Avaya Partner Advanced Communications System Installation, Programming And Use Manual

Overview
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Initial Telephone Programming
Overview
As the System Administrator, you should program telephones at individual extensions with certain 
features. There are two types of telephone programming:
– Centralized Telephone Programming–programming individual telephones from extension 
10 or 11.
– Extension Programming–programming an individual system telephone from the 
extension to which it is connected. 
Use Centralized Telephone Programming to program the features presented in this chapter....

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Required Telephone Programming
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Required Telephone Programming
For all telephones, you must program these features:

Automatic Line Selection to change the order in which the telephone selects a line or pool 
when the user picks up the handset. (If you want to change Automatic Line Selection for an 
extension, you must do so immediately after you enter programming mode and dial the 
extension number.)

Extension Name...

Initial Telephone Programming
Automatic Line Selection
5-3 operation. For example, the setting for a single-line telephone in a lobby used for internal calling or 
making local calls on Line 1, would be “Intercom, 1.”
Considerations

If Forced Account Code Entry (#307) is assigned to an extension, Automatic Line 
Selection for that extension does not apply. This means the user must manually select a line 
or pool after entering a required account code.

For an extension identified as a Hotline (#603) or...

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Extension Name Display
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Extension Name Display 
You can assign a name to an extension: up to 20 characters long on PARTNER telephones, up to 
12 characters long on MLS telephones. Then, when that extension is used to make an intercom, 
group, or transferred call, the name appears on the system display telephone receiving the call. 
Similarly, users receiving a transfer return call see the name of the person assigned to the...

Initial Telephone Programming
Line Ringing
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Display Language (#303) has no effect on this feature. This means that the extension name 
displays exactly as it is programmed.
Programming
To assign a name to an extension:
1. Press 
f00ssc at extension 10 or 11.
2. Enter the number of the extension to be programmed.
3. Press left 
i. For extension 12, the display reads:
12 Enter Extension Name 
If a name was assigned previously to this extension, that name appears instead.
4. Enter the two-digit code for...

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Line Ringing
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Programming
To change the way outside lines or pools ring at an extension:
1. Press 
f00ssc at extension 10 or 11.
2. Enter the number of the extension to be programmed for Line Ringing.
The green lights next to the line or pool buttons show the current Line Ringing settings for all 
lines or pools assigned to the extension. (If a line or pool is not assigned to a button, the green 
light next to that button...

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Using the Telephones
Overview  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6-1
System Telephones   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6-1

Buttons and Indicators  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6-1

Lights  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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Overview
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Using the Telephones
Overview
This chapter explains how system and single-line telephones work with the system. The buttons 
on the telephones are discussed, as well as the basic call handling features and the display. 
System Telephones 
PARTNER telephones have several buttons and indicators in common. The following pages 
explain where they are and how they work. For information about an MLC-6, MLS, or TransTalk 
9000-series telephone, see the documentation that came with the telephone....

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System Telephones
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Figure 6-1.  PARTNER-34D Telephone
The following buttons and indicators appear on system telephones:

Display (PARTNER-34D and PARTNER-18D telephones only). The display shows the 
following:
– Date, day, and time when the telephone is idle
– Number dialed when placing a call
– Extension number (and name if programmed) calling you or transferring a call to you
– Duration while a call is in progress
–...