Lucent Technologies 5 manual Other Needs, Describes some of the miscellaneous needs of the office

MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 5.0	Issue 1
System Manager’s Guide 555-650-118	June 1997
5 Putting the System to Work
Scenario 2: A Professional Office	Page 5-12
Other Needs	5

Table 5–5 describes some of the miscellaneous needs of the office.

Table 5–5. Other Needs

Extension	Needs
All staff members	After hours, staff members must be able to hear phones
	ring and be able to answer. They need to be able to
	transfer after-hours calls to voice mail.
	Messaging among all staff members
	Least expensive routes for calls
	Ability to quickly dial most frequently used phone numbers
Phones in common	Restrictions on outgoing calls
areas
Fax machines, data	Need exclusive use of their own lines
communications
equipment

System Description 5

This section provides an overview of the system features and equipment used to meet the needs of this office. Following this overview, equipment, covering calls, and restrictions on outgoing calls are described in more detail.

■Lines/Trunks. One 408 GS/LS module to handle the loudspeaker paging system and provide a power-failure transfer (PFT) telephone. Three 800 NI-BRI (Release 4.0 and later only) modules supply outside line/trunks to the system. Two modules are fully equipped, with eight NI-1 BRI (National Integrated Services Digital Network 1 Basic Rate Interface) facilities on each module, supplying a total of 32 virtual “lines” (B-channels). The third 800 NI-BRI module currently connects three facilities that provide six additional B-channels. The organization receives caller identification services at no additional subscriber cost. (For more information about the NI-1 BRI access arrangement and the 800 NI-BRI module, see ‘800‘ NI-BRI Module’’ on page 3-10.)

■Extension Modules. One 016 basic tip/ring telephone module (Release 4.0 and later only) to handle the modems, single-line telephones, analog fax machines, and applications. Six 008 MLX modules serve MLX extensions.

NOTE:

The 016 basic telephone module (Release 4.0 and later only) supports a maximum bit rate of 14.4 kbps. Therefore, the office’s