Terminal Translation Initialization - Avaya Communication Manager Administrator's Manual

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Terminal Translation Initialization

Terminal Translation Initialization
Terminal Translation Initialization (TTI) allows you to merge an x-ported extension to a valid port by
dialing a system-wide TTI security code and the extension from a telephone connected to that port. TTI
also allows you to separate an extension from its port by dialing a similar separate digit sequence. This
action causes the extension to be administered as an X port.
When TTI is enabled for voice, all voice ports (except BRI ports) become TTI ports or ports from which
a TTI merge sequence can occur.
TTI is usually used to move phones, however, it also supports connecting and moving attendants, data
modules, voice/data telephones, and ISDN-BRI telephones.
Attendants
In order for attendants to use TTI, you must assign an extension to the attendant console. TTI port
translations are the same for digital telephones and attendant consoles. To merge a digital TTI voice port
and an attendant, you must first administer the attendant as an X port. Then a digital telephone must be
plugged into the jack assigned to the attendant console, and the TTI merge digit sequence must be entered
on the digital telephone. Once the TTI merge has been completed for the attendant console, the digital
telephone must be unplugged and the attendant plugged into the jack.
An attendant console can be separated from its port only through administration. A TTI separate request
from an attendant console gives the user intercept treatment.
Data modules
Data modules have different tones and digit sequences.
In the merge and separate control flow, different tones are given to the telephone user to give the current
status of the TTI operation. Instead of audible tones, status messages are displayed on a telephone
connected to a data module when activating the TTI sequence through keyboard dialing. If the TTI State
field is set to data , you see the data display messages. If the TTI State field is set to voice , you hear the
tones.
For a stand alone data module, the TTI merge/separate digit sequence is entered in one line at a dial
prompt:
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DIAL: <TTI feature access code><TTI security code><ext>
Separate prompts are not given for the TTI security code and extension.
Voice/data telephones
A telephone with a data terminal (DTDM) is treated as a telephone in the TTI merge and separation
sequence. The DTDM is merged with and separated from its hardware translation at the same time the
telephone is merged or separated. The TTI merge and separate sequence can only be initiated through the
telephone for DTDMs; it cannot be initiated through the data port.
1722 Administrator's Guide for Avaya Communication Manager
November 2003