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Contents Copyright ...............................4 Warranty Statement ..........................5 Welcome..............................7 Contents ..............................9 Features and Facilities..........................11 Abbreviated Dialing ..........................11 Alarm ..............................14 Allowed and Denied Lists ........................15 Answering Calls ..........................17 Auto Call Back .............................17 Auto Redial ............................18 Barge-In ..............................20 Behind the PBX Applications ......................21 Boss Ring ............................22 Busy Hunting Group ..........................22 Call Duration Control ...........................23...
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Music on Hold ............................. 61 Operator ............................. 61 Power Down Mode ..........................62 Privacy ............................... 63 Private Trunk ............................63 Programming the System ........................64 Protecting the System ........................65 Raid ..............................66 Receiving Incoming Calls ........................67 Remote Alarm ............................ 67 Remote Lock ............................
Features and Facilities Abbreviated Dialing What’s this? • Frequently called numbers can be stored in the system. These numbers can be dialed using specific codes. This is called Abbreviated dialing. It is also known as Memory Dialing. • This helps save time while dialing frequently used numbers. •...
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How to program Personal Abbreviated Dialing? Lift handset. Dial tone Dial 18-Directory Index-Trunk-Number-#/Flash. Confirmation tone In the above command Directory Index is from 00 to 09. Trunk is 1, 2, 3, 0 or 5 (Here ‘0’ and ‘5’ are interpreted as trunks from group 0 or group 5 and not trunk 0 and 5) Number is the telephone number, which is to be abbreviated.
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Directory Index from 10 to 54 is for Global Directory Part I. Directory Index from 55 to 99 is for Global Directory Part II. Trunk specifies the trunk, from 1 to 3 which you want the system to use while making memory dialing. Group ‘0’ &...
Relevant Topics: “Class Of Service (COS)” “Trunk Parameters” “Trunk Access” “Toll Control” Alarm What’s this? • The PROTON 206/308 can remind a station user after some specific time. • On expiry of the set time, the telephone starts ringing • When the station user lifts the handset, he gets music.
Relevant Topics: “Class Of Service (COS)” “Remote Alarm” Allowed and Denied Lists What’s this? Allowed and Denied lists is a group of number strings. The PROTON 206/308 uses these lists to support two different features viz. Toll Control and Dynamic Lock. Allowed List Denied List T oll...
Solution: Program these two denied strings at location 0 and 1 of level 3. 253-3-00-02652858676-Flash 253-3-01-2885966-Flash Important Point: • Allowed strings and Denied strings cannot be programmed remotely. Relevant Topics: “Toll Control” “Dynamic Lock” Answering Calls When your station rings, lift the handset. The ring stops and you get connected to the calling party. You may start-talking immediately.
Example: Station 23 is busy. To enable Auto Call Back, dial 2 during busy tone. If you have wrongly dialed 23 and want to cancel Auto Call Back request, dial 102 to cancel it. Auto Call Back-On No Reply What’s this? •...
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How to use it? Lift the handset. Dial tone Grab a trunk. Trunk dial tone Dial Number. Busy tone Disconnect. Lift the handset. Dial tone Dial 77 (for Low Priority Auto Redial) Confirmation tone Dial 777 (for High Priority auto Redial). Example: Dialed number 0265-2335679 is busy.
• If the system detects ring back tone, it gives ring on your station. When you lift the handset, you get connected with the desired party. • The system uses the same trunk type you used to make a call. If you dialed the number using trunk access code 5, the system takes one of the free trunks from this group for Auto Redial.
• Barge-In can also be done by keeping one party in hold. Suppose a trunk call is to be transferred to a busy station then you can keep the caller in hold mode and Barge-In the destination to inform him about his call. This is most advantageous feature for the operator.
CAUTION! For all normal applications, keep this PBX Expansion count to 0 for all the trunks. Otherwise, outside dialing may be hampered. The PROTON 206/308 supports PBX Expansion count for each trunk. How to program? Use following command to program PBX Expansion count for a trunk: 54-Trunk-PEC Count Trunk is from 1 to 3.
