Testing Ground-Start And Loop-Start Trunks (Hybrid/Pbx Systems Only); Testing Did Trunks - Lucent Technologies MERLIN LEGEND Release 5.0 Installation Manual

MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 5.0
Installation 555-650-140
Initializing and Testing the System
Testing the System
Testing Ground-Start and Loop-Start Trunks
(Hybrid/PBX Systems Only)
To test the GS and LS outgoing and incoming trunks at a telephone, follow the
steps below:
Dial
*03

You should hear dial tone for a working trunk, a reorder tone for a DID
trunk or an invalid trunk number, or a busy tone if the trunk is in use.
NOTE:
Dialing
*03
touch-tone dialpad and the trunk accepts touch-tone dialing.
Repeat Step 1 for all outgoing trunks.

Dial an incoming trunk on the system.

Have someone answer the call at another telephone; verify that you

have good two-way communication.
Repeat Steps 3 and 4 for all incoming trunks.

Hang up to exit test mode.


Testing DID Trunks

To test DID trunks, follow the steps below:
Have someone at the central office check all DID trunks, or have

someone call from the outside to check each DID trunk.
When the first trunk rings, answer it.

Instruct the caller to put the call on hold or put down the handset

while making the next call.
When the next trunk rings, put the previous call on hold and repeat

this procedure until all eight DID trunks have been connected
successfully.
When all trunks are connected with good communication,

disconnect each call and have the caller do the same.
followed by the trunk ID number (01 through 80).
on a single-line telephone works only if the telephone has a
Issue 1
June 1997
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