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Lucent Technologies MERLIN LEGEND 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 6-10

Introduction to System Programming

6

For quick reference,

Table 6–3

shows the PC keys that correspond to the screen

key selections on most screens. These PC keys do not appear on the console
display screen.

Table 6–3.

Screen Keys

Display/Key

Function

BackSpace

/

Change your entry. Select

Backspace

(

on the PC) to correct

your entry. Each time you press the key, the screen cursor moves
backward to erase one character at a time.

Enter

/

Save your entry if the entry is valid. Typically, you select

Enter

(

on the PC) to complete a procedure and save the information.

Occasionally, you must select

Exit

(

!

on the PC) and return to a

previous screen before you use

Enter

. If the entry is not valid, the

system may beep and/or display an error message and does not
save the entry.

Delete

/

$

Delete a current entry. Select

Delete

(

$

on the PC) to delete (or

remove) a current entry.

Next

/

%

Program sequentially numbered items. If you are programming a
group of sequentially numbered extensions, lines, or trunks, you
may have the option to select

Next

(

%

on the PC). This saves your

entry and automatically provides the number of the next extension or
trunk in the sequence. Typically, you remain at the same screen for
as long as you select

Next

. In a few cases, you may return to an

earlier screen in the procedure.

Exit

/

!

Return to the previous screen. Select

Exit

(

!

on the PC) when

you complete a procedure, to move up one screen in the menu
hierarchy. (Appendix B in

System Programming

provides a reference

to the entire system programming menu hierarchy.)

Exit a screen without changes. In most cases, you select

Exit

(

on the PC) to exit from a screen without making any changes.
Exceptions are noted as part of a procedure.

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