Installing The Companion 200; Summary; Preparing For The Installation - Nortel Meridian Companion Installation And Maintenance Manual

Installing the COMPANION 200

Summary

Preparing for the installation

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Portables can be assigned to users as their only communication
terminal, or in addition to their desk (wired) telephone.
1. Prepare for the installation
2. Install the equipment
3. Program the COMPANION 200
4. Verify the installation
The person responsible for preparing for installation of the
COMPANION 200 must:
• Order the required equipment (for example, the Controller, an
Administration Terminal, modules and cartridges, Base Stations,
RPIs, portables, portable chargers, cables).
• Ensure the appropriate host switch hardware (for example line
cards, distribution frames) has been installed.
• Ensure the needed access lines and host features are available.
• Ensure there is space on the distribution frames for the cross
connections.
• Ensure the required ac outlets are available for the Base Stations
that will be powered locally.
• Ensure the required wiring is available from the Base Station sites
to the distribution frames.
• Ensure all the timing information about the host switch is
available.
• Determine from the customer the host switch features and Class
of Service (COS) that will be available on each portable as well
as the desired interworking with the desk telephone (see
Appendix D for more information on programming the host
system).
• Ensure the appropriate host switch features have been
programmed for each access line going to the COMPANION
200.
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