Where, Busy Hunting Group is from 1 to 9 By default, all stations are in Busy hunting Group 0. Example: To program stations 202, 206 and 208 in hunting group 1. 304-202-1 304-206-1 304-208-1 With this program, on calling 202 if 202 is busy then the call will be diverted to 206 and if 206 is also busy then it will be diverted to 208.
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• If CDC is activated, then system gives warning beeps after time = CDC warn timer. After the warning tone, the system waits for time = CDC good-bye timer before releasing the connection forcefully. • CDC can be activated on selected stations. •...
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Step 3 Use following command to enable/disable CDC for incoming calls: 3333-Station-Day Time-Night Time Where, Station is from 21 to 28. Day Time Night Time Meaning CDC is disabled CDC is enabled Use following command to enable/disable CDC for incoming calls for all stations: 3333-*-Day Time-Night Time By default, CDC for incoming calls is disabled during day time and night time.
Call Follow-Me What’s this? • Suppose you went to your co-worker’s place and you want that all the calls coming on your station should now come to your co-worker’s station then you can use this feature. • The station dial tone changes to feature tone if its calls are forwarded. How to use it? Lift handset.
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How to use it? Lift handset. Dial tone Dial 131-Station. Confirmation tone Example: My station is 23. I am busy in meeting. I want my calls to go to station 24, dial 131-24. Call Forward-If Busy What’s this? • This feature is useful for a group of people performing same type of job. In such a case you can divert your calls to your colleague while you are already busy over phone.
• If call forward on-busy and call forward-on No Reply, both are enabled at the same station at the same time then on dialing 130, both the features will get cancelled. • Only one type of call forward features viz. Call Forward if busy, Call forward if no reply etc. can be enabled at one point of time.
Relevant Topic: “Class Of Service (COS)” Call Pick Up What’s this? You can answer calls of your colleague or co-worker without physically going to his station. You can use this feature to answer even trunk calls ringing on other stations. The PROTON 206/308 offers two types of call pick up facility viz.
Step 3 Please refer “Class Of Service (COS)” for details on how to allow Call Pick-Up feature to the user. Important Point: • Alarm ring and Auto Call Back ring cannot be picked up from any other station. Relevant Topic: “Class Of Service (COS)”...
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Internal Call Waiting Tone Short beep followed by longer off duration repeated every second. This is also known as intrusion tone. Busy user gets this tone over his speech when some other station attempts interrupt request/barge-in. • Sound: Beep.…………Beep The user gets this tone till the Interrupt request timer or the barge-in timer External Call Waiting Tone This tone is of two ticks followed by a longer off time of approximately 3 seconds.
Programming Confirmation Tone This is exactly same as the feature confirmation tone. This tone is continuous, fast beeps. During programming, this tone indicates that valid command is received by the system and it has taken necessary action. This tone remains for 3 seconds. This is called Programming Confirmation Tone Timer and is programmable. •...
Speech with called party when the call is answered. 7 Dial Flash-1. Speech with held party. Call Splitting between a station and a trunk Speech with trunk. Dial Flash. Feature tone. External party goes on Hold. Dial Station. Ring Back Tone Speech with the station when the call is answered.
Important Points: • Internal station calls can also be transferred to some other station. • While waiting for the station to answer, you can abandon the transfer by dialing Flash. The ring on the station is stopped and you get connected to the person on hold. Call Transfer-While Ringing What’s this? •...
Call Transfer-Trunk-to-Trunk What’s this? • An external call can be transferred on another trunk line. • The operator need not remain in speech. Two external persons can speak through the PROTON 206/308. How to use it? 3-way mode as described in call splitting. Dial Flash.
Use following command to clear all the features on a station: 343-Station Where, Station is from 21 to 28. Following features of the station are cleared: • Alarm • Auto Call Back • Call Forward/Follow me • Dynamic Lock • Hot-Outward Dialing •...
