Lucent Technologies Definity Systems Little Instruction Book For Advanced Administration

DEFINITY System’s Little Instruction Book
for advanced administration  555-233-757  Issue 1
April 2000
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xi How to use this book 
How to use this book
Become familiar with the following terms, procedures, and 
conventions. They help you use this book with your telephone 
system and its software.
nTo “move” to a certain field, you can use the TA B key, 
arrows, or the 
RETURN key.
nA “screen” is a screen form displayed on the terminal 
monitor.
nIn this book we always use the term phone; other...

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DEFINITY System’s Little Instruction Book
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nWe show commands and screens from the newest 
DEFINITY telephone system and refer to the most 
recently released books. Please substitute the appropriate 
commands for your system (if necessary) and refer to the 
manuals you have on hand.
nIf you need help constructing a command or completing a 
field entry, remember to use 
HELP.
— When you press 
HELP at any point...

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xiii Security concerns 
!CAUTION:
Denotes possible harm to software, possible loss of data, or 
possible service interruptions.
!SECURITY ALERT:
Indicates when system administration may leave your 
system open to toll fraud.
Security concerns
Toll fraud is the theft of long distance service. When toll fraud 
occurs, your company is responsible for charges. However, 
Lucent will indemnify your...

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Trademarks and service marks
The following are registered trademarks of Lucent Technologies:
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Incorporated.
Related books
DEFINITY System’s Little Instruction Book for basic 
administration and DEFINITY System’s Little Instruction Book 
for basic diagnostics are companions of this book. We suggest 
you use...

DEFINITY System’s Little Instruction Book
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April 2000
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will read each response we receive.
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DEFINITY System’s Little Instruction Book
for advanced administration  555-233-757  Issue 1
April 2000
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xvii How to get help 
How to get help
If you need additional help, the following services are available. 
You may need to purchase an extended service agreement to use 
some of these services. Contact your Lucent representative for 
more information 
DEFINITY Helpline (for help with feature 
administration and system applications)+1 800 225 7585
Lucent Technologies National Customer 
Care...

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DEFINITY System’s Little Instruction Book
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Managing trunks 
1 Understanding trunks 
Managing trunks
This section provides an overview of trunks and tells you how to 
add trunk groups to your system
Understanding trunks
Trunks carry phone signals from one place to another. For 
example, one type of trunk carries phone signals from your 
switch to the central office (CO). 
Groups of trunks perform specific functions. Use the following 
table to...

Managing trunks 
2 Understanding trunks 
DEFINITY System’s Little Instruction Book
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CAMA Centralized Automatic Message Accounting (CAMA) trunks 
route emergency calls to the local community’s Enhanced 911 
systems.
CO Central Office (CO) trunks typically connect your switch to the 
local central office, but they can also connect adjuncts such as 
external paging systems and data modules.
CPE Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) trunks connect...