Appendix D: Programming The Host Switch; Host Switch Programming; Directory Number Assignment - Nortel Meridian Companion Installation And Maintenance Manual

Appendix D: Programming the host switch

Host switch programming

Directory number assignment

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Each portable on the COMPANION 200 system requires a
corresponding analog line port on the host switch communication
system. The host switch ports should be programmed by a qualified
technician following the manufacturer's instructions.
Host switch analog line ports are programmed as though you were
adding additional analog telephones. The association between an
access line and a portable is made when a portable is registered with
the COMPANION 200 system. Each portable can have different
business features and class of service, which are established by
programming the corresponding access line accordingly at the host
switch. All features available to a user on a standard analog
telephone are available to a portable user.
There are three types of users: those with only a portable
(independent assignment), those whose wired telephone directory
number is different from their portable's directory number (parallel
assignment), and those whose wired telephone and portable share
the same directory number (twinned assignment).
The method to use to assign a host switch extension number to a
specific portable is based on the following factors:
• type of wired telephone supported
• access to host switch business features
• need for transferring a call between the portable and the wired
telephone
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