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Adding an Extension
Planning Guidelines
The procedure to add an extension involves several decisions on your part. For
example, you must decide which features to assign to the extension. These
include calling restrictions, Coverage, calling group, Pickup group, paging
group, Night Service, Forced Account Code Entry, and Remote Call Forwarding.
You can read about the features in the Feature Reference .
You also need to make decisions about assigning buttons on multiline
telephones. There are two types of buttons: system-programmed buttons (for
example, SA or ICOM buttons) to access an inside or outside line or pool of
outside lines, and blank line buttons that can be programmed with system
features like Do Not Disturb. For more information about buttons, see "Line
Buttons on Multiline Telephones" in Chapter 3 of this guide and in the Feature
Reference ; information about individual features is in the Feature Reference .
For feature buttons, you may choose to simply copy another extension's
programmed buttons (with some exceptions) to this new extension. Refer to
"Copying Feature and SA/ICOM Buttons" earlier in this chapter.
Before you actually begin performing the tasks listed below, read through the
list and make your decisions now about these and other aspects of the new
extension. Otherwise, you may have to stop in the middle of the procedure to
collect the necessary information.
For additional planning information, see the "Telephones" section in Chapter 3
of System Programming .
Task List: Adding an Extension
Obtain Form 2a, System Numbering: Extension Jacks. Also obtain any
other relevant forms, including group-assigned feature forms (for
example, Form 7c, Group Coverage) and forms for the individual
extension (for example, Form 4d, MLX Telephone). Appendix D of this
guide includes a list of the planning forms.
On Form 2a, confirm that there is a spare jack that supports the type of
extension you want to add. In the Jack Type column, A indicates an
analog jack, D indicates a digital (MLX) jack, and B indicates a basic
jack (for single-line telephones, adjuncts, and certain applications).
NOTE:
If there are no spare jacks, you will need to add a module to the control
unit before you can add an extension. Contact your AT&T representative.
Make decisions about which features and buttons to assign to this
extension as described in the planning guidelines above. Record your
decisions on the appropriate planning forms.
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