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Model 308/616
Administration Manual

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  • Page 1 AT&T ® SPIRIT Communications System Model 308/616 Administration Manual...

  • Page 2: Introduction

    LIMITED WARRANTY AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY ® AT&T Information Systems, Inc. (“AT&T”) warrants to you that your SPIRIT Communications System (“SPIRIT system”) will be free from defects in material and workmanship when title to your SPIRIT system passes to you. If you notify AT&T that your SPIRIT system fails to operate as warranted within one year of the date title to your SPIRIT system passes to you, AT&T will, at its option, repair or replace the component or components of your SPIRIT system that fail to operate as warranted.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Introduction The SPIRIT Communications System, Model 308/616, consists of a CONTROLLER that controls the system, TELEPHONE SETS, and some optional equipment. Outside telephone lines from your local telephone company or from a PBX, or switchboard, system are connected to the controller. The controller is connected to all the telephones in the system. Customizing (Section 1) The SPIRIT Communications System can be customized to fit the needs of your company.

  • Page 4: Parts Of The System

    Parts Of The System CONTROLLER Mounted near the incoming telephone lines. On top of the controller i the Administration Switch, which must be turned ON when customizing the system. MUSIC ON HOLD VOLUME CONTROL OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT Optional equipment may include a “music on holds”...

  • Page 5: Section 1 Customizing

    SECTION 1 Customizing Following is a list and brief description of the features you can change. There are two kinds of features, SYSTEM FEATURES and TELEPHONE FEATURES. When you customize a system feature, you have made a change in the whole system. In this manual, information about system features is always printed with a grey background.
  • Page 6 Telephone Features (instructions for customizing begin on page 14) Telephone customization is used to make different telephones in the system work in different ways. LINE USE PERMISSION. You can assign each line of each telephone one of the following permissions. No Permission.

  • Page 7: Confirmation And Error Tones

    Confirmation and Error Tones Throughout this manual you are told that you will receive a "confirmation" tone after valid key presses and an “error” tone when key presses are not valid. If you would like to hear the confirmation and error tones before you start customizing the system, complete the following exercise: To hear a confirmation tone: Press INTERCOM.

  • Page 8: Parts Of The Telephone Sets

    Parts Of The Telephone Sets 6-BUTTON TELEPHONE LINE BUTTONS (1-6) and INDICATOR LIGHTS Used for placing and receiving outside calls. MESSAGE WAITING INDICATOR INTERCOM BUTTONS and Shows that the user has a message INDICATOR LIGHTS waiting. Used for placing and receiving HANDS-FREE ANSWER INDICATOR intercom calls.

  • Page 9: System Planner

    System Planner Use this page to plan the customization for your system. CUSTOMIZING EACH TELEPHONE LINE USE AUTOMATIC LINE LINE RlNGlNG CUSTOMIZING PERMISSION SELECTION OPTIONS NIGHT RINGING OUTSIDE SERVICE THE SYSTEM No Ring No Permission Normal Ring† INCOMING LINE 1 Outward Restricted Not Eligible Normal Ring...

  • Page 10: Customization Chart

    Customization Chart SAMPLE ADMINISTRATION OVERLAY Follow this chart to perform all your customizing duties. A more detailed set of instructions starts on page 10. To get a different line of features, press ENTER ADMIN (at To customize another feature in the same row, press FEATURE.

  • Page 11: How To Customize

    How to Customize Getting Started When you have finished your customizing plans you are ready to actually customize the system. You must do all customizing from telephone set 10, which may be either a 6-button or a 24-button set. For some customization procedures, all telephone sets in the system must be idle, so you will want to choose a time when people are not using the telephones.
  • Page 12 STEP 8 CONTINUE CUSTOMIZATION If you wish to continue with another customization type, press the ENTER ADMIN button and repeat steps 6 and 7. For example, if you complete the desired customization under System Customization and want to continue with Telephone Customization, press the ENTER ADMIN button and repeat steps 6 and 7.
  • Page 13 Customizing the System AUTOMATIC PRIVACY Press FEATURE. Dial 1. All the line indicator lights will show the current system-wide privacy status. If the lights are ON, privacy is ON. If the lights are OFF, privacy is OFF. To change the privacy status, enter one of the following: DIAL INDICATOR LIGHT...
  • Page 14 Customizing the System PBX/CENTREX LINE ACCESS CODES Press FEATURE. Dial 5. All of the line indicator lights will go off. To ENTER a system-wide PBX/Centrex dial code. Dial the desired dial code. Press ADD button. You will hear the confirmation tone when the code is added.
  • Page 15 Customizing Each Telephone If you dialed 2 in STEP 6 on page 10, you began Telephone Customization (see the chart on page 9). All these features are customized on a set-by-set basis, meaning you must enter the telephone set number before customizing. The changes you make on set 12, for example, will not be made on set 14, or any other, unless you specifically copy a customizing set-up from one telephone set to another.
  • Page 16 Customizing Each Telephone LINE USE PERMISSIONS Press FEATURE. Dial 1. Each line indicator light will show the telephone set’s current permission for that line. Choose the line(s) for which you wish to set the same permission by pressing the line button(s). Dial the appropriate digit (see list below).
  • Page 17 Customizing Each Telephone LINE RINGING OPTIONS Press FEATURE. Dial 3. Each line indicator light will show the current ringing option for that line. To change the option for individual line(s) on that telephone, press the line button(s) and dial a valid digit from the table below.
  • Page 18 Customizing Each Telephone COPY TO To copy the feature choices from this telephone set to another set press COPY TO. The COPY TO indicator light will go on, all of the line indicator lights will go off. While the COPY TO indicator light is on, dial an intercom extension number or, if using a 24-button set, press the auto-dial button for the desired set.
  • Page 19 Company 1 CARPENTER, WATKINS, and SEPULVEDA, Attorneys at Law † Installed Setting...

