Vodavi Starplus Dhs-l Technical Manual

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Key Station Features,
Operation, and
Programming
The System and Key Station features and programming of theSTARPL US®DH S -L™
Systems are listed and desc ribed in this c hapter. A n abbreviated feature index is
provided in
Table 3-11: Feature Access Codes, full-feature descriptions are provided
alphabetically following
Table 3 -1 2: System Numbering Plan. 
						

							General Conventions3-3
Chapt er 3 - Key Station Featu res , Opera tion , an d Programmin g
Ge neral Con ventions
DH S -LFeatures
System Access- - System res ources a re accessed u sin g directory numbers to dial acces s
the res ource (s ta tion num berin g, H unt Group numb ering, e tc.) .
†The [F EAT ] button joined with dia l key codes will a ppe ar throughout the text. T his
but ton is use d t o a cce ss most s yst em fe atu re s.
†Press the [CLEAR] button to cancel the current operation.
Programming Mode- - System programming ca n be executed at any idle Executiv e Key
Te le phone . O nl y one stati on may en te r the s ystem pr ogra mmi ng mode a t any ti me.
†Va lid p rogramm ing is confirme d with a single b ee p tone from the spe ake r.
†Inva li d p rogr ammi ng is al er t ed wit h a doub le be ep ton e.
One-Butt on A ccess-- Any feature or resource cod e ma y be stored f or on e-b utton a ccess
under an available Programmable Feature Button.
LC D Pro mp t s-- Op eration step s are orie nte d f or the E xecutiv e Ke y T elep hone since the
int e ract i ve LCD pr ompt s encompa ss al l Exe cu ti ve Key Te le phone fun ct i ons.
Soft Button / Display-- Thr e e L CD int er ac t iv e Soft B ut to ns a re pos it ion ed bene at h t he
display on the Executive Key Telephone. These buttons are used during feature operation
for in tera ctive display prom pt menus. For orienta tion p urpos es , the Sof t Bu ttons may be
re fe rr ed to as the l ef t, c ent er a nd r i ght So ft B u t t o ns.
The following is an example of the LCD display at an idle Executive Key Telephone. The
Soft Butto ns are immediately below the bottom line of the display oriented at left, center
and ri ght pos it ion s.
Fi gure 3 -1: Soft But tons
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Soft Button Prompts
bk s p :Whe n t he new prog ram ming dat a ent r y i s not d esi r ed, t he s ta ti on us er ma y pr e ss
the backspace [bksp] button to erase the last data entered and return to the immediately
pr ece ding pr ompt .
save: W hen the ne w d ata is e ntered, the syste m will che ck the entere d da ta
aut omat ic a ll y. If the e nt ry is in val id, t he pro mpt wi ll be r efr e shed . T he st at ion use r m ust
press the store [save] button to confirm entry and continue with the next prompt item.
chg: Press the change [chg] button to modify the curre nt prompted item . If the data/
mes sag e to b e cha nged is ge nerated by the sy stem itse lf, the cu rrent p rogramming item
wil l be r epl ace d by new dat a (tog gle d b et wee n YE S a nd NO , or cycle d t hr ough s eve ra l
dat a/ me ssa ges ) whe n t he use r pre ss es th e [ch g] but t on.
ne x t:Rep eate d de press ions of the [n ext] bu tton will p re se nt the ne xt se le ction or the
next programmable item within the current category.
back:Repeated depressions of the [back] button operate similarly to the [next] button
where th e p revious p rogramm ing category is selected, or the prev ious programming
item within the current category is selected.
show: Press the display [show] button to enter into detailed item feature programming
of a sp ecific ca tegory, o r to d is pla y current progra mmed content of the fea ture.
clear: The [cl ea r] b utt on can be use d at any ti me in s yst em pr ogra mmin g. De pr es si ng t his
button aborts a ny programming in p rogre ss and re turns the E xecutiv e Ke y T elep hone to
an idle state.
Programming
Us in g a P C
TheDHS- Lsoftware allows the se rvice te chnician to progra m theDHS-Lsystem using an
external, PC -ba sed, D OS sof twa re programming tool. T he DOS s oftware tool stream lines
programming and allows for database printout and reserve storage. Operation of the PC
Programm ing s oftware is not covered in this text. Tho se unf amiliar with PC op eration an d
the D OS en vironme nt should re ly on the following (a ll e ncompas sing) b uilt-in Datab ase
Ad m in ist r at io n fac i li ty .
Programming Tip
Th e mom ent th e [ ch g] b utton is p res s ed a nd the va lue d is play ed , that op era tion b eco mes
functi ona l (this is true fo r any d ataba se fiel d whe re th e [chg ] b utton se le cts fro m the
ava ilab le d ata fie ld v alue s ).
In other areasof programming where data is entered fromthe dial pad, the [save] Soft
Butto n must be p ressed t o sa ve t hat e nte red d ata. 
						

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Us in g a K e y se t
Three LCD interactive soft buttons are instrumental in the database programming
pr ocess . Pr ogr ammi ng mu st be pe rfo rme d a t an E xecutiv e model k ey te le phone .
Opera tion
To ma ke cha nges in the cus tom er databa se, you must e nte r D atabas e Pr ogra mmi ng fr om
an idle Executive (display model) Key Telephone. (Any Executive Key Telephone
connected to any station port will se rv e a s the programming e ntry te rm inal).
To enter the pr ogra mmi ng mod e:
1. From an idle station, pres s the [FE AT ] b utton. The display cha nge s as s ee n be low :
2. Dial [#] + [
✳] on the keypad. The display prompts for the database password. The
default password is ######## (8 #s).
3. When the center Soft Button [next] is pressed, the next sequential programming
ca tegory is d is pla yed.
-or -
If the left Soft Button [back] is pressed, the last programming category is displayed.
F
DB PSWD : __
bks p show chg
1. STAT I ON
back ne xt show
10 . D I A GN OST I CS
back ne xt show 
						

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The two Soft Buttons (left and center) [back] and [next] can be pressed repeatedly to
move throug h the prog ra mmin g catego ri es in a m enu fash ion. The p rogr ammi ng
cat egor ie s and ass oci at e d di spl ays ar e as fol lows :
Pro g ram mi ng
Dat abas e Pass word
The de fault Da tab ase Progra mming Pas sword ma y be cha nged from
########to any
oth er 8-digit nu merica l s eq uence .
Defa ul t
TheDHS- LUser Password is 0000, and has a programmable range from 0000-9999.
1. STAT I ON
back ne xt show
2. CO LI N E
back ne xt show
3. CALL HANDLING
back ne xt show
4. RE SOU R CE
back ne xt show
5. RE STR I CT I ON
back ne xt show
6. STAT I ON A PP LI CAT.
back ne xt show
7. LINE APPLICAT.
back ne xt show
8. SY S AP PLI C AT.
back ne xt show
9. MAINTE NANCE
back ne xt show
10 . D I A GN OST I CS
back ne xt show 
						

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System Programming Tables
The following tables briefly describe theDHS-Lsystem functions and their programming
def ault values .
Table 3-1: Station Programming Table
S T A T I O N Range Defau lt Desc ription
1.
POSITION Non-
Pr o g r am ma b l eNone Repre se nts the system positi on for that
st a t i o n n u mbe r (1 -XX -Y Y ) :
†1 = module (1 only)
†XX = ca rd slot 4 -1 2
†YY= por t on card 01-08, 01-16.
2.
TE NANT GROUP 1-6 1 The re are 6 te nant groups in the system .
Ea ch station m ay be as signe d to one tena nt
group.
3.
PICKUP GROUP 1-24 1 Sta tions can only b e assi gned to one group.
Sta tions w ithin a group may answ e r ca lls
from another station by dia ling the pick up
code.
4.
PAGING GROUP 1-24 1 Sta tions m ay be i n only one page group and
will rece ive inte rnal pa ges for only that
group.
5.
STA TYPE Staff/Guest Staff Staff is used for normal office operation;
Guest for Hotel/M otel.
6.
DAY COS 0-7 0 Dete rmine s the sta tion d ialing priv ilege s in
the da y mode of operation (no restrictions).
7.
NIGHT COS 0-7 0 Dete rmine s the sta tion d ialing priv ilege s in
the night mode of opera tion ( no re s tri ctions) .
8.
WAR N I N G TON E Y/ N N Th e D r op Ti m e- o u t War n i n g To n e i s u se d t o
ale rt a s tation use r that a CO ca ll is a bout to
be droppe d. Othe r program ming dete rmine s
w he n a cal l is droppe d.
9.
DROP TIME OUT Y/ N N Drop time -out a utom atica lly term inate s CO
calls after a progra mm ed tim e. The time is
program me d in Call Handli ng i f w arning
tone is ena bled it w ill be heard be fore the
call is droppe d.
10 .
INTRUS. ACTIVE Y/ N N All ows a sta tion to m onitor a nother station.
11 .
INTRUS. A CC EPT Y/ N Y All ow s the sta tion to be monitore d.
12 .
INTRUS. TO NE Y/ N Y Dete rmine s if a station be ing monitored will
hea r a tone when be ing monitored.
13 .
NO FUNC. KEY Y/ N Y All ows a functi on k ey on the p hone.
14 .
FORCE D LCR Y/ N N Forces all ca lls through the Le as t Cost
Routing feature.
15 .
DATA AUTO A NS Y/ N Y This fe ature i s currently not used. 
						

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16 .
ECF OP ER ATIO N Y/ N N All ow s s tation to s et Ex ternal C all Forw ard.
17 .
SMDR OUT PUT Y/ N Y All ows the sta tion to ge nera te a cal l re cord
f or e ach cal l.
18 .
P O R T T Y PE STA/ V M / VA STA Po r t t y p e c a n b e e i t h er an e x t en s i o n v o i c e
ma il or voice a nnounce .
19 .
DIR. NO. SWAPPING -- -- Each station porthas anassigned extension.
The exte nsi on num ber m ay be exchange d
(swappe d) with any other station port.
Swap With Ente r num be r station is to b e change d to.
20 .
LINE A SS IGNMENT Ea ch station ca n have a cces s to s pecif ic line /s on the s ys tem or a ll lines f or
outgoing calls.
Sho w Mo du le 1 1 Alw ays 1
Show Slot 3 -12 -- Ente r the sl ot the des ired CO ca rd is in.
Port 1 - Port 8 TNT 1-TNT 6
Y/ NTN T 1
YPor t indica tes a cce s s for port of line card. T NT
indicate s te nant group that CO line is
as signe d to.
21 .
RECE IVE A SS IGNM ENT Ea ch station ca n be s et to rece ive incom ing call indi cations f or eve ry li ne on the
sy st e m o r a s pec i f i c l i n e (s ).
Sho w Mo du le 1 1 Alw ays 1
Show Slot 3-12 - Ente r the sl ot the desired CO ca rd is in.
Port 1 - Port 8 TNT 1-TNT 6
Y/ NTN T 1
YPor t indica tes a cce s s for port of line card. T NT
indicate s te nant group that CO line is
as signe d to.
22 .
DSS UNIT 1 Any v alid s ta Null Up to 4 DSS units m ay be ass igne d to a
sp ecif ic sta tion.
23 .
DSS UNIT 2 Any v alid s ta Null Up to 4 DSS units m ay be ass igne d to a
sp ecif ic sta tion.
24 .
DSS UNIT 3 Any v alid s ta Null Up to 4 DSS units m ay be ass igne d to a
sp ecif ic sta tion.
25 .
DSS UNIT 4 Any v alid s ta Null Up to 4 DSS units m ay be ass igne d to a
sp ecif ic sta tion.
Table 3-1: Station Programming Table
S T A T I O N Range Defau lt Desc ription 
						

