Nortel Modular Ics 6.1 Installer Guide

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Maintenance
Use Norstar Maintenance to help you understand and diagnose 
system problems that occur on your Norstar system. 
Maintenance includes settings to determine how the system 
will deal with T1 digital lines. It also provides a means for 
provisioning and testing digital lines.
The Maintenance section of programming has these headings.
You can run a Maintenance session from any working M7310, 
M7324 or T7316/T7316E telephone.
System versiondisplays the...

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Beginning a Maintenance session
1. Release all calls on your telephone.
2. Press ≤••Ç؈ÏÈÌ which is the same as 
≤••¤flfl‹››. Password: displays.
3. Enter the Installer password. Terminals&Sets displays. 
Three triangular indicators º appear on the vertical 
display between the rows of buttons.
4. Place the programming overlay over the buttons pointed to 
by the indicators º.
5. Press ‘ until the display shows Maintenance.
Tip - Only one person...

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System version
System version allows you to note the version number of the 
System Processor (SP) software, which resides in the Feature 
Cartridge.
Use the SP version number to determine whether you have the 
latest software release, and to trace a software fault if one 
occurs. 
For instance:
• SP version number can indicate a Feature Cartridge 
incompatibility.
• SP and telephone version numbers can indicate a 
telephone version...

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Port/DN status
Port/DN status allows you to:
• identify any device or line connected to the system
• check the version number of a device for compatibility 
with the system, for instance for an analog terminal 
adapter (ATA).
• check the state of a device or line, for example, idle or busy
• disable or enable a device
• determine which port number corresponds to each DN
• determine the port number of a malfunctioning device
• determine if a...

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Do not enable or disable ports at the following times:
• during the first two minutes after Startup programming
• before fiber cables are connected
If you do so, incorrect ports may be enabled or disabled. To 
recover from this, disable, then enable, the affected modules 
using Module status.
Port/DN status allows you to check lines and devices on the 
system. Although the following procedures describe how to 
check devices, you can use the...

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Displays
Sample device identification display
The following table lists some of the device types that may 
appear on the Norstar device identification display.
Explanation of device type
P104  7324 224
DEVICE >B2  STATEThis sample display indicates that port 104 
has an M7324 telephone whose DN is 224.  
Press 
DEVICE to see the device attached to 
the port. 
DisplayExplanation
7100M7100 or T7100 set
7208M7208 or T7208 set
7310M7310...

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Checking the device version number
Installer password required
From the Norstar device identification display:
1. Press VERSN
 (if it is available). 
The display shows the version number of the device.
2. Write this number on the appropriate Maintenance record.
To return to the Norstar device identification display from 
the display showing the version number, do one of the 
following:
• Press OK
 to retain the same port number. 
• Press...

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Checking the state of the deviceInstaller password required
From the Norstar device identification display.
1. Press STATE
. 
The display shows one of the states listed in the table that 
follows. If you want, you can disable or enable the device. 
Refer to Disabling a device on page 519 or Examples of 
display messages on page 519.
2. Press OK
 to return to the device identification display.
How the device state is shown on the display...

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Disabling a device Installer password required
To disable immediately when the display indicates the device 
is busy:
1. Press DISABLE
. Disable at once? displays.
2. Press YES
. 
The system prompts the device user and disables the 
device in one minute (or immediately, if the device is idle). 
Press NO
 to leave this display without disabling the device.
Displays
The following table shows examples of the sequence of 
messages that might...

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Enabling the device Installer password required
When the display shows you that the device is disabled:
Press ENABLE
. Enabling... briefly displays. 
The device is immediately enabled and the display shows 
Idle. 
Returning to the beginningInstaller password required
From the display showing the state of the device:
1. Press OK
.
2. Press – until the you reach Port/DN status.
Tips - The display may briefly show Enabling..., then 
either...