About Ars Tables 5 - AT&T MERLIN 3070 Administration Manual

About ARS Tables
You administer ARS by setting up two default tables, Tables 8 and 9, and up to eight
other tables, Tables 0 through 7, to route specific types of calls. Tables 0 through 7
may be any combination of 3-digit or 6-digit tables, as explained below and illustrated
on the following two pages. The first 3-digit table that you setup should be Table 7,
and the first 6-digit table should be Table 0. Sequential numbering, down from 7 for
3-digit tables and up from 0 for 6-digit tables, is required for current operation and
future expansion.
3-Digit vs. 6-digit Tables. Most businesses use a single type of line, such as a cross-
country WATS line, for all calls placed to a particular area code. For some businesses,
however, the cost of long distance calls to numbers in another area code varies,
depending on which exchange within that area code is dialed. You may want to set
up some of your ARS tables so that the system selects different line pools for calls
to different exchanges in the same area code. To do this, you create a 6-digit table,
containing one 3-digit area code and a group of 3-digit exchanges within that area
code. You can make as many of your tables as you want 6-digit rather than 3-digit
tables.
A 3-digit table lists either area codes or local exchanges, then specifies the line
pools, in order of preference, on which the system should place calls to those
area codes or exchanges.
A 6-digit table I lists a sing/e area code in the 00 position, followed by a series of
exchanges within that area code. The lower section of the table specifies the
line pools, in order of preference, on which the system should place calls to those
exchanges.
All 6-digit tables must be numbered in order and have lower numbers than any 3-digit
tables that you set up. To allow space to add more tables in the future:
Make your first 6-digit table Table 0 and number additional tables up from there
(1, 2,3, ...).
Make your first 3-digit table Table 7 and number additional tables down from
there (6, 5, 4, ...).
Area Code/Exchange Section. The Area Code/Exchange section at the top of each
3-digit table contains up to 100 3-digit area codes or exchanges. The Area Code/
Exchange section at the top of each 6-digit table contains only one area code and
up to 99 exchanges within that area code. If you have more than 100 or 99 entries,
respectively, that should follow the same routing pattern, you can use two tables.
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