Administering Pool, Absorb, And Other Digits Sections Of Ars Tables - AT&T MERLIN 3070 Administration Manual

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Administering Pool, Absorb, and Other Digits Sections of ARS Tables

To administer the Pool, Absorb, and Other Digits section of each table, follow the pro-
cedure below. Tables 0 through 9 contain specific pool numbers plus absorption
codes, where needed, and any access numbers required for an alternate long
distance company.
Your system automatically places 9, the number for the main pool, in the Pool col-
umn of the Special Numbers Table and associates absorption type 0 with the pool
number. You cannot change this entry. If you want any special number except 0 to
be routed to some other pool, place that special number in the Area Code/Exchange
section of one of your other tables. You can make an entry in the Other Digits col-
umn of the Special Numbers Table, if you need to dial an access number such as
9 before dialing a special number.
1. If you haven't already done so, enter administration mode by following the boxed
instructions on page 28.
2. Touch Adm Misc.
The lights to the administration mode buttons stop flashing, and the green
light next to Adm Misc becomes steady.
3. Dial the 2-character code #7.
4. Dial the table number (0 through 9).
5. Dial the number (0 through 5) of the entry you want to record.
6. Dial the pool number (9 or 890 through 899) you want to record.
7. Dial any additional numbers needed, such as an access code and an account
code for an alternate long distance company, after the pool number.
NOTE: Each entry in the table may include up to 20 characters. Charaters
permitted: 0 through 9, pause (Hold button), a timed switchhook flash {Recall
button), and Touch-Tone enable (Transfer button). # is not permitted. Make
sure to enter the required number of pauses between the access code and
the account code for an alternate long distance company. The average
number of pauses required is four, but you may find that your system works
best with more or fewer pauses. Be sure to add one pause after the account
code as well.
8. After you have administered a pool number and any other digits required,
you can associate an absorption type with the line pool. Follow these steps
to add, change, or remove an absorption code:
a. Perform steps 3 through 5.
b. Your system is factory-set not to absorb any digits that callers dial. If
a line pool requires absorption, enter the appropriate code to tell the
system how many digits to drop if the user dials an unnecessary toll
prefix, area code, or exchange for this type of line pool:
0 = N o a b s o r p t i o n
1 = A b s o r b l e a d i n g 1
2 = A b s o r b a r e a c o d e
3 = Absorb 1 + area code
4 = A b s o r b 1 + e x c h a n g e
5 = A b s o r b 1 + a r e a c o d e + e x c h a n g e
NOTE: If you change the pool number or other digits for an entry that
has absorption type 1 through 5 associated with it, the system
automatically changes the absorption type to 0 (no absorption). You
must perform step 8 again if you want to retain an absorption type when
you change a pool number or other digits.