Lucent Technologies DEFINITY System Little Instructions Manual

							DEFINITY System’s Little Instruction Book
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April 2000
Getting started 
5 Accessing your system 
Accessing your system
You need to log in before you can administer your telephone 
system. To log in, you need to know:
nyour login and password
nthe type of terminal or terminal emulation program that 
you are using
Change your password frequently, at least once a month, to help 
keep hackers out of your system. For instructions on how to 
change your password or add new logins, refer to ‘‘Assigning and 
changing users’’ on page 71.
Logging into the system
If your system requires Access Security Gateway procedures, 
refer to DEFINITY ECS Administrator’s Guide for more 
information.
1. At the prompt, type your login and press 
RETURN.
The system prompts you for your password.
2. Type your password and press 
RETURN.
Your password does not display on the screen. Be sure to 
keep your password private.
The system prompts you for your terminal type. The type 
in square brackets is the default. 
						

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Terminal screen for login
3. Press RETURN if you are using the default terminal. 
Otherwise, enter the terminal type and press 
RETURN.
Once you log in, “
Command” appears. The system is ready to 
accept a new command.
Setting the system time and date
Update the system time and date for events such as leap year or 
daylight savings time. The correct time and date ensure that 
records are correct.
Tip:
Changing the date and time may modify Call Detail Recording 
(CDR) data by 9 hours and 59 minutes. Therefore, you should 
change the date and time after normal business hours.
To set the system time and date:
1. Type 
set time and press RETURN.
The Date and Time screen appears.
2. Complete the appropriate fields.
Login:
Password:
System: XXXXXX  Software Version: xxxxxxxxxxxx
Terminal Type: (513, 715, 4410, 4425, VT220): [513] 
						

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Use a 24-hour clock to set the hour. For example, for 
2:00 p.m. (14:00) type 14. Do not try to update the 
Seconds field because it automatically resets to 0 when 
you press 
EN TER.
3. Press 
EN TER to save your changes.
Date and Time screen
4. Type display time and press RETU RN to double check the 
new date and time.
Tip:
When you change the date or time, some display phones 
may not automatically refresh the display. If this happens, 
have each user press the date/time button on their phone 
and the display should update.
See DEFINITY ECS Administrator’s Guide for more information 
about setting the date and time on your system.
Saving changes
There are two methods for saving changes to your system: 
temporary saves and permanent backups.
  DATE AND TIME
    DATE
            Day of the Week: __________   Month: _________
           Day of the Month: __            Year: ____
TIME
Hour:__ Minute:__ Second: XX Type:________
Daylight Savings Rule: ___ 
						

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Temporary save
As you are working with the system, your changes to the system 
memory are considered temporary. These changes are lost if your 
system loses power before the next permanent save (or backup).
1. Press 
EN TER to save any changes you make on a screen. 
When you press 
EN TER, “command successfully 
completed
” appears and the cursor returns to the 
command prompt.
Permanent backup
A permanent backup copies your changes from the system 
memory to a card (also called a flash ROM), disk, or tape. You 
can perform manual backups or your system may be administered 
to automatically backup every 24 hours.
Tip:
To determine if your system backs up automatically, type display 
system-parameters maintenance
 and see if you have 
scheduled maintenance.
When you make large changes, perform a manual backup in case 
your system loses power before the next backup. To create a 
backup:
1. Be sure that the backup card or tape is in place.
2. Check the alarms panel and clear any active alarms.
3. Type 
save translation and press RETU RN.
The save process may take up to 10 minutes. You cannot 
administer your system while the save process takes place. 
						

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If an error message appears in the Command Completion 
Status field, clear the error and repeat the save process.
Save Translation screen
It is a good idea to have at least two backups. You can run the 
backup again to a second card, or you can copy an automatic 
backup with the backup command (if your system allows). You 
may want to keep this second (or a third) backup off premises to 
ensure you could recover from a disaster or system failure.
See DEFINITY ECS Administrator’s Guide for more information 
about performing backups of your system.
Saving announcements
You can save announcements only if your system has an 
integrated announcement board and you have administered 
announcements.
If you change your recorded announcements and you have a 
TN750C board, the system automatically saves your changes to 
the on-board FLASH memory.
If you have a TN750 or TN750B board, you need to manually 
save the recorded announcements on your system. 
1. Type 
save announcements and press RETU RN to save the 
changes. 
                            SAVE TRANSLATION
Processor             Command Completion Status        Error Code 
SPE_A                          Success                       0  
						

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This process can take up to 40 minutes. You cannot 
administer your system while the system is saving 
announcements.
NOTE:
If you have both TN750B and TN750C boards, save 
announcements to the TN750B slot.
See DEFINITY ECS Administrator’s Guide for more information 
about saving announcements.
Logging off the system
For security reasons, you should log off every time you leave 
your terminal.
1. To log off the system, type 
logoff and press RETU RN.
You may see a security screen that indicates that you have 
Remote Access, Facility Test, or Busied Out administered. 
You may want to disable these features before you log off. 
For more information about these features, refer to the 
Little Instruction Book for basic diagnostics. 
This screen also indicates whether or not you have any 
active minor or major alarms that you should address 
before you end your session.
2. Type 
y and press RETU RN to proceed with log off.
If you use terminal emulation software to administer the switch, 
you should log off the system and exit the emulation application 
before alternating or switching to another software package. 
						

