Line Assignment (#301)
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Line Assignment (#301)
Description
This procedure applies to key extensions or to individual lines on pooled
extensions
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This System Programming procedure assigns the outside lines that are avail able
at an extension. The default order of line assignment to the buttons on a system
phone is from left to right, starting in the bottom left corner (see Figure 5-7 on the
next page). To put the lines in a different order, first use this procedure to remove
all assigned lines; then assign lines in the desired order.
Related Features
■Number of Lines (#104) can be used only during initial system setup to
assign a subset of lines to all extensions. You can use Line Assignment to
assign additional lines to specific extensions. For example, if five l ines
were assigned to all extensions using Number of Lines (#104) and there
are eight lines in the system, use Line Assignment (#301) to assign lines
6, 7, and 8 to specific extensions.
■After you finish Line Assignment, you can use Line Ringing to identify
when each outside line assigned to an extension should start ringing. If you
add a line to the system, its factory setting is Immediate Ring.
■You can use Automatic Line Selection to determine the order in which
the system selects a line for an extension when the user at that extensi on
lifts the handset or turns on the speaker to make a call. If you add a line to
the system, it becomes the last line in the selection sequence.
■Remove all outside lines from Hotline (#603) and Doorphone (#604/#605)
extensions to prevent calls from being made or received on them.
■If you want to prevent a user at an extension from accessing a line, make
sure you restrict the line for that extension us ing Line Access Restriction
(#302) even if the line is not assigned to that extension, so it cannot be
accessed using Direct Line Pickup. Similarly, if you want to prevent a user
at an extension from accessing all the lines in a pool, make sure you
restrict the pool for that extension using Pool Access Restriction (#315)
even if the pool is not assigned to that extension, so it cannot be ac cessed
using the pool access code.
■The user must have access to an outside line in order to dial numbers on
the Emergency Phone Number List (#406).