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Feature Name Feature Index Auto Call Back Interrupt Request + Barge-In Raid Trunk Reservation + Continued Dialing Auto Redial-Low Priority Auto Redial-High Priority Relevant features from this list can be selected and put in a group. One can make few feature access groups depending upon the requirement.
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Following points are relevant: • Maximum 10 feature groups can be formed (0-9). • Each feature can be enabled or disabled in each group. • Group 2 is the default COS group. How to program? Step 1: Decide the number of COS groups to be used. Step 2: Prepare a list of the features required in each COS group and program it using command 250.
Conference What’s this? The PROTON 206/308 offers the facility of 3-party conference. 3-Party conference can be conducted at a spur of the moment without much prior planning. If a user is talking to some one and he feels he should include a third person in his present talk and have a conference, he can do so without disconnecting his present talk.
Dial #. Feature tone stopped. Dial Desired Code. Example: To use call waiting facility of TELCO exchange from any station, follow the following steps: Dial Flash-#. This informs the system to pass following code. Dial Flash-2. Speech with second call. Dial Flash-#.
• Toll Control • Trunk Access • Trunk Landing Destination • Trunk Hunting Scheme This feature is very helpful in offices. The PROTON 206/308 can be set to night mode (non-working hour) at the close of the day. The next morning it can be set to day mode (working hours). How to use it? Use following command to switch day/night mode: 151 : System goes in day mode.
How to use it? Following commands can be used to hear different types of tones. (These commands should be given from the programming mode). Sr. Tone Command Dial Tone 161-1 Ring Back Tone 161-2 Busy Tone 161-3 Error Tone 161-4 Confirmation Tone 161-5 Programming Tone...
Example: To access any of the free stations in a group 1, dial 3981. How to program? Use following command to program Department Call: 251-Department Group-Station1..Station8 Where, Department group is from 0 to 9. Station1...Station8 are stations from 21 to 28 to be defined in a group. (If less than 8 station are required in a group, use ‘#’...
Example: Enable DID on trunk 2 during day time and disable it during night time. Use following command: 43-2-1-0 By default, DID is disabled on all the trunks during both daytime and nighttime. Step 2 DID/DOSA Music Timer-Time for which caller gets music on dialing a DOSA enabled trunk. Command : 217-20-Timer Default : 05 seconds Valid Range : 01 to 99 seconds...
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• To make one DOSA call, minimum two trunk lines are used (L2 and L3 in figure). Hence, these should be connected to the PBX. However, in all four trunk lines are (L1, L2, L3 and L4 in figure) used while using this facility as shown below.
Station is from 21 to 28. Code Meaning DOSA Disable DOSA Enable By default, DOSA is disabled on all stations. Example: Disable DOSA from station 23 on trunk 2 during day time enable it during nighttime. Use following command to satisfy the requirement: 35-23-1 45-2-0-1 Step 3...
Following table lists different types of ring and cadences for different situation: Timings (millisec.) Name Type ON OFF Internal Call Slow 750 2250 External Call Double 400 1800 Alarm Ring\Boss Ring Fast 500 1000 500 1000 500 1000 Door Phone Ring Triple 400 1400 As different ring cadences are used for different occasions, it is easy to guess the caller type before you answer...
To Change user password 1 Lift the handset. Dial tone 2 Dial 144-Old User Password-New User Password. Confirmation tone • In case you forget your password, do not panic. Contact the System Administrator (SA) or the System Engineer (SE). He can clear your password to its default value. Refer “System Security (Passwords)”...
Important Point: • The stations having access to trunk and higher toll control will only be able to make external calls. Relevant Topics: “Toll Control” “Trunk Access” External Call Forward (ECF) What’s this? It is possible to divert the calls on your personal trunk line to your residence or your mobile number. This facility of diverting your incoming trunk calls is known as External Call Forwarding or ECF in short.
