System Programming Basics - Avaya PARTNER Advanced Communications System Installation And Use Manual

System Programming Basics

After the control unit is installed, you set up the system by using a combination of the following two
types of programming. Use the System Planning Guide when programming.
System Programming allows you to customize the system to meet the needs of your
business. When the system is first installed, it uses factory settings that reflect the most
commonly used options. You can change system settings as needed. You can perform System
Programming from extension 10 or extension 11. Because an extension cannot be in
programming mode and handle calls at the same time, you should use extension 11 for
programming. By doing so, you can program without disrupting call handling at extension 10.
Telephone Programming allows telephones to be customized to meet individual users'
needs. There are two types of Telephone Programming, depending from where you program.
— Centralized Telephone Programming—programming individual telephones from extension
10 or 11.
— Extension Programming—programming an individual system telephone from the
extension to which it is connected.
You need a system display telephone for System and Centralized Telephone Programming. If you
have any 34-button telephones in the system, you must use a 34-button display telephone to
program since an 18-button telephone cannot be used to program a 34-button telephone. Also, if
your system has both PARTNER and MLS telephones, you should use a PARTNER display
telephone at the programming extension.
Endeavor telephones are supported in PARTNER ACS Release 5.0 or later when an
Endeavor 362EC module is installed in the carrier. The Endeavor telephones are
programmed the same as PARTNER-34D, -18D, -18 and -6 telephones and have the
same button layouts.
The PARTNER ACS Release 3.0 or later includes a PARTNER Remote Access PC Card,
which allows you to program the system remotely or locally from a PC and perform
backup and restore functions. The PARTNER Remote Access PC Card is a PCMCIA
card that can also be used to upgrade the system to the most current release. You must
have the PARTNER ACS R6.0 PC Administration software to program the system
remotely. See your Avaya representative or authorized dealer for more information.
Programming procedures use line and extension numbers. The line number represents the line
jack on a module to which the outside line is connected. The extension number represents the
extension jack on a module to which the system telephone or tip/ring device is connected.
If you are installing a voice messaging system with the PARTNER ACS, you must assign
the voicemail ports to Hunt Group 7 to avoid having the voicemail ports answering all calls
immediately. See "Programming a Voice Messaging System" on page
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