Using The Console; Specifying Touch-Tone And Rotary Signaling - AT&T MERLIN 1030 Planning Manual

Using the Console

If you have a 34-button deluxe voice terminal without an Attendant Intercom Selec-
tor for your administrator/attendant console in a large system, you'll use the dial pad
to specify particular voice terminals during administration. In the attendant mode,
buttons not used for lines, Night Service, or Send Message can be used for program-
ming features, including Auto Intercom. If you have a 34-button deluxe voice terminal
with Attendant Intercom Selector for your administrator/attendant console, you'll use
Shift buttons along with your Auto Intercom buttons. The paragraphs below describe
how to use these buttons.
Auto Intercom Buttons. Each person's voice terminal has a unique 2-digit intercom
number similar to an extension number. These intercom numbers (10 through 39 for
a Model 1030 system, 10 through 79 for a Model 3070 system) are automatically
assigned to Auto Intercom buttons on the Attendant Intercom Selector if you have
one or on the administrator/attendant console in small systems. During attendant
operation, you use the lights next to each Auto Intercom button to determine the status
of voice terminals in your system.
Shift Buttons (console with Attendant Intercom Selector only). Consoles with
Attendant Intercom Selectors have three Shift buttons that let you administer as many
as 70 voice terminals using only the 30 Auto Intercom buttons on the Attendant inter-
com Selector. When you touch the left Shift button, you change the intercom numbers
to 10 through 39 in the blue band. Use the center Shift button, labeled 40-50-60, to
change the intercom numbers to 40 through 69 in the white band. Touch the right
Shift button, labeled 70-80-90, to change the intercom numbers to 70 through 79 in
the gray band. If you want to dial a particular intercom number, you must first touch
the Shift button that provides access to the group of intercom numbers that includes
the one you want. For example, if you want to assign lines to the voice terminal
represented by intercom 31, touch the left Shift button. The light next to the Shift but-
ton comes on, and the Auto Intercom buttons now represent intercom numbers 10
through 39.
Message Status Button (console with Attendant Intercom Selector only). The
Message Status button is used only when your console is in the attendant mode.
You use this button to find out which voice terminals have messages waiting for them.

SPECIFYING TOUCH-TONE AND ROTARY SIGNALING

Do you have any rotary lines coming into your system?
When first installed, your MERLIN communications system will be set to generate
Touch-Tone signals. If some of your lines are rotary, your system will have to be reset
to accommodate them. If you are not sure whether you have any rotary lines, call
your local telephone company. You will also need this information to complete the
System and Voice Terminal Configuration Forms.
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