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Planning the DEFINITY system 
11 Understanding the dial plan 
Planning the DEFINITY system
This section provides you with background on system-wide 
functions. It explains how to read and use your dial plan, and 
shows you how to make simple changes such as adding extension 
ranges. This section also explains how to assign feature access 
codes.
Understanding the dial plan
Your dial plan tells your system how to interpret dialed digits. For 
example, if you dial 9 on your system to access an outside line, it 
is actually the dial plan that tells the system to find an external 
trunk when a dialed string begins with a 9.
The dial plan also tells the system how many digits to expect for 
certain calls. For example, the dial plan may indicate that all 
internal extensions are 4-digit numbers that start with 1 or 2.
Tip:
In this book, we do not usually explain each form as thoroughly as 
we do the dial plan. However, this form serves as the basis for 
almost everything in the system, so we wanted to be sure you have 
a clear understanding of how to read and update your dial plan. If 
you need more information, refer to DEFINITY ECS 
Administrator’s Guide. 
						

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Let’s take a look at an example dial plan so you’ll know how to 
read your system’s dial plan. The following figure shows an 
example of a simple dial plan.
Dial Plan Record screen
If you look at the lower half of the Dial Plan Record screen, you 
see the First Digit Table. This table defines the dialing plan for 
your system.
The rows in the First Digit Table indicate what the system does 
when the row’s first digit is dialed. The columns indicate how 
long the dialed string will be for each type of call. For example, 
this dial plan shows that when users dial a 4-digit number that 
starts with 2, they are dialing an extension.
                               DIAL PLAN RECORD                  Page 1 of 1
     Local Node Number: 
         ETA Node Number: 
        Uniform Dialing Plan: 4-digit  ETA Routing Pattern: 
UDP Extension Search Order: local-extensions-first
FIRST DIGIT TABLE
First                               Length
Digit -1- -2- -3- -4- -5- -6-
1: __________ __________ __________ extension_ __________ __________
2: __________ __________ __________ extension_ __________ __________
3: __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________
4: __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________
5: __________ __________ __________ extension_ __________ __________
6: __________ __________ dac_______ __________ __________ __________
7: __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________
8: __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________
9: fac_______ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________
0: attd______ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________
*: __________ __________ fac_______ __________
#: __________ __________ fac_______ __________ 
						

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The first digit table may have any of the following codes:
nAttendant (attd) — Defines how users call an attendant. 
Attd access numbers can be any number from 0 to 9 and 
contain 1 or more digits. In our example figure, the system 
calls an attendant when users dial 0.
nDial access codes (dac) — Allows you to use trunk access 
codes (tac) and feature access codes (fac) in the same 
range. For example, you could define the group 300–399 
for dacs, which would allow both facs and tacs in that 
range. Dial access codes can start with any number from 1 
to 9 and contain up to 4 digits. In recent releases, * and # 
also can be the first digit. In our example figure, dial 
access codes begin with 6 and must be 3 digits long, so this 
company can have a feature access code set to 633 and a 
trunk access code assigned to 634.
nExtensions (ext) — Defines extension ranges that can be 
used on your system. In our figure, extensions must be in 
the ranges: 1000–1999, 2000–2999, and 5000–5999. 
nFeature access codes (fac) only — facs can be any number 
from 1 to 9 and contain up to 4 digits. You can use * or #, 
but only as a first digit. In our example, this company can 
use *21 to activate a feature and use #21 to deactivate the 
same feature. Our example also shows that one fac can be 
set to 9 (first digit 9, only one digit long).
nMiscellaneous code (misc) — these codes are used if you 
want to have more than one kind of code start with the 
same digit and be the same length. Using a misc code 
requires that you also define a second digit table. Refer to 
DEFINITY ECS Administrator’s Guide for information about 
the second digit table. Our example does not show this 
type of code. 
						

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Displaying your dial plan
You might want to take this opportunity to look at and interpret 
your own dial plan. To display your system’s dial plan:
1. Type 
display dialplan and press RETU RN. 
Modifying your dial plan
It is easy to make changes to your dial plan. For example, let’s 
add a new range of dial access codes to the dial plan. We want to 
be able to assign both facs and tacs in the 700–799 range.
1. Type 
change dialplan and press RETURN.
The Dial Plan Record screen appears.
2. Move the cursor to the 7th row in the 3rd column.
This field defines what the system does when users dial 
any number from 700 to 799.
3. Type 
dac in the selected field.
4. Press 
EN TER to save your changes.
Adding extension ranges
You may find that as your needs grow you want a new set of 
extensions. Before you can assign a station to an extension, the 
extension must belong to a range that is defined in the dial plan. 
Let’s add a new set of extensions that start with 3 and are 4 digits 
long (3000–3999).