 1, 2, 3, and 4, then select Intercom, enter “1 2 3 4, I” under the extension. (On a system with 8 lines, the factory setting is

“1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8, I.”) When the user lifts the handset or presses Spkr[ ] without first pressing a line button, the system automatically selects the first available line assigned to the extension (for example, when line 1 is busy, the system selects line 2). The extension can be programmed to select lines in any order (for ex- ample, if the user has a standard phone or makes mostly intercom calls, you can set the order to “I, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8”).