Specifications

Account Codes With Positive Verification
Station users can assign account codes to specific calls. The system uses the account codes to identify calls by
category, or special grouping, for call accounting purposes. All calls with the same account code are reported
together by the station message detail accounting (SMDA) feature. The system attendant can obtain a separate
printout of calls assigned to one account without causing any other calls to print or be deleted. The installer can
arrange for the system to verify that the user entered an account code and to sound an error tone if an invalid
account code is entered. If the installer arranges it, attendants can use account codes as a basis for SMDA
print-outs. He or she may program the system to prompt station users to enter account codes for incoming calls
and/or out-going calls if desired. The prompt can be with or without system verification of the entry.
Alternately, account code prompting can be turned off completely. Depending upon the type of call, different
users are associated with the call accounting record. The following list explains to whom the call record is
associated:
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On out-going calls, the user who enters the account code
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On transferred calls, the transferee
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On incoming calls, the last user active on a call.
Account codes may be from three to 16 digits in length as set by class of service programming. The system will
verify all digits. Also refer to the discussion titled Account Codes With Positive Verification—forced.
Account Codes With Positive Verification—Forced
Station users can assign account codes to specific calls. The system uses the account codes to identify calls by
category, or special grouping, for call accounting purposes. If the installer programs the system to have forced
account codes, the user must enter the account code before the call can be placed. If the system does not find a
match between a user entered account code and one that the installer has set in the system, the call will not be
allowed. Remember, verification alone does not deny users’ calls, only forced verification denies. The installer
can arrange for the system to verify that the user entered an account code and to sound an error tone if an
invalid account code is entered. If the installer arranges it, attendants can use account codes as a basis for
SMDA print-outs. He or she may program the system to prompt station users to enter account codes for
incoming calls and/or out-going calls if desired. You can program the system to recognize emergency numbers
that do not require account codes.
Account Code Display And Display Time
For LCD speakerphone users, a message appears in the telephone’s display prompting the user to enter an
account code for incoming or outgoing calls. If the user does not require this prompt, the installer should turn
off the prompting message display.
Adjunct Feature Module Support
When the installer includes a 16-button adjunct feature module with certain model Comdial proprietary
telephones, that module extends the programmable buttons of the telephone by 16 buttons and status lights. The
users can program these buttons for speed dialing and direct station selection (DSS) with busy lamp field (BLF)
status lights.
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