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Managing phones
This section explains how to add, swap, upgrade, and remove the phones on your 
system. This section also gives you tips for customizing your own phone (for 
system administration) so it has the feature buttons you need for many 
administration and troubleshooting tasks. 
Note that this section does not tell you how to administer an attendant console. If 
you need to...

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Gathering necessary information
1. Determine whether the phone is an analog, digital, ISDN, or hybrid set.
You need this information to determine the type of port you need, because 
the port type and phone type must match. If you do not know what type of 
phone you have, refer to the Type field under ‘‘
Station’’ on page 882 for a 
list of phones by model number.
2. Record the room...

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Tip:
If you add several phones at one time, you may want to print a paper 
copy of the System Configuration screen. To print the screen to a 
printer attached to the system terminal, type 
list configuration 
station print
 and press RETURN. To print to the system printer that 
you use for scheduled reports, type 
list configuration station 
schedule immediate
 and press RETURN.
5....

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When the Station screen appears, you see the extension number and some 
default field values. For example, the following screen is for a new phone at 
extension 2345.
2. Type the model number of the phone into the Type field.
For example, to install a 8411D phone, type 
8411D in the Type field. Note 
that the displayed fields may change depending on the model you add.
3. Type the port...

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To assign feature buttons:
1. Type 
change station nnnn and press ENTER, where nnnn is the extension 
for the phone you want to modify.
The Station
 screen appears.
2. Press 
NEXT PAGE until you locate the Feature Button Assignment fields.
Some phones have several feature button groups. Make sure that you are 
changing the correct button. If you do not know which button on...

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4. Type in the extension, port address, and phone name for each new phone 
you want to add.
The rest of the fields are optional. You can complete them at any time.
5. Press 
ENTER to save your changes to system memory.
To make changes to these phones, such as assigning coverage paths or feature 
buttons, type 
change station nnnn and press ENTER, where nnnn is the extension 
of the phone...

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3. Enter 6220 in the Alias Set Type field.
This is the name or model of the unsupported phone.
4. Enter 
2500 in the Supported Set Type field.
Enter the supported model in this field.
5. Enter 
modem in the second Alias Set Type field.
You can call the alias set anything you like. Once you define the alias, you 
can use the alias set in the Type field on the Station form.
6. Enter...

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It will be much easier to monitor and test your system if you have a phone with:
na large multi-button display (such as 8434D or 8410D)
na class of service (cos) that has console permissions
nthe 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...

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2. Overwrite 7410+ with 8411D in the Type field.
Now you can access the functions and feature buttons that correspond to an 
8411D phone.
Swapping phones
You will often find that you need to move or swap phones. For example, 
employees moving from one office to another may want to bring their phones. In 
this case, you can use X ports to easily swap the phones.
In general, to swap one...

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Using TTI to move phones
Terminal Translation Initialization (TTI) allows you to merge an x-ported station 
to a valid port by dialing a TTI merge code, a system-wide security code, and the 
x-port extension from a telephone connected to that port. TTI also allows you to 
separate an extension from its port by dialing a similar separate digit sequence. 
This action causes the...