Connecting Lines And Extensions - Avaya PARTNER Advanced Communications System Quick Reference Manual

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Connecting Lines and Extensions

• If extensions are not wired to any modular jacks, call a qualified
service technician.
• Residential (Class B) PARTNER ACS users must connect a Wurth
Elektronik's part number 74271142 or equivalent to each extension
jack on the PACS processor module.
If the PARTNER system has a T1 module, you must perform the following steps
before connecting the lines and extensions:
Install the PARTNER ACS R7.0 PC Administration application on your PC.
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Connect to the PARTNER system via PARTNER ACS R7.0 PC
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Administration, and back up and retrieve the translations from the
PARTNER system to the PC.
Program the PARTNER system (for example, assign lines/pools, configure
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the T1 settings, and program extensions) via PARTNER ACS R7.0 PC
Administration.
Restore the new translations you created to the PARTNER system via
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PARTNER ACS R7.0 PC Administration.
See the PARTNER ACS R7.0 PC Administration Getting Started Guide to install
and start the PARTNER ACS R7.0 PC Administration application. See "Initial
Configuration" in the PARTNER ACS R7.0 PC Administration online help for
more information on setting up the T1 module.
Use the following procedure to connect lines and extensions:
Test for a dial tone at the network interface jacks before connecting outside
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lines to the control unit. For the test, connect a tip/ring telephone to a
network interface jack.
Lift the handset and listen for a dial tone. (If there is no dial tone, contact
a
your local telephone company.)
Repeat for each network interface jack.
b
Connect line cords to the line jacks on the modules. Start at the top with the
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line jacks on the processor module, and then move to the leftmost module.
Fill each module before moving to the next module to the right.
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