Planning Data Hunt Groups - AT&T Merlin II Feature Module 2 Data Communications Manual

Data Hunt Groups
Planning
CONSIDERATIONS FOR
SETTING UP DATA HUNT
GROUPS

2-20 Planning Data Hunt Groups

Data hunt groups are groups of digital station jacks with a single access
number. These jacks provide access, through a data module, to:
• A local host computer
• An outgoing modem pool
When someone dials the number for the data hunt group, the MERLIN II
system checks the jacks in round-robin order and directs the call to the first
available jack in the group. It generates a busy message if all the jacks in the
group are in use.
Keep these points in mind as vou plan data hunt groups:
• The modem configurations in outgoing modem pools have to be
interchangeable. They must have the same modem type and speed
setting, since callers won't know which station jack they are accessing
when they dial the data hunt group number for the outgoing modem
pool.
• You can set up data hunt groups for outgoing modem pools on dedicated
outside lines. But you can't place outgoing modem configurations that use
dedicated outside lines in the same data hunt group as modem
configurations that use standard MERLIN II system lines.
T reserve jacks on digital station modules at the control unit for data hunt
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groups, follow these steps:
1 On the Master Planning Form, identify each station jack that you're
assigning to a data hunt group. Write "DHG" (for data hunt group)
the "Person, Location, or Function" column to the right of the existing
entry. (The completed entry for a station jack in a data hunt group for
local host computer access, for example, would be
"LHCA-MPDM-DHG.")
2 The default code numbers for datta hunt groups are listed on the Data
Hunt Group Form as *870 through *875. Those are the numbers users
dial to reach the local host computer or modem pool, unless different
numbers are assigned through Flexible Numbering. Follow these steps
to identify the station jacks in each data hunt group, beginning with
the first group:
a Complete the top of the column by checking the appropriate boxes
for a local host curnputer or outgoing modem pool. If the data hunt
group is for an outgoing modem pool, select the modem type and
jack type. Record the data speed.
Refer to the Master Planning Form and write in the number of each
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station jack that you want to assign to the data hunt group
( maximum of 16). Record each jack number on a separate line.
NOTE: If you're assigning the station jacks for modem pools on
dedicated outside lines to a data hunt group, record the telephone
number of the line next to the station jack number.
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