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7. Enter up to 16 characters for the system name. For 
example, NORTEL 1.
Press the dial pad key until the letter you need appears on 
the display. For example, press key 5 three times to display 
the letter L.
Press SPACE
 to add a blank space to the name.
Press BKSP
 to delete the previous character.
Press > if the next letter is on the same button. 
8. Press SAVE
 . The display shows the registered name. For...

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2. Make a call.
a. Press i. You hear dial tone, and the display shows 
LINK. If you do not hear dial tone, check that you have 
selected the correct system and that the associated desk 
telephone is idle or register the portable again.
b. Dial the number of a working telephone. The telephone 
must ring to confirm the registration.
3. Receive a call.
a. If the portable has the same extension number as a desk...

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If a portable is registered on other systems, it will still be 
available on those systems. You deregister one system at a 
time.
Note:  If you are out of range of the system, this procedure 
clears registration data only from the portable.
1. Press m ***. The display shows ADMINISTRATION 
and three softkeys,SYS
, PINFO, DATA.
2. Press SYS
. The display shows WIRELESS SYSTEMS.
3. Press ERASE
 . The display shows Erase...

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by the signal strength and power mode. For example, 
14112 - 67.
Hand-off occurs normally between the cells.
Note:  In this example, the module is 14, the port is 1 1and the 
radio is 2. The signal strength measured by the base 
station is -67 dBm.
5. To end the connection, press k.
Measuring directed RSSI
You may want to measure the RSSI between a portable and a 
specific base station radio. For example, you may...

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the radio IDs of all other base stations in the same location
1. Follow steps 1 to 5 of Measuring undirected RSSI on page 
77. 
If the display shows the ID of a base station neighboring 
the one you want to measure, proceed to step 2.
If the display shows the ID of the base station you want to 
measure, move out of the cell boundary range so that hand-
off occurs and then continue with step 2. To end the 
undirected...

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Registering the C3050
The following section describes the procedures involved in 
registering Companion C3050 portable telephones. To register 
each portable with the Norstar system, you must do two things:
Register the portables by entering the Registration 
password on each one.
Verify that the portable functions correctly.
C3050 Icons
Some C3050 portable telephone icons for Canada and the 
United States are...

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4. Press the ADD key to establish a radio link. The portable 
displays Adding SYSTEM:# for two seconds, then it 
displays Pswd:.
If a radio link is not established, the portable displays 
No connection. Close the flap, and repeat the procedure 
from step 1.
5. Enter the Registration password. The default is 
¶™£¢§ (RADIO). The portable displays 
DN:.
If the registration password is not correct, the portable 
displays...

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To confirm that the C3050 is registered
1. Close, then open the portable flap. 
If the portable displays the system name that you just 
registered, proceed to step 5.
If the portable displays a different system name, or No 
system selected, proceed to step 2.
2. Press Í. The portable displays WIRELESS SYSTEMS.
3. Press the scroll keys (” or ’) until the system name 
is displayed.
4. Press SELCT
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Deregistering the C3050
You can deregister the C3050 in two ways:
from the portable
from the administration set 
You can deregister the portable to clear information stored in 
the portable and the system. To do this, you must be within the 
coverage area. For example, you may want to deregister the 
portable before you assign it to another DN.
You can also deregister a portable using the Norstar 
administration...

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Measuring RSSI for a C3050
The Receive Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) is a 
measurement of the signal strength the base station receives 
from the portable. The base station controls the power 
transmitting mode of the portable. When the base station 
receives a weak signal, it instructs the portable to transmit in 
high-power. When the base station receives a strong signal, it 
instructs the portable to transmit in...