The following section describes the procedures involved in
registering Companion C3060 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.
C3060 Icons
The following table identifies the C3060 portable telephone
icons:
C3060
k
i
m
l
j
To register the C3060
1. Turn on registration for your system.
2. Press m ***. The display shows A A A A D D D D M M M M I I I I N N N N I I I I S S S S T T T T R R R R A A A A T T T T I I I I ON
and three softkeys, SYS, PINFO, DATA.
3. Press S S S S Y Y Y Y S S S S . The display shows W W W W I I I I R R R R E E E E L L L L E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S Y Y Y Y S S S S T T T T E E E E M M M M S S S S .
Register the portables by entering the Registration password on each one. • Verify that the portable functions correctly. C3060 Icons The following table identifies the C3060 portable telephone icons: C3060 To register the C3060 1. Turn on registration for your system.
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90 / Registering individual portables Note: Wireless Systems is a registration list of names for up to six different systems. If the list is full, and you must add another system, de-register an existing system name. 4. Press A A A A DD DD to establish a radio link.
• 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 S S S S P P P P A A A A C C C C E E E E to add a blank space to the name. •...
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92 / Registering individual portables 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 telephone, make sure the desk telephone is idle and Call Forward is not active.
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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.
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94 / Registering individual portables Measuring RSSI for a C3060 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.
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You can also press ⁄ to view the information in “standard” display mode. This mode displays the radio ID of the Base Station to which the portable is linked, followed by the signal strength and power mode. For example, 15112 - 67 H .
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96 / Registering individual portables • The five-digit ID of the Base Station radio you want to measure, by mapping the Base Station location to the TCM port. The first four digits indicate the TCM port to which the Base Station is connected. The last digit indicates the number of the radio on the Base Station.
• Verify that the portable functions correctly. C3050 Icons Some C3050 portable telephone icons for Canada and the United States are different but have the same functions. The following table identifies these icons: C3050 Canada «...
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If you try to register the C3050 to the same system twice, the portable displays the registered name, for example Registered as NORTEL 1. MICS-XC Norstar-Companion Installer Guide Icon function Answer button Feature button Telephone directory button C3050 US Ò Ï Î P0881594 Issue 02...
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7. Enter the system name (up to 16 characters), for example NORTEL 1. (If you are registering to only one system, use the portable telephone user’s name.) Press the key that has the letter. For example, to enter A, press ™, to enter B, press ™™.
6. Close the portable’s flap, and set the Ringer Control Switch to g. If the portable is twinned with a desk telephone, make sure the desk telephone is idle and Call Forward is not active. 7. On another working telephone, dial the telephone number of the registered portable.
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2. Press Í. The portable displays WIRELESS SYSTEMS and ADD. Note: Do not select ADD. 3. Press the scroll keys (” or ’) to display the system name that you want to deregister. 4. Press ERASE. The portable displays Erase item?. 5.
102 / Registering individual portables 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.
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You can also use directed RSSI to prevent hand-off while you find a cell edge. To measure the RSSI of a specific radio, you must be in range of two Base Stations—the one you want to measure and another Base Station. You cannot measure the directed RSSI of both radios in the Base Station at the same time.
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104 / Registering individual portables 5. Enter the five-digit ID code for the Base Station radio you want to measure. The portable displays this ID followed by the signal strength and the power mode, for example 03142 - 54 H. Hand-off does not occur as you move between the cell boundaries.
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Switch is in the bottom position. Make sure the portable telephone is idle and call forward is not active. 3. On a working telephone, dial the telephone number of the registered portable. If the portable rings, it is functioning properly.
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106 / Registering individual portables If the portable does not ring, try to register the portable again. If you do not hear a dial tone, or if the portable does not ring, refer to the Troubleshooting section in this guide. Deregistering the C3020 (Canada only) You can deregister the C3020 in two steps: •...
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6. To continue using the portable, press r. Measuring RSSI for a C3020 (Canada only) 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.
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108 / Registering individual portables Measuring directed RSSI You may want to measure the Receive Signal Strength Indicator between a portable and a specific Base Station radio. For example, you may suspect that a radio in a Base Station is not working properly.
Measuring directed RSSI using your portable 1. Perform an undirected Receive Signal Strength Indicator by following steps 1 to 3 in “To measure undirected RSSI’’ on page 102. To direct the Receive Signal Strength Indicator to the other radio of the Base Station, move out of range until hand-off occurs before moving on to step 2.
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You cannot register more than one portable to one extension number. If a portable telephone is used in more than one Norstar or Companion system, its owner must know which registration slot number was used to register the portable telephone with each system.