How To Use This Manual - AT&T MERLIN 3070 Administration Manual

How to Use This Manual

The advanced technology of the MERLIN communications system offers a flex-
ibility that allows you to customize the system to your business communication needs.
As system administrator, you maybe responsible for customizing your MERLIN
system immediately after installation, and you will undoubtedly be the person to make
any necessary changes as your business needs change.
This administration manual takes you step by step through the procedures involved
in customizing your system. Here is how to use it:
If you are setting up a new system for the first time
1. Read the "Administration Overview" page 3, to learn about the tasks you'll
be performing as system administrator.
2. Review the "MERLIN System Components," page 6, to become familiar
with the equipment you'll be working with.
3. If you haven't already decided which features you want your MERLIN
system to have, look through the "MERLIN System Features" described
on pages 49 through 55.
4. Get ready to administer your system by following the instructions in "Prepar-
ing to Administer Your System," page 14.
5. Read through "Basic Administration" page 17, and perform those tasks
that apply to your particular system.
6. Work your way through "Customizing with Additional System Options"
page 24, adding features that fit your needs.
If you want some voice terminals to have features that affect how other voice
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terminals operate (such as Cover buttons), oversee the programming of
those features as suggested in "Programming Voice Terminals for Office
Priorities" page 28.
8. If you choose, further customize features on individual voice terminals by
performing the procedures described in "Programming Voice Terminals
for Personal Priorities," page 34.
9. To learn how to program your attendant console(s), review "Special infor-
mation about Attendant Consoles," page 43.
10. If you have many 5-button voice terminals connected to your system, read
"Special Information about 5-Button Voice Terminals," page 48.
If you are changing some options or features that are already in place
1. Review the information in "Preparing to Administer Your System," page 14.
2. Using the Table of Contents, index, or page references in "MERLIN
System Features," pages 49 through 55, locate the procedure for the op-
tion or feature you want to change and perform the necessary steps in the
procedure.
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