AT&T System 85 User Manual
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CHAPTER 4. OPERATING FEATURES
4.
Press
[START]
.
ATND light goes off. PA light goes on.
To answer a referral call and identify the faulty trunk using TRK ID button:
1.
Press
[ANSWER]
.
Audible ring stops. ATND light goes on.
2 .
P r e s s
T R K
I D
Display shows Trunk Dial access code.
3.
T R K
P r e s s
I D
Display shows the trunk number.
4 .
Press
[RELEASE]
.
Display and ATND lights go off. PA light goes on.
question to someone who can test the trunk. Remove
using the Trunk Verification by Voice Terminal feature.
Refer the trunk number in
the faulty trunk from service
Automatic Circuit Assurance (ACA) in a Distributed Communication System (DCS)
Environment
In a DCS environment, all consoles may be at one system location. When an attendant at
this location activates or deactivates the ACA feature, the feature is activated or deactivated
for all systems in the DCS. Each system in a DCS can arrange for referral calls to be routed
to the attendant at the” Centralized Attendant Service (CAS) main location when CAS is active
in the system.
In a DCS with multiple systems (each system having attendants), any
attendant can activate or deactivate ACA for the local system and at customer option receive
referral calls. Operation of ACA in a DCS environment is similar to ACA in a non-DCS
environment except that the initial alphanumeric display is different. The display initially
shows the trunk dial access code of the tie trunk used for calling between the systems.
When the TRK ID button is pressed, the faulty trunk data is displayed.
Automatic Route Selection (ARS) (With Time of Day Routing)
Provides routing of long distance calls over the most economical route available based on
the time of day and day of week.
The ARS provides you with three different preestablished plans of call routing. You can place
any one of these three plans in operation by pressing the PLAN button or by dialing an ARS
Network Change Code.
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