Timer of Relevance: ECF RBT Timer-Time for which the system gives RBT to the caller as an acknowledgment of the receipt of the call and after that the system dials the telephone number. Command: 217-32-Timer Default: 03 seconds Valid Range: 01 to 99 seconds. Important Point: •...
Flexible Numbers What’s this? The PROTON 206/308 offers flexibility to assign a code of your choice to access a station. This code is called flexible number. For example, to access first station one has to dial 21. It is possible to change this code to any other number of your choice.
Important Points: • Flexible numbers are the codes dialed from dial phase to call another station. These flexible numbers should be unique and should not match with any other station or any of the features available from the dial phase. •...
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Example: To simulate dialing of trunk 2 immediately on lifting the handset, dial 151-2. Hotline-External Number • You get connected to a desired external number the moment you lift the handset. • This feature is useful when you are making call to a particular external number many times in a day. Once this feature is enabled, as soon as you lift the handset, the system dials the telephone number and you get connected to the external person.
• Please note that the cancellation code must be dialed from the PBX dial tone. If the Hotline timer is 1 second, you have to be very quick in dialing the code. How to program? Refer “Class Of Service (COS)” for details on how to allow Hot line to a user.
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• It is advisable that the system should be installed away from any source of electromagnetic noise such as any radio equipment, heavy transformers, faulty electric chokes of tube lights, any device having a faulty coil etc. This will reduce any problem arising due to electromagnetic effect. Cabling •...
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Switching on the system • Now switch on the system. The system will take about 3-4 secs.to reset. The reset cycle can be seen on the front panel of the system. • Normal condition of the system: • Green LED marked ‘Power’ always remains ON. •...
Internal Call How to make an Internal Call? • Lift the handset. • Dial the desired station’s flexible number. • The called station rings. • Speech is established when the called party lifts the handset. Important Points: • Hands free Operation is also possible if a speakerphone is used. •...
Station is from 21 to 28. Group Number Description Solo Group 1 to 8 Party Group Universal Group Use following command to assign same group number to all the stations: 38-*-Group Number By default, all stations are in Universal Group. Example: Program the system for following conditions: •...
Important Points: • Interrupt Request works even when the destination is talking on a trunk line. • Interrupt Request is ineffective if the called person is having call privacy from Interrupt Request. • The called party can toggle both the calls. Timer of Relevance: Interrupt Request Timer-Time for which the station on which interrupt request is made gets the beeps: Command : 217-11-Seconds...
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Features of PROTON 206/308: • The PROTON-308 has 3 trunk ports and 8 station ports. • The PROTON-206 has 2 trunk ports and 6 station ports. • The PROTON 206/308 works on 90-265VAC, 47-63Hz Universal Power supply. • The PROTON 206/308 supports both tone and pulse dialing. •...
Last Number Redial What’s this? • This feature redials the last external number dialed. • This feature saves time during retrying a busy external number. How to use it? Lift the handset. Dial tone Dial 7. Silence. The system grabs a trunk. Trunk dial tone The PROTON-206/PROTON-308 dials out the last number.
• Main operator station • Secondary operator station How it works? • When any station presses ‘9’ the system diverts the call to the main operator. • If main operator is absent the call is diverted to the secondary operator. How to program? Use following command to program the Main Operator station: 391-Station...
Relevant Topics: “Installation” “Troubleshooting” Privacy What’s this? While two stations are in speech, it is desired that no third person can listen their talk i.e. privacy of their conversation in maintained. However if few important stations are allowed to use features like interrupt request, barge-in and raid, they can intrude other’s conversation.
How to use it? Use following command to program a trunk as private trunk: 3*4-Station-Trunk Where, Station is from 21 to 28. Trunk is 1, 2 or 3. Example: Program trunk ‘2’ as private trunk for station 101. 3*4-101-2 Use following command to cancel private trunk: 3*4-Station-0 Where, Station is from 21 to 28.
