DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 7
Maintenance for R7r
555-230-126 Issue 4
June 1999
Management Terminal
3-4Switch-Based Bulletin Board
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3. Follow system prompts.
To display messages on the Switch Based Bulletin B oard you must:
1. Log into the system with “Maintain System” , “Display Admin,” or “Maint
Data” permissions.
2. Enter the command display bulletin board.
3. Follow system prompts.
Editing a Switch-Based Bulletin Board Message
As stated before, a message may c ontain up to three pag es of information with
the first 10 lines on page 1 reserved for Luc ent Service’s

High-Priority

messages
(the “INIT”, “INADS”, and “ craft” logins c an edit the first 10 lines on pag e one).
Pages 2 and 3 will allow up to 20 lines of 40 characters of text. Each line has a
date field to show when the line is mod ified.
The control keys used to edit existing feature forms must be used to edit a
message in the Switch Based Bulletin Bo ard. The following characters are
allowed for use in the text field:
■Uppercase/Lowercase le tters, spaces, numerals, and !@#$%^&*()_
-+=[]{};’”<>./?.
NOTE:
Tab characters are not allowed. The existing comm and line interface will
cause the cursor to move to the next field if a Tab character is entered.
If a user changes any lines whic h cause 2 or more consecuti ve blank lines the
bulletin board is automatic ally reorganized (upon submittal). Two or more blank
lines are changed to a sing le blank line. A blank line is at the top of a form is also
deleted. This prevent holes in the b ulletin board screens as old entries are
deleted.
To save a message entered into the bulletin board text fi eld, you must execute
the save translation command.
The following screen, is an example of bulletin board messag es between Lucent
and a customer that is having trouble with trunk group translations: