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							Least Cost Routing (LCR)
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LCR Tables
Programming Steps
If the system is in the programming mode, continue using the program codes. If starting to program here,
enter the programming mode. To program the system for Least Cost Routing:
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1Press FLASH and dial 
[75]. The following message is shown on the display phone:
LCR TABLES
ENTER BUTTON NUMBER
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2There are eight tables which can be programmed here for LCR (you must also program
LCR Class of Service in Station Programming). Use the procedures listed below to
program these LCR tables.
It is extremely important that the worksheets be completed before pro-
gramming the 1 CR tab/es.
Description
The Least Cost Routing (LCR) feature allows automatic selection of the most economical trunk according to
the number dialed and the time of the day and day of the week. There are eight different tables which are
set up to monitor the dialing of digits of a station and to select 
the best route programmed for the call.
These tables are:
+3-digit Area/Office Code Routing Table
o6-digit Office Code Routing Table
+ Exception Table
+Route List Table
o Insert/Delete Table
+z+Daily Start Time Table
Q Weekday (Weekly) Schedule
9Toll Information Table
The buttons on the digital terminal are defined as shown 
below when entering the LCR Tables
Programming area:
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LCR Tables3-DIGIT TABLE
&DIGIT TABLEEXCEPTION
ROUTE LIST
TABLESTABLE
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IDAILY TIMEWEEKLY TIMETOLL
DELETE TABLETABLETABLEINFORMATION
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Programming Steps
1Press 3-digit Table flexible button (FLASH 75, Button #I). The following message will be
shown on the display phone:
3 DIGIT ROUTING TABLEENTER L NNN RRY PP HOLD
Where:
L = [0] for Non-Leading 1 (1 not dialed)
[I] for Leading 1 (1 is dialed)
NNN = Area/Office Code
RR = Route List Number 00-15
Y = [0] do not go to 6-digit table
[I] go to 6-digit table
PP = Number of digits expected to be dialed.
:!Press the HOLD button to save the entry. Confirmation tone is heard and the display will
now update.
Description
This table is divided into two sections - Leading 1 (a [l] is dialed before the number) and Non-Leading 1 (no
[I] is dialed before the number). This gives the system the ability to handle call routing in areas that require
a 
[l] before a long distance number, as well as in areas that do not require the [ 11,
Both of these tables include all area codes (NPAs), and office codes (NXXs), from 000 to 999, including such
numbers as 911,411, etc. A complete entry into these tables include a route list table to be used, if the 6-digit
table is to be checked and the number of digits likely to be dialed (Example: 7 or 10 digits). Ail local office
codes must be entered in this table even if they do not require long distance calling.
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The number of digits to expect entry will aid the system in identifying when the last digit is dialed and to
begin routing the call. This also helps to free SLT DTMF receivers if SLT traffic in the system is heavy. For
international calls, use 00 as number of digits to expect. This causes the system to wait five seconds (or
inter-digit time-out) after user dials last digit before the system accesses a CO Line and dials out.6-Digit Office Code Table
Programming StepsI
Press the 6-digit table flexible button (FLASH 75, Button #2). The following message isshown on the display phone:
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6 DIGIT ROUTING TABLEENTER S AAA RR NNN HOLD
tWhere:
S = [0] to remove codes, [I] to add codes
AAA = Area Code
RR = Route Number 00-15
NNN = Office Code
2Press the HOLD button to save the entry. Confirmation tone is heard and the display will
now update.
3Enter additional office codes to be programmed into the same Area Code/ Route
Table, pressing HOLD after each office code entry.
4Press a flexible button to program a different table.
To delete all entries in an Area Code/Route Table:IEnter [0 AAA RR 
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Description
This table determines a route for one or a group of individual office codes within an area code. Certain
office codes within an area code can be given unique or special routing. If the office code dialed is not found
in the 
6-digit Office Code Table, the call is then routed according to the route list table as was entered in the
3-digit table.
The system allows twenty 6-digit Area/Office code tables that may be used to route specific office codes
within an area code. Each table will route calls for a common area code to a specified route. All entries_
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made to a table route those office codes to the specified route list table, An area code may be entered into
more than one 6-digit table with different routes specified.
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8:.:;$ Exception Code Table
Programming StepsIPress EXCEPTION TABLES flexible button (FLASH 75, Button 
#3). The following
message will be shown on the display phone:
EXCEPTION CODE TABLEENTER S XX RR HOLD
.Where:
S = [0] to remove code from table,
[I] to add code to table
XX = Exception codes for single digit codes, press MUTE button as 2nd digit. The 
[a]may be entered as the 1st digit only.
RR = Route Table Number 00-15
2Press the HOLD button to save the entry. Confirmation tone is heard and the display will
now update.
3Press FLASH 75, Button #3 again for further entries. Up to 20 Exception Codes may be
programmed in this table.
Description
This table is used for operator calls and any other calls which would use a one-digit or two-digit entry, rather
than a three-digit area code.
Route List Table
Programming Steps
1Press the ROUTE LIST TABLE flexible button (FLASH 75, Button #4). The following
message will be shown on the display phone:
ROUTE LIST TABLERR T G DD L
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LCR TablesWhere:
RR = Route List Table Number 00-15
T = Time Period Route List l-4
G = CO Line Group l-7
DD = Insert/Delete Table reference 00-19 (## for none)
L = LCR Class of Service (LCOS)
zPress the HOLD button to save the entry. Confirmation tone is heard and the display will
now update.
3To enter additional CO Line groups in the same time period route list number,
Dial:[G] [DD] [L] [HOLD]
To enter data for a different time period route list:IPress program FLASH 75, Button 
#4 and enter all data (RR T G DD L).
2Repeat the above to program a new Route Number 00 to 15 or press a flexible button
to program other LCR information.
To use the scroll method, use Button # 18 to advance to the next entry or use Button # 19 to return to a
previous entry.
The following message displays when the 
Call Cost feature is enabled in FLASH 05, Button #I 1,
ROUTE LIST TABLERR T CCC G DD L
Where:
RR = Route List Table Number 00-15
T = Time Period Route List l-4
CCC = Cost for one minute ($ O.OO-$9.99)
G = CO Line Group 1-7
DD = Insert/Delete Table reference 00-19 (## for none)
L = LCR Class of Service (LCOS)
Description
Up to 16 different Route List tables can be programmed. Each route list table contains four time period
routing lists, one for each of the available (four) daily start time periods. Within each time period route list
up to seven CO (outside) line groups and their corresponding Insert/Delete table, if any, and 
LCR class of
service priority are programmed on a per line group basis.
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When routing a CO call through LCR, CO Line groups are accessed in sequence so that the first line group
entered represents the least costly (and first selected) and the last line group entered represents the most
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costly (and last selected).
+*The Route List table references many other tables when processing a call for routing. First of all, the Daily
start time table is referenced to determined what start time entry should be checked in the weekly schedule
table. The corresponding entry in the weekly schedule table depending on the day of the week then
determines which Time Period Route list should be used within the Route List table.
The system then begins to check for idle lines in the first entered CO line group and will proceed until an idle
line is found. While it is searching for an idle CO line the Station LCR COS is checked against the entries for
LCR COS Priority of the specific CO line groups (see LCR COS Priority explanation below). Once an idle CO
Line is found with a LCR priority equal to or higher than the stations LCR COS, then a final check is made to
determine if an Insert/Delete table should be referenced. Once all of the tables and entries are checked the
system then processes the call on the outside CO line.Make sure you made entries into all Time Period Route Lists referenced
in the weekly schedule table.
LCR COS Priority - A station should be assigned a class of service for LCR. The LCR COS can be between 0
and 6, with 0 being unrestricted and 6 being the most restrictive. Within the time period route List table, line
groups are given an LCR COS Priority assignment between 0 and 6. A station using LCR will be able to use
only those CO (outside) line groups with a priority assignment of equal or higher value than the station’s LCR
Class of Service (Le., a station with LCOS 3 can use line groups with a priority between 3 and 6).
