Lucent Technologies 5 User Manual

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MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 5.0
System Manager’s Guide  
555-650-118  
Issue 1
June 1997
Managing the System 
Page 6-78
Revising Night Service with Group Assignment 
6
Task List: Changing Group 
Coverage Assignments
6
o
Obtain Form 7c, Group Coverage.
o
If necessary, read “Coverage” in the 
Feature Reference
 for detailed 
information about this feature.
o
Plan changes using the planning guidelines above; record the new values 
on Form 7c.
o
Open the System Programming menu from the console or a PC with SPM.
o
Program the change(s), following the instructions for “Group Coverage 
Member Assignments” in the “Optional Group Features” section of 
System 
Programming
, Chapter 3, or the summary programming instructions below.
o
When you have finished, file Form 7c with the rest of the planning forms.
Programming Instructions
6
Revising Night Service 
with Group Assignment
6
Use this procedure to add or remove extensions, lines (Release 4.1 and later 
systems only), and a calling group to a Night Service group for after-hours 
coverage.
Planning Guidelines
6
Revising Night Service with Group Assignment may affect other features. For 
more information, see the 
Feature Reference
.
There can be a maximum of eight Night Service groups (no more than one for 
each operator position assigned). Any number of extensions can be assigned to a 
Night Service group, and an extension can belong to more than one group.
A calling group can also be assigned to a Night Service group.
In Release 4.1 and later systems, you assign outside lines, as well as extensions, 
to a Night Service group. When Night Service is turned on by the operator, these 
lines ring immediately at all extensions assigned to the group. This feature allows 
the system manager to control off-hours operation on a line-by-line basis, and is 
particularly useful when applied to personal lines. Night Service lines do not have 
Console Procedure
Extensions
More
Group Cover
Dial group no.
→ 
Enter
Dial ext. no.
Enter
Exit
Exit
PC Procedure
U
Type group no.
Type ext. 
no.