AT&T MERLIN Plus User guide

AT&T
MERLIN
®
Plus
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM
System Planner

© 1988 AT&T
All Rights Reserved
Printed in USA
Issue 1
February, 1988
NOTICE
The information in this document is subject to change without notice. AT&T assumes no responsibility
for any errors that may appear in this document.
MERLIN is a registered trademark of AT&T.
To order copies of this document, call the AT&T Customer Information Center, 1-800-432-6600 and
include the document number 999-501-140 with your order.

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Customer Name
Address
Phone
DOSS Order No.
The information on this form will enable your AT&T Service Technician to install your new MERLIN Plus
system so that it works exactly as you want. It is important that you provide this information PRIOR TO
INSTALLATION. In addition to installing your system, the Service Technician will train you to use it, so
you MUST have someone present during the installation.
What is the name and phone number of the person who will be present when your system is installed?
Name
Phone
Fill out the attached System Configuration Form using the following guidelines:
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Under Dial Signals, check one of the following:
• "Touch-Tone" - if all of your telephone lines are Touch-Tone lines.
• "Rotary (Pulse)" - if one or more of the lines are rotary-only lines.
Under Long Distance Dialing, check one of the following:
• Toll-Prefix - if you have to dial a 1 or 0 before the area code when
making a long distance call.
• "Area Code Only" - if you don’t have to dial a 1 or 0 before the area code.
Under Line Assignments:
a Write in the name of the system attendant and the attendant’s location next to Intercom (Icom)
No. 10.
b Next to the remaining numbers (11-29), write in the names and work locations of the people who will
have MERLIN system telephones.
NOTE: If you will be using the Call Report Feature, do not write a name next to Icom. No. 19.
Under Line Assignments, fill in the appropriate boxes to indicate which lines each person will have by
using an:
"R" _ to indicate that the line will ring at that telephone.
"NR" - to indicate that the line won’t ring.
"DR" - to indicate that the line will ring after a delay.
Under Automatic Line Selection Sequence, enter the line letters assigned to each telephone in the order
that they will be selected by that telephone.
NOTE: See the example, where the President wants line C, a private line to be selected first, and also
wants access to all of the other lines. The entry is C, A, B, D.
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Under Call Restrictions, check the appropriate box for each person, depending on whether his/her
telephone will be:
• "Unrestricted" - able to make any kind of outside calls.
• "Outward Restricted" - cannot make any outside calls.
• "Toll Restricted" - able to make local but not long distance calls.
Under Paging Groups, check the appropriate column(s) to indicate the Telephone Paging Group(s) to
which each person will be assigned.
NOTE: This is a MERLIN Plus feature and does not require any additional equipment. Your MERLIN
Plus system comes with the first ten positions (Icoms Nos. 10-19) assigned to Group 1 and the second
ten (Icom Nos. 20-29) assigned to Group 2.
Under Last Number Redial, Do Not Disturb, and Privacy, check the boxes as appropriate for each person
whose telephone will have a button reserved for each one of these features.
Under Outside Telephone Lines, enter the number and line type for each of your outside lines.
NOTE: For example, enter "CO" (for Central Office) for regular lines, "FX" for a Foreign Exchange
line, etc.
Under System Speed Dial Directory:
aEnter the telephone numbers, account numbers (if any), and names for numbers that you will be able
to dial using an abbreviated code.
bCheck the "Restriction Override" box if people who are normally restricted from making outside calls
should be able to dial these numbers.
Fill out a telephone (voice terminal) label form for each of your MERLIN Plus system telephones using the
following examples. Blank forms are on pages 4 — 7. Use the appropriate form depending on the size of each
telephone. If you need more forms than supplied, make photocopies of the blank forms. Refer to your
completed System Configuration Form to see which lines and buttons will be assigned to each telephone.
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