Avaya 555-231-743 manual Translations and Testing Switch-to-PMS Link Translations 210

GuestWorks and DEFINITY ECS Release 9	Issue 1
Technician Handbook for Hospitality Installations 555-231-743	November 2000
Translations and Testing
Switch-to-PMS Link Translations	210

On Page 2, administer the following:

■The Number of Digits From PMS field should be left blank, and the Digit to Insert/Delete field may need to be administered. If the room numbers use a combination of 3- and 4-digit or 4- and 5-digit extension numbers, you must enter the leading digit that must be inserted when sent from the PMS to the switch and that must be deleted when sent from the switch to the PMS.

NOTE:

The PMS interface supports 3-, 4-, or 5-digit extensions, but be aware that prefixed extensions do not send the entire number across the interface. Only the assigned extension number is sent. Therefore, you should not use prefixed extensions for numbers that are also going to use the Insert/Delete Digit function.

This works as shown in the following example:

—Digit Insertion — If the digits received by the switch are 123, and the insertion digit is 7, extension 7123 is checked to see if it is a valid extension. If 7123 is valid, the message is processed for extension 7123; if extension 7123 is not valid, the switch assumes that the message is for extension 123 and processes it accordingly. If both 7123 and 123 are valid, the message will only be processed for extension 7123. Numbering conflicts such as this should be avoided when possible.

—Digit Deletion — The switch checks the extension number before

the number is sent to the PMS. If the extension number contains the maximum number of digits translated for a leading digit, and the leading digit matches the administered Insert/Delete digit, the digit is deleted before sending the extension to the PMS.

For example, if the Insert/Delete digit is 7, and extensions 712 and 7123 are valid on the switch, 712 will be sent as 712; however, 7123 is sent as 123. This example presumes that there are no 5-digit extensions starting with 7 on the switch.

■The PMS Sends Prefix field indicates whether the PMS sends a prefix digit to the switch as part of the room numbering plan.

NOTE:

If the PMS Sends Prefix field is set to n, and the Number of Digits from PMS field is blank, the switch will not support an extension that starts with 0.