Lucent Technologies 8.2 User Manual

Page of 1707
DEFINITY ECS Release 8.2
Administrator’s Guide  
555-233-506  
Issue 1
April 2000
Managing phones 
44
Upgrading phones 
3
It will be much easier to monitor and test your system if you have a phone with:
a large multi-button display (such as 8434D or 8410D)
a class of service (cos) that has console permissions
the following feature buttons
—  ACA and Security Violations (assign to lamp buttons)
—  Busy verify
—  Cover message retrieval button
—  Major/minor alarm buttons
—  Trunk ID buttons
—  Verify button
Once you select a phone, you’ll want to determine if you want to place this phone 
at your desk or in the switch room. If the phone is in the switch room (near the 
system administration terminal), you can quickly add or remove feature buttons to 
test features and facilities. You may decide that you want a phone at both your 
desk and in the switch room — it’s up to you.
You may also find it handy to set up multiple phones for testing applications and 
features before you provide them to users. You may want to have a phone that 
mimics each type of user phone in your organization. For example, if you have 
four basic phone templates, one for executives, one for marketing, one for 
technicians, and one for other employees, you may want to have examples of each 
of these phones so you can test new features or options. Once you are satisfied that 
a change works on the test phone, you can make the change for all the users in that 
group.
Upgrading phones
If you want to change phone types for a user and do not need to change locations, 
you can just access the station screen for that extension and enter the new model 
number.
Tip:
This method can be used only if the new phone type matches the existing port 
type (such as digital phone with a digital port).
For example, if a user at extension 4556 currently has a 7410+ phone and you 
want to replace it with a new 8411D phone:
1. Type
 change station 4556
 and press 
RETURN
.
The 
Station
 screen for 4556 appears.