Paradyne 3551 manual Directory, Entering a Telephone Number

Operating the DSU

Directory

The DSU's dial backup Directory (Dir) can store up to ten telephone numbers (dial strings) so the DBM can call other DBMs or modems. Directory entries are numbered from 1 to 10. Each dial string in the directory can be up to 36 characters in length. Refer to Table 4-6 for numbers and characters that can be used.

When the dial string or changes are complete, enter an underscore ( _ ) to the immediate right of the last character; this ends the dial string field.

NOTE

Do not load duplicate telephone numbers into the Directory; telephone numbers should be unique.

Entering a Telephone Number

For the following example, we will add a dial string (telephone number) to Backup Directory 1. The number to be entered is 555-1234.

To add or change a telephone number:

.Procedure

1.Select Local.

2.Press the key to display Confg (Configuration branch).

3.Select Confg.

4.Select Dir if entering a telephone number into the Backup Directory.

Press the key to display then select Phone if entering the local DSU's telephone number. This telephone number is entered similarly to entering a number into Dir.

5.Select Chang (F1) to add or change a telephone number.

The Enter Dir screen appears.

Press the F1 key ( ↑ ) to increment the Directory entry indicator (the default is 1). For this example, assume that you are entering your first directory entry.

6.Select Load (F2).

The Directory entry appears on the first line; the cursor is positioned in the first position of the currently empty Directory.

1 :

Undo

F1 F2 F3

If the number had been entered previously, that number would appear on the first line, following the colon (:).

For numeric screens, the following applies:

ÐPress the F1 key ( ↑ ) to increment the digit.

ÐPress the F2 key ( ↓) to decrement the digit.

ÐPress the or keys to move the blinking cursor one position to the left or right.

ÐPress the F3 key (Undo) to restore the number as it was first displayed so you can start over.

Refer to Table 4-6 to see all available directory and password entry characters.

7.Press the F1 key until the number 5 appears.

8.Press the key to move to the next position.

9.Repeat the process until all numbers in the telephone number have been entered.

1 : 5 5 5 1 2 3 4

Undo

F1 F2 F3

NOTE

A dial string cannot have any separating characters or spaces (i.e., 555-1234 or 555 1234). Other valid characters can be interspersed as needed : *, #, t, p, w, and comma (,).

3550-A2-GB20-20 December 1996 4-17