[Carrier Selection Procedure Flowchart]
The numbers in parentheses indicate the corresponding items found under [Programming Procedures] on the
following pages.
No
No (Normal CO Line Access)
No
No
Yes
Is the ARS mode (1) enabled?
An extension user accesses a CO
line and dials a telephone number.
Sends a
reorder tone.
Sends a
busy tone.
Checks the Routing Plan (4) to
determine which carrier to use.
Modifies the dialed number by
removing the digits and following
the modify commands (5).
Sends the modified number
to the CO line.
Yes
No
Is the carrier found in the
appropriate time block (4)?
Yes
Is the dialed number found in the
Leading Number Exception Table (2)?
No
Yes
(default)
Yes Is normal
CO Line Access
allowed?
Because all CO
lines are busy?
Yes
Is the dialed number found in
the Leading Number Table (3)?
No
Is there an available
trunk group (5)?
Yes
Sends the telephone
number by the Idle
Line Access.
Sends the telephone
number as dialed.
[Programming Procedures]
1. ARS Mode
ARS is turned on by selecting under which circumstances it operates – either when an extension user
makes a call using the Idle Line Access method, or when any CO Line Access method is used (® 3.1.14 CO
Line Access). ARS can also be turned off for the entire system.
® 10.1 [8-1] System Setting— ARS Mode
® [320] ARS Mode
2. Leading Number Exception Table
Once ARS is activated, store the telephone numbers that will bypass ARS in the Leading Number Exception
Table.
Note that the first few digits (leading number) of a telephone number, such as an area code or local
exchange, can also be stored, so that all calls to those areas or exchanges are exempted from ARS. Also
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1.1.3 ARS (Automatic Route Selection)