Lucent Technologies MERLIN LEGEND Release 6.1 Feature Reference page 267

MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 6.1
Feature Reference 555-661-110
Features
Direct Station Selector
Dialing of non-local extensions (Release 6.1 and later systems)
The DSS, shown in
with red LEDs. A maximum of two DSSs can be connected to provide a field of
100 buttons. Ten additional fixed-feature buttons with green LEDs are at the
bottom of the DSS. The first three (from left to right) on the top row are Page
buttons, which are used to select the range of extension numbers represented by
the DSS buttons. A fourth button (lower leftmost) is the Message Status button,
which is used to turn the message status operation on and off. When you are
using the Message Status feature, the LED next to each DSS button for a local
extension indicates whether or not a message is waiting from a system operator.
The remaining six buttons on the first DSS and the 10 buttons at the bottom of the
second DSS are not operable (reserved for future use), except on a QCC, where
the rightmost button on the second to last row of the first DSS activates the Direct
Voice Mail feature for local extensions.
A page is a range of extension numbers assigned to a DSS. A single DSS can
have three pages of extension numbers, with 50 extension numbers for each
page, for a total of 150 extension numbers. When two DSSs are connected, each
page's capacity is increased to 100 extension numbers. The two connected DSSs
can have three pages of extension numbers for a total of 300 extension numbers.
The beginning number for each page is assigned through system programming.
When an operator presses a Page button, the page of the DSS corresponds to a
range of 50 (for a single DSS) or 100 (for two connected DSSs) extension
numbers. The factory settings for Page buttons are as follows: the Page 1 button
begins with Extension 0; the Page 2 button begins with 50; and the Page 3 button
begins with 100.
If only one DSS is attached, each Page button assignment sets the console for a
range of 50 extension numbers. If two DSSs are attached, each Page button
assignment sets the console for a range of 100 extension numbers. If two DSSs
are used, the factory setting must be changed so that the difference between
extensions assigned to the range is at least 100. For example, for a three-digit dial
plan, assign Page 1 button to begin with Extension 100, Page 2 button to begin
with Extension 200, and Page 3 button to begin with Extension 300. For a
four-digit dial plan, assign Page 1 button to begin with Extension 1000, Page 2
button to begin with Extension 1100, and Page 3 button to begin with Extension
1200.
The beginning extension number associated with each Page button is the same
for all operator positions and cannot be programmed differently for individual
operator positions.
Each Page button range can begin with any extension number that is a multiple of
50, in the range of 0 to 9950. However, to speed call handling, the assignments
should be sequential; the range starting with the lowest extension number should
be assigned to Page 1, the range starting with a higher extension number should
be assigned to Page 2, and the range starting with a still higher extension number
should be assigned to Page 3. You cannot program individual buttons on a DSS.
Figure 15, has an array of 50 buttons, called DSS buttons ,
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