Button Access Vs. Dial Access To Line Pools - Lucent Technologies MERLIN 1030 Planning Manual

BUTTON ACCESS VS. DIAL ACCESS TO LINE POOLS

NOTE: If you want to use Automatic Route Selection, you must select Dial Access
to Line Pools.
If you have decided to configure your system as pooled, you must also decide how
voice terminals will access the pools. You can choose one of two options for line
pools: Button Access to Line Pools or Dial Access to Line Pools.
If you have only one or two line pools, Button Access is the best option for your system.
If your system has several line pools, however, Dial Access is preferable because
you can access all pools by using only two buttons on each voice terminal. Dial
Access is also preferable if you want basic telephones to have access to more than
one line pool or if you want 5-button voice terminals to have access to more than one
special pool.
Intercom-
Voice
Assume that you have five line pools. With the Dial Access option (see the diagram
above), you arrange the system so that people can access any line pool by lifting
the handset, touching one of the two buttons above Intercom-Voice, and dialing the
access code assigned to the pool (9 for the main pool or 890 through 899 for the
others). Even if you set your system for Dial Access, you can still assign some pools
to particular buttons, if you like.
With the Button Access option (see the diagram below), people access all line pools
directly through pool buttons on each voice terminal. In such an arrangement, the
first two buttons above Intercom-Voice provide access to the main pool. You may
assign additional buttons for access to other pools that may include WATS lines, FX
lines, or lines used for special purposes.
8
Pools
Dial code 893
Dial code 892
Dial code 891
Dial code 890
Dial code 9
DIAL ACCESS TO POOLS
BUTTON ACCESS TO POOLS
Line pool 5
=
Line pool 4
=
Line pool 3
=
Line pool 2
=
=
Main pool
Additional
line pool
Main
pool
Intercom-Voice