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Tabl e 3 -2 : C O Li n es P r o g ram m in g Tabl e
C O L I N E Rang e Default Description
1.
POSITION Non-
Pr o g r am ma b l eNone Repre se nts the system posi tion for that
s tation numbe r (1 -XX-YY) :
†1=module(1only)
†XX = card slot 4 -12
†Y Y = p or t on c a r d 01 - 08 , 1- 2 4 ( T 1) .
2.
TE NANT GROUP 1-6 1 The re a re 6 te nant groups in the system .
Ea ch sta ti on m ay be as signe d to one tena nt
group.
3.
ROUTE 1-24 1 Used to group trunks together. Ea ch trunk
m ay be a ssigned to one trunk g roup.
4.
DAY COS 0-7 0 De te rmi nes the line d ialing priv ilege s in the
day mode of opera tion.
5.
NIGHT COS 0-7 0 De te rmi nes the line d ialing priv ilege s in the
night mode of operation.
6.
DIA LING Tone/Puls e Tone De te rmi nes which line wil l use DT MF or Dia l
Pulsing w hen dia ling out.
7.
LINE TYPE CO/PBX/Pa ge/
EmptyCO To program what type of trunk is connecte d
to that circuit.
8.
CA LL A BA NDON Y/N N To program the trunk to drop the call afte r a
los s in loop current.
9.
PRIVATE TO Any va lid sta tion Null Sp ecif ies a station that a spe cif ic trunk w ill be
priva te to.
10 .
VM DIGIT S A ny val id mai lbox Null
11 .
ANS WE R POS IT ION Sta tion 20 1 is the only ringi ng s tation by de f ault.
6 p ositions may be program me d for e ach ringing option, and 1 position f or
Night mode.
Day 1
(M em ber 1 - 6)Any va lid sta tion
or hunt group20 1 Si x me mbe r s ar e avai lable fo r r in g in g
as si gnme nt.
Day 2
(M em ber 1 - 6)Any va lid sta tion
or hunt group20 1 Si x me mbe r s ar e avai lable fo r r in g in g
as si gnme nt.
Day 3
(M em ber 1 - 6)Any va lid sta tion
or hunt group20 1 Si x me mbe r s ar e avai lable fo r r in g in g
as si gnme nt.
Night Any va lid sta tion
or hunt group20 1 Only one me mbe r is a vaila ble f or ringing
as si gnme nt.
12 .
CO Pre Des t Any va lid sta tion
or hunt groupNull 
						

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Ta ble 3-3: Ca ll Handling Programming Table
CALLHANDLING Range Default Description
1.
LINES CONFE RE NCED Y/N N Dete rmine s if line i s all ow ed to be included
in a conf erence call.
2.
COFLASH 0.1-1.5 1.0 Setsthe flashtimeonCOtype trunks.
3.
PBX F LAS H 0.1-1.5 0.2 Se ts the fla sh tim e on PBX type trunks.
4.
PAUSETIME 1-8 2 Setsthe pausetime usedforspeeddialing,
and VM pre fixe s.
5.
D IAL IN G R ATI O
Bre ak T ime 60 /6 7 67 Tim er is use d for puls e dia ling.
Inter_dgt 400-800 800 Timer is used for both pulse and DTMF
dialing T his is in mi llise conds.
Ton e Ti m e 90 / 1 20 / 1 50 90 Se t s t h e l en g t h o f th e D TM F t o n e i n
mill ise conds.
6.
PR TIME 20/40….300 100 The Polari ty Reversal timer can be
programmed in20 second increments, and
control s the Ca ll Ab andon in CO
programm ing.
7.
RING ABANDON 1-10 6 Must be set 1 second longer than the longest
sil ent peri od of the incoming ring cycle.
8.
HOLD REMINDER 0/10/30/60/90 60 Timer is used for the system hold reminder.
9.
EX_ HOLD TI ME 0 -8 0 Exclus ive Hold T im er is s e t i n 1 mi nute
in c r em en t s .
10.
WARNING TIM E 01-30 5 Use d for the drop time i n station setti ngs and
is progra mm able i n m inutes .
11.
XFR_I RECALL 16/30/60/90/120 30 The NO ANSWER recall timer is used for CO
transf e r re call.
12.
XFR_B RECALL 16/30/60/90/120 60 The BUSY recall timer is used for CO transfer
reca ll.
13.
SLT RECA LL 3 0 /60 /9 0 30 This time r is us ed only f or SLT phones .
14.
SLT H OOK _F LA SH
Star t 60/100-1400 200 Timer must be set 100 ms less than the SLT
fl a sh t i m e.
End 100-1500 800 Timer must be set 100 ms more than the SLT
fl a sh t i m e.
15.
PBX A UT O PAUSE 0-9 1 Tim er is use d only for li nes tha t are
programm ed a s PBX.
16.
D_TO NE DET ECT Y/N N This is used for dete cting dial tone on a CO
line be f ore diali ng.