Lucent Technologies 8.2 User Manual

Issue 1

April 2000

Managing trunks 

359

Inserting and absorbing digits 

If you’re replacing trunk group 5 with another trunk group, just type the 
information for the new trunk group over the old entries. Remember to 
press 

ENTER

 to save your changes.

2. In the 

Station

 screen for extension 8410, clear the entry in the Button 

Assignments field for the Trunk-Group Night Service button.

Remember to press 

ENTER

 to save your changes.

3. In the 

Trunk Group

 screen for trunk group 5, remove all member trunks 

from the group.

Refer to 

‘‘Removing trunks from a trunk group’’ on page 357

 for 

instructions.

4. Type 

 and press 

ENTER

.

The 

Trunk Group

 screen appears.

5. Press 

ENTER

 to remove the trunk group.

Use this procedure to modify the incoming digit string on DID and tie trunks by 
inserting (adding) or absorbing (deleting) digits. You’ll need to do this if the 
number of digits you receive doesn’t match your dial plan.

As an example, let’s say you have a DID trunk group. It’s group number is 5. Your 
service provider can only send 4 digits, but your dial plan defines 5-digit 
extensions beginning with 6:

1. Type 

 and press 

ENTER

.

The 

Trunk Group

 screen appears.