Automatic Route Selection (Ars); Call Traffic Reporting - Panasonic ICX Technical Manual

Chapter 3 - System Features
and out of any one of these modes at a preset time each day. Weekends, holidays, and other
special days can also be programmed with their own separate modes.
Benefits:
• Enables the system's ringing and dialling capabilities to change automatically when
the mode is switched.
Applications:
• Lines that need to be switched over to an answering machine or Voice Mail system
after-hours
• Lines that require toll restrictions after-hours so unauthorized personnel cannot dial
long distance
• Different mode for lunchtime operation

AUTOMATIC ROUTE SELECTION (ARS)

This feature enables the system to select the most appropriate route for an outgoing call (i.e., the
cheapest one). Working in conjunction with Toll Restriction Service (TRS), the call can also be
denied based on the TRS level for the station (or user) placing the call.
There are three levels of ARS, based on the number dialled after the ARS access code:
• Direct Route Selection. The simplest form of ARS routing. Directly selects the trunk
group and (if programmed) modifies the dialled number by deleting some of the first
digits dialled, and/or adding digits to the beginning or end of the dialled number.
• Route List Selection. A more complex routing method that includes up to 5
alternative levels of route selection, and includes a TRS check.
• Time List Selection. The most complex routing method that determines the
appropriate route list based on the day and time.
For "exceptions to the rule" such as holidays, up to 20 Special Days can be defined in
programming with their own separate ARS routing methods.
Itemized Codes (used when sending the calling extension's number to the CO) and Authorization
Codes (used when sending a system identifier code to the CO) can be defined in ARS
programming, and entered as part of the digits automatically added to the beginning or end of
the dialled phone number. (The user won't even know these Codes are being dialled.)
Forced ARS (where the user must dial an ARS access code to be able to dial-out) can be
enabled/disabled via the Extension COS assignment.
Benefits:
• Lets the customer (management) control the routing of outgoing calls by defining the
route to be selected.
• Provides an effective means of cost control for expensive long-distance calls.
• Provides greater security, as end-users don't need to know the Itemized Codes or
Authorization Codes used to place calls to the CO.

CALL TRAFFIC REPORTING

Description:
Traffic data can be stored and printed for intercom calls, incoming trunk calls, and outgoing trunk
calls.
Benefits:
• Information can be used to evaluate CO line usage and control costs.
38 ICX (International) issued December 1999
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