Line Assignment (#301); Considerations - Avaya PARTNER ACS Installation And Use Manual

Line Assignment (#301)

Use this feature to assign the outside lines that are available at an extension. The default order of
line assignment to the buttons on a system telephone is from left to right, starting in the bottom left
corner (see Figure 4-1
remove all assigned lines; then assign lines in the desired order. This procedure applies to key
extensions or to individual lines on pooled extensions.
Figure 4-1. Default Line Assignments

Considerations

You cannot assign a line that belongs to a pool as an individual line on that pooled extension.
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A line must be assigned to a button with lights. If a line is assigned to a button without lights,
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you cannot access that line, nor can you program anything else on the button.
You can assign multiple lines (up to 31) to a standard telephone, but a single-line telephone
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can handle only one call at a time. To make a call, you lift the handset and dial 9 at the
intercom dial tone; the system selects the first available line based on the Automatic Line
Selection programmed for the extension. (Alternatively, you can use Direct Line Pickup to
access a specific line.)
Use Number of Lines (#104) only during initial system setup to assign a subset of lines to all
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extensions. Use Line Assignment to assign additional lines to specific extensions. For
example, if five lines were assigned to all extensions using Number of Lines (#104) and there
are eight lines in the system, use Line Assignment (#301) to assign lines 6, 7, and 8 to
specific extensions.
below). To put the lines in a different order, first use this procedure to
Ext.
Intercom Intercom
Programming System Options
Message

Line Assignment (#301)

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