Lucent Technologies Definity Systems Little Instruction Book For Basic Administration

DEFINITY System’s Little Instruction Book
for basic administration  555-233-756  Issue 1
April 2000
Planning the DEFINITY system 
15 Understanding the dial plan 
To add this set of extensions to the dial plan:
1. Type 
change dialplan and press RETURN.
The Dial Plan Record screen appears.
2. Move the cursor to the 3rd row in the 4th column.
3. Type 
extension in the selected field.
4. Press 
EN TER to save your changes.
Adding feature access codes
As your needs change, you may want to add a new set of...

Planning the DEFINITY system 
16 Changing feature access codes 
DEFINITY System’s Little Instruction Book
for basic administration  555-233-756  Issue 1
April 2000
Changing feature access codes
Feature access codes (FAC) allow users to activate and deactivate 
features from their phones. A user who knows the fac for a 
feature does not need a programmed button to use the feature. For 
example, if you tell your users that the fac for the Last Number 
Dialed is *33, then users can redial a phone number by...

DEFINITY System’s Little Instruction Book
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April 2000
Managing phones 
17 Adding new phones 
Managing phones
This section explains how to add, swap, or remove the phones on 
your system. This section also gives you tips for customizing 
your own phone so it has the feature buttons you need for many 
administration and troubleshooting tasks.
Note that this section does not tell you how to administer 
attendant consoles or IP softphones. If you need to add or...

Managing phones 
18 Adding new phones 
DEFINITY System’s Little Instruction Book
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Gathering necessary information
1. Determine whether the phone is an analog, digital, ISDN, 
or hybrid set.
You need this information to determine the type of port 
you need, because the port type and phone type must 
match. If you do not know what type of phone you have, 
refer to ‘‘Phone types’’ on page 4 for a list of phones by 
model number.
2. Record the room...

DEFINITY System’s Little Instruction Book
for basic administration  555-233-756  Issue 1
April 2000
Managing phones 
19 Adding new phones 
The System Configuration screen shows all the boards on 
your system that are available for connecting phones. You 
can see the board number, board type, circuit-pack type, 
and status of each board’s ports. 
4. Choose an available port and record its port address.
Each port that is available or unassigned is indicated by a 
‘
u.’ Choose an available port from a board...

Managing phones 
20 Adding new phones 
DEFINITY System’s Little Instruction Book
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Physically connecting the phone
Once you have collected all the information, you are ready to 
physically wire the port to the cross-connect field.
If you have a Lucent representative or on-site technician who 
completes the physical connections, you need to notify them that 
you are ready to add the phone to the system. To request that 
Lucent install the new...

DEFINITY System’s Little Instruction Book
for basic administration  555-233-756  Issue 1
April 2000
Managing phones 
21 Adding new phones 
Station screen
2. Type the model number of the phone into the Type field.
For example, to install a 8411D phone, type 
8411D in the 
Type field. Note that the displayed fields may change 
depending on the model you add.
3. Type the port address in the Port field.
4. Type a name to associate with this phone in the Name 
field.
The name you enter displays on called...

Managing phones 
22 Adding new phones 
DEFINITY System’s Little Instruction Book
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Using station templates to add phones
A quick way to add phones is to copy the information from an 
existing phone and modify it for each new phone. For example, 
you can configure one phone as a template for an entire work 
group. Then, you merely duplicate the template station screen to 
add all the other extensions in the group.
Note that only phones of the same...

DEFINITY System’s Little Instruction Book
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April 2000
Managing phones 
23 Adding new phones 
Duplicate Station screen
4. Type in the extension, port address, and phone name for 
each new phone you want to add.
The rest of the fields are optional. You can complete them 
at any time.
5. Press 
EN TER to save your changes to system memory.
To make changes to these phones, such as assigning coverage 
paths or feature buttons, type 
change station nnnn and press...

Managing phones 
24 Adding new phones 
DEFINITY System’s Little Instruction Book
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April 2000
that best matches the features of your new phone. You can refer to 
your phone’s manual to determine which alias to use. If your 
manual does not have this information, you can contact the 
DEFINITY helpline for an appropriate alias.
For example, let’s use an alias to add a new 8403B phone to a 
DEFINITY G3V2 or earlier system.
1. Refer to your new phone’s manual to...