User`s guide

Flexible Numbering
DESCRIPTION
Flexible Numbering allows you to change the identifying numbers assigned
by the system to intercoms and lines so that the numbers are more
meaningful to your business or more convenient for callers. For example, the
intercom numbers for phones in hotel rooms can be changed so that they
match the room numbers, such as 401, 402, etc. This way hotel guests can
easily remember the number to the phone in their rooms. You can also
change the numbers associated with line pools, tie lines, Call Distribution
Groups, and Group Page groups.
The factory-set numbers are as follows:
● Stations. Phones and data equipment are assigned intercom numbers 10
through 69 and 700 through 759 for a total of 120 stations.
● Lines. Lines are assigned identifying numbers 801 through 856.
● Line Pools. Line pools are assigned numbers 9, and 890 through 899.
● Group Call Distribution Groups. GCD groups are assigned numbers 870
through 875.
● Group Page Groups. Group Page groups are assigned numbers 881
through 887.
● Inward Dial Plan Numbers. The telephone numbers that other people dial
on tie lines to reach your system’s stations are assigned numbers 4010
through 4129. These numbers correspond roughly to intercom numbers;
4010 = intercom 10; 4097 = intercom 727.
There are two ways to administer flexible numbers. If you are assigning
numbers to several phone in your system, you must first perform an
initialization procedure that changes the intercom numbers to numbers in the
7000 range so that you can assign your new numbers. Once you’ve initialized
the numbers, you perform block renumbering that allows you to renumber
several phones at the same time, provided the numbers you’re assigning are
in consecutive order.
If you are assigning flexible numbers to only one or two phones, lines, or
groups, you do not need to initialize all the numbers, so you perform the
single renumbering procedure individually for each phone, line, or group.
CONSIDERATIONS
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Flexible Numbers can be one to four digits but the first digit cannot be 0.
If you combine short flexible numbers with long ones, the longer numbers
cannot begin with the same digit as the shorter ones. For example, a hotel
couldn’t assign the number 2 to the bellhop and the number 201 to room
201 because when callers begin to dial room 201, as soon as they dial 2
they would be connected to the bellhop.
If your system is using basic telephones, you should not use 9 or 88 as
flexible numbers. If the basic telephones are connected through a BTMI-2,
you cannot dial flexible numbers longer than two digits.
If you have an optional printer for your system, you can get a printout of
the numbers currently assigned to stations, lines, line pools, Call
Distribution and Group Page groups. Having these numbers on hand is
useful as you plan your flexible numbering to be sure that the numbers
you’re assigning do not conflict with numbers already assigned.
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