Setting Up Square Systems; Notes On Assigning Lines To Voice Terminals - AT&T MERLIN 3070 Administration Manual

SETTING UP SQUARE SYSTEMS

In square systems, individual lines appear on separate buttons at voice terminals.
If you want a standard square system, you will give all your voice terminals access
to the same outside lines and assign the lines to the same buttons at every voice
terminal. If you prefer a customized square system, you can assign different lines
or groups of lines to selected voice terminals, in whatever order you want. If someone
routinely carries on private telephone conversations, you may want to assign a per-
sonal line to his or her voice terminal as part of your customized square setup. If you
assign a personal line only to that voice terminal, calls will not ring at other voice ter-
minals or at the attendant's console.
The information that follows describes how to assign lines to buttons in square
systems. (See page 17, "The Square vs. Pooled Decision," for more information on
square systems.)

Notes on Assigning Lines to Voice Terminals

Before you assign lines to buttons, take note of this general information:
Even though you may not be using the full capacity of a Line Module in the con-
trol unit, all five of the lines that would be represented by that module are
automatically assigned to buttons on the administrator/attendant console. This
occurs in both small and large systems. A port with no line cord plugged into
it is called a nonequipped line appearance, or "ghost line." Remove any ghost
lines from your administrator/attendant console so that these buttons can be
used for custom features. To remove a ghost line, follow the procedure for remov-
ing lines from voice terminals in "Assigning Lines to Buttons" on page 33.
If you have eight or fewer lines but have two Line Modules in the control unit,
your system initially assigns ghost lines to the voice terminals in your system
as well as to the administrator/attendant console. Remove these ghost lines from
the voice terminals so that these buttons can be used.
The Initial Feature Assignments diagrams on pages 129 and 130 illustrate the
order in which lines are assigned to buttons on the administrator/attendant con-
sole when your system is first set up. The system automatically assigns lines
to the buttons in the order in which the lines are plugged into the control unit.
This is the "default" arrangement, that is, what your system does unless you
specify something different, You can follow the procedure below to assign lines
to buttons in a different order.
When you assign a line to a voice terminal, the system automatically assigns
the line to the first button that doesn't already have a line assigned to it, in the
order shown in the diagram on the next page. You can assign lines to voice ter-
minals in a different pattern by touching the line buttons in the order in which
you want them to appear.
Note that none of the voice terminals in your system come with preprinted but-
ton labels. Be sure to label the voice terminal buttons with the telephone
numbers of the lines you assign.
. Always assign lines to one voice terminal at a time.
Make sure you have a completed Voice Terminal Configuration Form for each
voice terminal.
Remember that voice terminals cannot be administered and used at the same
time. You cannot assign lines to a voice terminal unless it is idle, and the user
cannot place or receive calls while you are assigning lines. While you are ad-
ministering a voice terminal, it beeps softly as a reminder that it cannot be used.
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