Nortel Modular Ics Companion System Coordinator Guide

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CompanionModular ICS 
System Coordinator Guide
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(to be used with MICS-XC software) 

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Table of Contents
Table of Contents iii
Norstar Companion basics 1
Programming 3
Programming tools 3
The Norstar Programming Record 3
Exiting programming 4
Viewing your programming updates 4
Entering numbers 4
Programming headings 5
Registration password 6
Changing the Registration password 7
Companion programming 8
Registration 8
Radio data 10
Registering individual portables 12
System programming 15
Twinning between Companion portables and...

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Glossary 29
Index 35
Backup programming overlays 39 

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Norstar Companion basics 
Your Companion portable telephone allows you to leave your 
desk without missing important telephone calls. You can carry 
it with you to make and receive calls on the Norstar system. 
The portable telephones can access most Norstar business 
features such as call forward, call transfer, conferencing, and 
voice mail. Companion on Norstar consists of four main 
components:
ICS and Norstar XC software — Modular ICS-XC...

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Administration and Maintenance Tools — Programming 
the Companion system is accomplished easily and quickly 
using a T7316 Business Series Terminal or an M7310 or 
M7324 Norstar set. You can assign portable telephones to the 
system, check base station parameters, and enable and disable 
registration through programming. 
Companion Diagnostic Software allows you to run diagnostics 
on the wireless system. This can be...

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Programming
For general programming instructions, familiarize yourself 
with the programming operations in the Modular ICS System 
Coordinator Guide.
Programming tools
As with all Modular ICS programming, you can use a T7316 
Business Series Terminal or an M7310 or M7324 Norstar set 
to perform the programming.
In this book, all processes requiring dialpad buttons are 
presented in the Business Series Terminal button icons. If you 
are using one...

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Photocopy pages from the record, as necessary.
Exiting programming
Norstar stores your changes automatically as soon as you alter 
any settings.
When you have completed your programming session, press 
¨. The display briefly reads End of session.
Viewing your programming updates
If any of the changes you have made to programming have not 
immediately taken effect, you see an UPDATE display button 
when you leave programming. The...

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Entering letters and numbers using the dial pad
Programming headings
Programming specific to Norstar Companion System 
Coordinators is covered in this guide. Refer to Modular ICS 
System Coordinator Guide for all other System Coordinator 
programming and for an explanation of passwords.
After pressing ²¥¥‚¯öìéí and entering 
the password (the default password is  or 
ÛÜßÝß), you see the following programming 
headings.
Top-level...

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Registration password
The portable telephones must be registered with the Norstar 
system before they can be used. The recommended steps are as 
follows:
1. Change the registration password for your system.
2. Enable registration for the system.
3. Confirm the availability of directory numbers (DNs) for 
each Companion portable telephone.
4. Individually register each Companion portable telephone.
5. Disable registration for the...