“Day and Night Modes” “System Security (Passwords)” Protecting the System The PROTON 206/308 does not work in isolation with the environment. It is connected to the environment in following ways: • Power is fed to the system for functioning of the system. •...
CO Line CO Line System Lightning Protective Earth Protectors Terminal Telecom Earth This is not always possible but every attempt should be made to place the primary protection as close as possible to the entry point of the cables into the building, shelter or equipment housing. Hence, the system should be installed with lighting protectors.
Important Points: • If a station is programmed with privacy against raid, it cannot be raided. Please refer “Privacy” for details. Caution! Raid is a sensitive feature. The system Engineer should restrict of access this feature. If a user is allowed the access to raid, he should use it responsibly.
164-23-1-05 To Cancel Alarms Lift the handset. Dial tone Dial 160. Confirmation tone Replace the handset. How to program? Please refer “Class Of Service (COS)” for details or how to allow alarm to a station user. Important Points: • For timers of relevance, please refer “Alarm”...
Important Points: • This command should be issued very cautiously as outgoing calls will be hampered. • On issuing this command the station will be assigned a solo group automatically and he will be able to talk to only the stations in the universal group. Remote Programming What’s this? One can program the PROTON 206/308 from any remote location.
Selective Trunk Access What’s this? This feature helps to access a particular trunk. It is useful in a case in which all the trunks are not identical in terms of services they offer. It is useful in case you have a hotline connection from the P&T exchange. How to use it? Lift handset.
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• Please note that the system engineer cannot know SA password or user password. However, he can clear these passwords to their default values. How to program? Use following command to change SE Password: 291-New SE Password New SE password is a number string of 4-digits. By default, SE password is 1234.
Technical Specifications System capacity: PROTON- PROTON- Hardware Application CO lines (FXO) Analog PSTN/CO Line connectivity. Stations (FXS) Analog Phone, Modem, Fax connectivity. DTMF Decoders DTMF Encoders Speech Paths Transmission Parameters: Return Loss More than 18dB Insertion Loss Less than 2dB Inter-channel cross-talk Less than -65dB Idle channel noise...
Operating Humidity 5-95% RH, non-condensing Storage Temperature -40°C to +85°C (-40°F to 185°F) Storage Humidity 0-95% RH, non-condensing Packaging Dimensions (W x H x D) 26x28x7.5 cm, 10.24x11.02x2.95 Inch Unit Weight 1.3 Kg. (2.8lbs) Installation Wall Mountable Toll Control What’s this? Toll Control can: •...
How to program? Step 1: Decide the toll control to be programmed station wise. Step 2: Assign appropriate allowed-denied list (level) as per the requirement to a station using command 32. Commands Step 1 Take a pen and a paper. Write down the toll control to be assigned to each station. Step 2 Use following command to assign toll control to a station: 32-Station-Daytime Level-Nighttime Level...
PROTON 206/308 does not work in power down mode: • Check the power down relay of the respective trunk port. One Station is not working: • Please change the telephone instrument and check the station. • Please check wiring of that station. When I call Station 21 the call goes to Station 22: •...
Example: Program the system so that station 21 can access trunk 1 and 2 in daytime. 331-21-1-2-# Use following command to program trunk access during nighttime: 332-Station-Trunk..Trunk-# Where, Station is from 21 to 25. Trunk..Trunk is 1, 2 or 3. Terminate the command with ‘#’.
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• Delayed Simultaneous: If the programmed destination does not respond to the trunk ring within 15 seconds, all five stations start ringing. Any of the ringing or interrupted stations can answer the call. Ring on other stations will be stopped when the call is answered. •...
Use following command to assign same hunting scheme for daytime and nighttime to all the trunks: 46-*-Day Hunting Scheme-Night Hunting Scheme Timer of Relevance: Hunt Timer-Time for which the station rings when an incoming call lands on it. It is relevant in case of Round Robin and delayed simultaneous type of hunting scheme.
