Using The Console - AT&T MERLIN 3070 Administration Manual

Using the Console

If you have an administrator/attendant console for small systems, you'll use Auto in-
tercom buttons on your console to specify particular voice terminals during ad-
ministration. If you have an administrator/attendant console with Attendant Intercom
Selector for large systems, you'll use Shift buttons along with your Auto Intercom but-
tons. The paragraphs below describe how to use these buttons.
Auto Intercom Buttons. Each person's voice terminal has a unique 2-digit intercom
number similar to an extension number. These intercom numbers (10 through 39 for
a Model 1030 system, 10 through 79 for a Model 3070 system) are automatically
assigned to Auto Intercom buttons on the administrator/attendant console in small
systems and in large systems where the administrator/attendant console has an Atten-
dant Intercom Selector. During system administration you use the lights next to each
Auto Intercom button to determine the status of voice terminals in your system.
The economy administrator/attendant console has no Auto Intercom buttons in the
administration mode. With this console you use the dial pad rather than an Auto in-
tercom button to specify a particular voice terminal.
Shift Buttons (console with Attendant Intercom Selector only). Consoles with
Attendant Intercom Selectors have three Shift buttons that let you administer as many
as 70 voice terminals using only the 30 Auto Intercom buttons on the Attendant in-
tercom Selector. When you touch one of the Shift buttons, you change the intercom
numbers assigned to the Auto Intercom buttons. Use the left Shift button labeled
10-20-30 to select intercom numbers 10 through 39 in the blue band, the center Shift
button labeled 40-50-60 to select intercom numbers 40 through 69 in the white band,
and the right Shift button labeled 70-80-90 to select intercom numbers 70 through
79 in the gray band.
If you want to dial a particular intercom number, you must first touch the Shift button
that provides access to the group of intercom numbers that includes the one you want.
For example, if you want to assign lines to the voice terminal represented by inter-
com 31, touch the left Shift button. The light next to the Shift button comes on, and
the Auto Intercom buttons now represent intercom numbers 10 through 39.
It's best to assign intercom numbers in the 10 through 39 range to people for whom
an attendant handles many calls. The attendant can tell from which voice terminal
a transferred call is returning if he or she transferred the call to an intercom number
in the blue band.
Message Status Button (console with Attendant Intercom Selector only). The
Message Status button is used only when your console is in the attendant mode.
You use this button to find out which voice terminals have messages waiting for them.
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