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Technician’s Handbook
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Line troubleshooting
Table 6: Line troubleshooting
Symptoms Probable causes Corrective actions
Unable to make any
external calls or
frequently unable to
access an external line.
Service provider
has not connected
lines.
Unplug the cable that connects
the line service to line port on
the system.
Connect a standard analog
phone or telephone test phone
and plug it directly into the
service providers line socket.
Listen for dial tone. Check each
line. If dial tone isn’t present on
all lines contact your service
provider.
Faulty
programming.
Verify that your line groups
(outgoing lines), hunt maps
(outgoing lines), and ring maps
(incoming lines) are
programmed correctly.
See Configure the ring maps (p.
58).
Faulty line module. Power down the system.
Remove and replace the
suspect line module.
See Installing option modules
(p. 133).