Valid Range: 1 to 9 seconds. Pause Timer: In old type of P&T exchanges, dial tone comes a bit late which may lead to a condition in which case the system may dial out the number without waiting for the P&T dial tone. Because of this few initial digits may not reach the P&T exchange resulting in false dialing.
Timer of Relevance: Trunk Reservation Timer: It specifies the time for which the trunk remains reserved. On expiry of this timer, the trunk is freed and other stations can use this trunk. Command : 217-31-Timer Default : 3 minutes Valid range : 1 to 9 minutes Important Points: •...
Group Number is from 0 to 9. Step 3 Use following command to assign a service station to each group: 2042-Group-Station Where, Group is from 0 to 9. Station is from 21 to 28. Step 4 Use following command to assign an unique code to be used as universal service number: 2041-Universal Service Number Where, Universal Service Number can be of one digit, two digits, three digits or four digits.
How to program? Use following command to change the User password from the station (simply after lifting the handset): 144-Old User password-New User password. Where, New password is a number string of 4-digits. By default, User password is 1111 for all the stations. Use following command to clear User password of a station (from SE/SA mode): 341-Station Where,...
Important Point: • Maximum 80 virtual stations are possible. Voice Mail Integration What’s this? Any VMS/Auto-Attendant can be integrated with a PBX. However this integration works well if the exchange of information between the two is perfect. Generally, this integration works on two protocols: Tone Sensing and Gateway.
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• Since codes (defined string of characters) are used for the transfer of information, this method is very much reliable and near to perfect. • Table given below shows various call progress events: Type Of Event Occurrence of Event Type of Tone Call Placed Event Extension ringing.
Walk-In Class of Service What’s this? • A station user can use his toll control from any station. • This feature is very useful for managers when they move away from their seat. Normally they have highest- level toll control. Now when they go on the shop-floor (where the Toll Control is normally of low level) and if they wish to use their Toll Control, this feature comes to their help.
Appendices A: Features at a Glance Alarms Duration Alarm 161-Minute Remote Alarm 164-Station-1-Minute Cancel All Alarms Auto Call Back-On Busy Cancel Auto Call Back Auto Call Back-On No Reply Flash-2 Cancel Auto Call Back Auto Redial-Low Priority Cancel L.P Auto Redial Auto Redial-High Priority Cancel H.P Auto Redial Barge-In...
Hot Line 153-Station Hot Line Delay 154-Seconds Hot Outward Dialing 151-Trunk Hot Outward Dialing-With Number 152-Trunk-Number-# Hot Outward Dialing Delay 154-Seconds Cancel Hot Line And HOD Interrupt Request Station-3 Last Number Redial Use Memory Dialing 8-Directory Index Program Personal Memory 18-Directory Index-Trunk- Number-# Raid Station-4...
D: Station Parameters 01 Call Pick-Up Group 301-Station-Call Pick-Up Group 02 Call Privacy For Intrusion/CCWT/ DISA 303-Station-Code-Code-Code 03 Station Group Hunting 304-Station-Group 04 Floor Service Station Group 305-Station-Group 05 Virtual Station Password 306-Station-New Password 06 Feature Access Group 31-Station-Day Group-Night Group 07 Feature Access Group For All Stations 31-*-Day Group-Night Group 08 Toll Control...
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Routing On Station Or Operator 51-Trunk-Day Routing-Night Routing ECF On/Off 521-Trunk-Day Code - Night Code ECF Destination Trunk 522-Trunk-Destination Trunk ECF Destination Number 523-Trunk-Telephone Number-# Class of Service Delay Timer 531-Trunk-Seconds Set PEC count for a trunk 54-Trunk-PEC Set PEC count for all the trunks 54-*-PEC PROTON 206/308 V1 System Manual...
Glossary Destination Station : The station where the trunk is programmed to land (generally referred as operator). Executive : The key person in the organization. Station : The port to which a telephone is connected. Flash : A code required to use various system features. This code can be dialed either by tapping the hook switch of the telephone momentarily or by pressing the ‘Flash’...
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