Terminal Administration
Issue 5 January 1998 14-7555-230-024
Administration Without Hardware can be used to streamline sys tem initializations,
major additions, and rearrangement/changes by allowing telephone transla tions
to be entered before the actual ports are assigned.
DEFINITY ECS Administration Without Hardware can be used on the following
terminal types:
■Analog telephones
■Digital Communications Protocol telephones
■Hybrid telephones
Large DEFINITY ECS configurations support additional termin al types to those
listed above. These include:
■Attendant consoles
■Voice/computers (such as Digital Communications Protocol terminals with
voice and data capabilities)
■Data modules
■ISDN Basic Rate Interface telephones and computers
■Analog queue warning ports
■Announcement circuit packs
Terminal Translation Initia lization
DEFINITY ECS provides terminal translation initialization, a feature that works wit h
Administration Without Hardware. Terminal translation initialization associates the
terminal translation data with a specific port location thr ough the entry of a spe-
cial feature-access code, a terminal translation initia lization security code, and
an extension number from at a terminal that is connected to a wir ed — but
untranslated — jack.
Once a terminal is connected to an appropriate jack, the terminal us er can dial
the appropriate codes followed by a pre-translated extension number of an
Administration Without Hardware terminal. The system will complete the adminis-
tration of the terminal by associating the translation data with the port location
and performing appropriate checks.
Terminal translation initialization reduces the labor associated with system initial-
izations, major additions, rearrangement and changes, and building wiring.
Translation data entry can be performed without knowledge of the physical layou t
of circuit packs. End-users can move their own station equipment if a building is
wired to support it, reducing costs for station moves. Individual lines need onl y
be wired to the correct type of port, rather than a specific port.
System administrators maintain control over the use of t erminal translation initial-
ization through security codes. By activating and deactivating secu rity codes,