DEFINITY ECS Release 8.2
Administrator’s Guide
555-233-506 Issue 1
April 2000
Routing outgoing calls
194Setting up time of day routing
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Now assign COR 3 to the lobby phone at extension 1234:
1. Type change station 1234 and press RETURN.
The Station screen for 1234 appears.
2. In the COR field, enter 3.
3. Press ENTER to save your changes.
Setting up time of day routing
Time of Day Routing lets you redirect calls to coverage paths according to the
time of day and day of the week. You need to define the coverage paths you want
to use before you define the time of day coverage plan.
You can route calls based on the lea st e xpe nsi v e ro ute a ccordi ng t o the time of day
and day of the week the call is made. You can also deny outgoing long-distance
calls after business hours to help prevent toll fraud. Time of Day Routing applies
to all AAR or ARS outgoing calls and trunks used for call forwarding to external
numbers.
Before you start
AAR or ARS must be administered on your switch before you use Time of Day
Routing.
■For AAR, verify that either the Private Networking field or the Uniform
Dialing Plan field is y on the System-Parameters Customer-Options scree n.
■For ARS, verify that the ARS field is y and the Time of Day Routing field
is y on the System-Parameters Customer-Options screen.
Instructions
As an example, let’s allow our executives to make long distance calls during
business hours. Let’s look at the Time of Day Routing Pl an before we make any
changes.
To display your Time of Day Routing Plan:
1. Type display time-of-day 1 and press RETURN.
The Time of Day Routing Plan 1 appears.