  • Page 20: Examples Of Systems

    Examples Of Systems Planning the customizing of your communications system requires considering the needs of your company. Since each company is unique, two business profiles are provided to show you how these systems may be customized. The system planners are shown for each business to help give you a better understanding of how to complete your own system planner.
  • Page 21 Company 2 LIVELY TRAVEL AGENCY † Installed Setting...
  • Page 22 COMPANY 2 LIVELY TRAVEL AGENCY. Company 2 is a travel agency with six incoming lines and eleven telephone sets. Eight travel agents share phone answering duties. Whoever is not currently busy picks up an incoming call. Telephone sets 11 through 18 are for the use of the travel agents. Telephone set 10 is used by the company president.

  • Page 23: Section 2 Speedcall

    SECTION 2 SpeedCall The SpeedCall feature is an important time saver for users. SpeedCall numbers are dialed by using a two-digit code. There are two kinds of SpeedCall numbers: personal and system. Personal SpeedCall numbers are entered by the users of the sets. These numbers are available only at the telephone where they are stored.

  • Page 24: Storing System Speedcall Numbers

    Storing System SpeedCall Numbers STEP 1 SET ADMINISTRATION SWITCH TO “ON” Set the system administration switch on the controller to ON (see the drawing on page 3.) STEP 2 PRESS INTERCOM BUTTON. PRESS SPEAKER Working at telephone set 10, press an INTERCOM button that is not busy. Lift the receiver (or press SPEAKER).

  • Page 25: Section 3 Additional Information

    SECTION 3 Additional Information The System Attendant Many businesses have a system attendant or receptionist, a person who answers most calls and transfers them to other people in the company. If your business has an attendant, you’ll probably want to make some customizing changes in your system. Ringing Options If the attendant answers most of the calls that come into the office, you may want to customize the lines on other telephone sets to no ring or delayed ring.

  • Page 26: Line Aux Jacks (Dedicated Lines And Power Failures)

    LINE AUX JACKS (Dedicated Lines and Power Failures) Dedicated Lines Two jacks on the 308 controller, and another on the 616 expansion unit, are labeled LINE AUX. The jacks provide standard telephone service separate from SPIRIT system features, and are useful as dedicated lines for computer modem(s) and in power failure situations.
  • Page 27 C o n f e r e n c e A maximum of four telephones may be conference; only three of these may be SPIRIT telephones. The total of four must include any telephones bridged onto the conference. NOTE: When two or more outside lines are conference the quality of transmission and audio reception may be reduced.
  • Page 28 AT&T Intercom Extension List Name Intercom Number Administration Manual 27...

  • Page 29: Speedcall Directory

    AT&T System SpeedCall Directory Name/Number Code Name/Number Code Unrestricted: Restricted: 28 Administration Manual...

  • Page 30: Index

    308/616 Administration Manual Index: Abbreviated ring, 4, 7, 15, 17, 19 Hands-free answer indicator, 6 Paging to all extensions, 25 Accessories, 24 HFAI button and indicator light, 6 Parts of the system, 2; of the telephone, 6 Administration switch, 2, 8, 9, 10, 22; Held call reminder, 3, 7, 8, 11, 17, 18, 19, 20 PBX line access codes, 3, 7, 8, 12, 17, 18, 20, 21 overlay, 8 - 9...
  • Page 31 COPY ENTER DROP ADMlN STATION FEATURE Administration Overlay...
  • Page 32 Document Title Select Code Document Number Customer Installation 999-500-226 950-226 Instructions Installation Instructions— 950-227 999-500-227 616 Expansion Unit Administration Manual 950-228 999-500-228 User Manual 950-237 999-500-237 Reference Card (set of 10) 950-238 999-500-238 Set (1 each of the above) 999-902 Customer Convenience Kit 999-240 999-500-240...
  • Page 33 999-500-228...

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