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Table 1 O-l: LCR Class of Service Table
Insert / Delete Table
Programming Steps
1Press INSERT/DELETE TABLE flexible button (FLASH 75, Button #5). The following
message will be shown on the display phone:
IDIGIT INSERT 
/ DELETE
ENTER TT X DDD HOLD
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zEnter the table information as follows:
Where:
T T = Insert/Delete Table Number 00-19
X = [0] Pre-Delete numbers (first digits dialed in the number)
or
[I] Pre-Insert numbers (insert digits in front of number dialed,
or
[2] Post-Insert numbers (insert digits behind number dialed)
DDD = Digits (up to 
16-digits may be deleted from the beginning of the number dialed
and up to 40 digits can be inserted (20 pre- and 20 post).
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3Press the HOLD button to save the entry. Confirmation tone is heard and the display
updates.
To add and delete numbers in the same table, enter the different Insertion/Deletion tables in step 1, and
enter 
as separate entries using the same table number. In the Insert Tables for LCR programming:
1Press the TRANS button for a pause.
The 
[a] and [#] digits are allowed as valid digits for inserting digits dialed over the
network.
The 
[%I and [#] are valid entries for adding digits in both the pre (in front of) or post
(behind the number) tables.
The 
[%] and [#] cannot be used as delete characters in the Delete tables.
To delete a table:
IEnter the table number followed by the HOLD button.
Description
Digits can be either added or deleted when dialing a number. For instance, if a user dials a long distance call
that should be placed on a foreign exchange (FX) line, the digit 
[ 11 and the three-digit area code (NPA) dialed
by the user must be deleted before the call can be placed on that FX line. An Insert/Delete table can be
programmed to do this. Digits can also be added to a number that has been dialed by the user. For instance,
Other Common Carrier 
(OCC) access codes and authorization (ID) codes can be automatically inserted by
the system either in front of, and/or behind the number dialed.
There are twenty Insert/Delete tables and each allows entries in a delete table and a pre- and post insert
table. Up to 40 digits (including pauses) can be inserted (20 pre and 20 post) and up to 
16 digits can be
deleted. Digits can be inserted before or after the number dialed, but can be deleted only from the start of the
number dialed.
To ensure that a pause is inserted in LCR at default, the database programming was changed to add a pause
in each of the 20 LCR Insert and Delete tables and insert table 0 in each of the route tables,
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Daily Start Time Table
Programming Steps
1Press the DAILY START flexible button (FLASH 75, Button #6). The following
message displays on the phone:
DAILY START TIME TABLEHHMM HHMM HHMM HHMM HOLD
2Enter times in military format (2400 hours) in succession.
3Press the HOLD button to save the entry. Confirmation tone is heard and the display
updates.
Default times are 0800, 1700,230O (8 AM, 5 PM, and 11 PM), and the fourth time is disabled (####).
To change a Start Time, all times must be re-entered. Four pounds [####I are displayed if nothing is
entered for a specific time.
Description
The Daily Start Time table correlates the LCR routing table to the time sensitive discount structure offered
by the customers carrier.
Example:
In the most common situation, the most expensive rate period is between 8:00 am and 5:00 pm,
often called the day rate. The first discount period usually starts at 5:00 pm and runs until 11:00 pm,
often called Evening Rates. The remaining time (from 11:00 pm until 8:00 am) in this example is
referred to as night time rates which usually have the biggest discount.
With the wide selection of Common Carriers, the least costly route for a particular area code may be
different at different times of the day. To accommodate this situation, this table and the Weekly Schedule
table work together, dividing the day into four possible time periods. By default these tables are set at the
standard divisions of 
8AM, 5PM, and 1lPM. However, these times can be changed.
Entries in the Daily Start Time table are used to select the time period to reference in the weekly schedule.
Based on the time a call is placed, the daily start time table selects the time period to choose in the weekly
schedule. The weekly schedule is then used to determine the time period route list in the Route List table to
use for routing the call for a particular day of the 
week. Times are entered in the 24 hour format.
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