NEC 750370 manual Ranges of System IDs, Operator Box ID, Special System ID for Numbered Groups

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Ranges of System IDs

You may want to assign particular ranges of IDs to a particular purpose. You could reserve System IDs 10 through 19 for menus (transaction boxes) that can be accessed by outside callers, IDs 200 to 399 for Extension # IDs for subscribers, IDs 9200 to 9399 for subscriber Personal IDs (9 + Extension # ID), and IDs 7200-7399 for guest Personal IDs. You could also assign additional System IDs beginning with $ for internal IDs for opening greeting boxes, or on transaction boxes that handle special call routing applications.

Operator Box ID

The default System ID for the Operator Box is 0 (Application Screen Page 3). This precludes any other System ID beginning with 0.

Special System ID for Numbered Groups

If you allow subscribers to leave messages for message groups by pressing numbers to identify the group, you must enter a special System ID in the ID for Num Groups field on the Application screen Page 6, and start each group name with three digits (e.g., 234 Sales Department).

For this special System ID for numbered groups, you should choose a number that is easy for subscribers to enter. While you should try to use a short number, keep in mind that a short number prevents you from using some System IDs. For example, using 14 prevents you from using any other System IDs that start with 14, such as 140-149 and 1400-1499.

Match Extension # IDs with Extension Numbers

You could simplify the application if you make subscriber Extension # IDs match the subscriber actual telephone extension number, but you should first assess how this affects your overall ID plan.

Consider this extreme case. If you had a company operator at extension 0 and nine subscribers with telephone extension lines already numbered 1~9, you could assign Extension # IDs 1~9 to these subscribers to match the actual telephone extensions. But then you could not assign any more System IDs. If you had guests or new employees to add to the system, you would need a completely new ID numbering plan. However, you could assign Extension # IDs as 10 through 19. This allows you to add many more System IDs starting with the digits 2 through 9.

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