Nortel Modular Ics Companion Installer Guide

Norstar, Meridian and Companion are trademarks of 
Nortel Networks
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Companion Modular ICS 
Installer Guide
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Printed in Canada
(to be used with MICS-XC software) 

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Table of Contents
Regulations 1
Federal Communications Commission (U.S. only) 1
Companion Base Stations 1
Activation (U.S. only) 1
Safety  2
Norstar Companion basics 3
What’s new with Norstar 5
Planning the installation 7
Planning checklist 7
Required equipment and supplies  7
Configuring Station Modules 7
Configuring expansion modules 8
On a mini system 9
On a midi system 9
On a maxi system 10
On a mega system 11
ICS numbering 14
Installation 17...

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Installing external antenna and lightning surge arrestor 
procedures for Canada 41
Powering up the system 49
Programming 51
Installation programming 51
Programming tools 52
The Norstar Programming Record 52
Exiting programming 52
Viewing your programming updates 53
Template defaults 53
Startup programming 55 Performing Star tup 55
Changing the default template 56
Entering programming 56 Entering programming for system coordinators 57
Entering...

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To register the C3050 80
To confirm that the C3050 is registered 82
Deregistering the C3050 83 To deregister the C3050 83
Measuring RSSI for a C3050 84 To measure undirected RSSI 84
Measuring directed RSSI 85
Registering the C3020 (Canada only) 86 To register the C3020 86
Deregistering the C3020 (Canada only) 88 To deregister the C3020 88
Measuring RSSI for a C3020 (C anada only) 89
Measuring undirected RSSI 90
Measuring directed RSSI 90
Measuring...

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Adding Companion to a mini, midi, maxi, or mega system 119
Upgrading an RPI-8 to an RPI-16  119
Glossary 121
Index 129
Backup programming overlays 137 

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Regulations
Federal Communications Commission (U.S. only)
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has 
designated UTAM Inc. to manage the installation and 
relocation of Unlicensed Personal Communication Services 
(UPCS). This includes Norstar Companion Base Stations and 
Portable Telephones.
Companion Base Stations
The radiated and conducted emissions of the Companion Base 
Station radios must not exceed the requirements for digital 
cordless...

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Safety 
Do not connect the administration set or Base 
Stations directly to a CO line.
Doing so may result in equipment damage.
The Norstar administration set and base stations 
must not be used as off-premises equipment.
Installers must check the lightning surge arrestors at 
the cable entry point to the building with special 
attention to the grounding. Report any problems to 
your telephone company in writing.
Do not install Norstar...

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Norstar Companion basics 
Norstar Companion provides mobility in the workplace. With 
Companion, your telephone can go with you, allowing you to 
make and receive calls while on the move. Calls that used to 
ring just at your desk can also appear and ring at your portable. 
This is called twinning. Twinning works provided that the 
portable is assigned the desk telephone DN as an Answer DN. 
Wireless twinning is improved by assigning the same answer 
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Before the base stations can be used in the United States, 
UTAM codes must be obtained and entered using an 
administration terminal or Norstar Remote Utilities (NRU). 
Please see Software keys (U.S. only) on page 67 for more 
detailed information.
Companion Portable Telephones — The portable 
telephones used with your Norstar system are small, 
lightweight units with fully digital performance to provide 
clear voice quality....