Nortel Meridian Companion Manual

Meridian 1
Meridian Companion
Portable Telephone Registration Instructions
Document Number: 553-3601-221
Document Release: Standard 2.00
Date: November 1998
Copyright @ 1996—1999 Nortel Networks, All Rights Reserved
Printed in Canada
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information, in whole or in part, from disclosure and dissemination to third parties with the same degree of
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Meridian Companion Portable Telephone Registration Instructions
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Contents
C3050 registration instructions using the
Administration Terminal....................................1
Setting the C3050 default values......................................1
Registering the C3050 portable........................................2
Enabling the system for registration......................................... 3
Locking registration on (optional).............................................3
Registering the C3050.............................................................4
Ending Administration programming........................................ 5
Confirming that the C3050 is registered ...........................5
Deregistering the C3050...................................................6
Displaying the C3050’s wireless terminal number.............7
Measuring RSSI................................................................7
Measuring undirected RSSI.....................................................7
Measuring directed RSSI.........................................................8

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Meridian Companion Portable Telephone Registration Instructions
C3050 registration instructions using the
Administration Terminal
To operate the Companion C3050 portable,refer to Companion C3050 Portable
Telephone User Guide.
Registration of C3050 portables on a Meridian Companion system involves
usingeithertheAdministration TerminalorCompanion Manageralongwith the
portable. For more information about the Administration Terminal, refer to
Meridian Companion Administration Terminal Operations Guide. For more
information about registering portables and performing related tasks using
CompanionManager,refer toCompanionManagerInstallation andOperations
Guide.
Setting the C3050 default values
Setting default values ensures that all the portables in your coverage area have
the same initial setting before you register them. To customize the features in
your portablesafter registration, refer to CompanionC3050Portable Telephone
User Guide.
ATTENTION!
This procedure erases all registration information and the
custom features from the portable memory.

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1. Open the portable’s flap.
2. Press . The display shows MENU .
3. Press ”or ’until the display shows Security : Off .
4. Press ON .
If the display shows Enter PIN , go to Step 5.
If the display shows Define PIN first , the previous owner of the
portable did not define a Personal Identification Number (PIN) for the
security lock feature.
a. Press PIN . The display shows Enter new PIN .
b. Enter any six-digit number. The display shows * for each number
entered.
c. Press Done . The display shows Enter it again .
d. Enter thesame six-digit number fromstep b. The displayshows * for
each number entered.
e. Press Done . The display shows Saved .
f. Close the portable’s flap and repeat the procedure from step 1.
5. Enter the eight-digit master PIN.
Note: The master PIN may be on a sticker located on the back of the
portable.
6. Press DONE . The display shows Clear everything .
7. Press YES . The display shows No system selected .
Registering the C3050 portable
Registering C3050 portables to a wirelesstelephonesystem involves using the
Administration Terminal and the C3050 portable.

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Meridian Companion Portable Telephone Registration Instructions
To register portable telephones, you must first turn on administration
programming for the entire system using either the Administration Terminal
or Companion Manager.
There are two versions of the C3050 portables, C3050 and C3050 REV2.
Identify the portables by a label under the battery pack marked C3050 and
C3050 REV2. You can register the C3050 portable telephone on up to nine
different systems.You can register the C3050 REV2 portable telephone on up
to six different systems.
Note: Portables cannot be registered when out of radio range of the system.
Enabling the system for registration
1. On the Administration Terminal, press ƒ••· . The
display shows Pa s sw o rd : .
2. Enter the Administration password (default passwordis ···· ).
The display shows 1. Registration .
3. Press ^until the display shows Mstr Reg Enbl: .
4. Press CHANGE until the display shows Mstr Reg Enbl: Y .
Locking registration on (optional)
Mstr Reg Enbl automatically returns to N30 minutes after the last
registration. It is recommended that you allow Registration to time out in most
circumstances. Leaving Registration enabled can interfere with registration in
neighboring systems. However, if you are registering a large number of
portables and do not want registration to time out, you can lock it on.
1. On the Administration Terminal, press ƒ••· . The
display shows Pa s sw o rd : .
2. Enter the Administration password (default passwordis ···· ).
The display shows 1. Registration .
3. Press ^until the display shows Mstr Reg Enbl: .
4. If required, press CHANGE until the display shows Mstr Reg Enbl: Y .
5. Press *until the display shows Reg Locked: N, Y
6. Press CHANGE until the display shows Reg Locked: Y
.

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Registering the C3050
1. Open the portable’s flap. The display shows the current system name or
No system selected for 2 seconds.
2. Press Í. The display shows WIRELESS SYSTEMS .
Note: Your portable can be registered to six or nine different systems.
If all six or nine system name locations are used, you must
deregister a system name. See “Deregistering the C3050” on
page 6.
3. Press ADD to establish a radio link. The display briefly shows Adding
SYSTEM and the next system number. ADD is not displayed if all the
system names are used.
If a radio link is established, the display shows Pswd: .
If a radio link is not established, the display shows No connection .
Close the portable’s flap and repeat the procedure from step 1.
Note: If more than 30 minutes have elapsed since the last registration,
set Mstr Reg Enbl: to Y again.
4. Enter the registration password. The default is
¶ ™ £ ¢ § (RADIO). The display shows WTN: .
If the registration password is not correct, the display shows
Invld Pswd . Close the portable’s flap and repeat the procedure from
step 1.
5. Enter the four-digit wireless terminal number (WTN). The display
shows Enter name .
If the WTN is incorrect,the display shows Invld WTN . Ifthe registration
fails, the display shows Reg failed .
If you attempt to register the C3050 to the same system twice, the
display shows the registered name, for example
Registered as NORTEL 1 .
6. Enter the system name (up to 16 characters), for example NORTEL 1.
Keep pressing the button that has the letter you want until the letter
appears on the display. For example, press ∞three times to display
the letter L.

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Meridian Companion Portable Telephone Registration Instructions
• Press SPACE to add a blank space to the name.
• Press BKSP to delete the previous character.
• Press ¯or ˘if the next letter is on the same button.
7. Press SAVE . The display shows the registered name, for example
NORTEL 1 registered .
Ending Administration programming
Afterregistering all theportables,turnoffAdministration programming on the
Administration Terminal.
1. Press CHANGE until the terminal display shows Mstr Reg Enbl: N .
2. Press ®. The terminal display shows End of session .
Note: Administration programming turns off 30 minutes after the last
successful registration unless you lock it on.
Confirming that the C3050 is registered
1. Close, then open the portable’s flap.
If the display shows the system name thatyou just registered, proceed to
step 5.
If the display shows a different system name or No system selected ,
proceed to step 2.
2. Press Í. The display shows WIRELESS SYSTEMS .
3. Press ”or ’until the display shows the system name you
registered.
4. Press SELCT .
5. Press Ò. You hear dial tone, and the display shows [ .
If you do not hear dial tone, check that you have selected the correct
system and try to register the portable again.
6. Close the portable’s flap, and set the ringer control switch to g.

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If the portable is twinned with a desk telephone, make sure the desk
telephone is idle and Call Forward is not active.
7. On another working telephone, dial the telephone number of the
registered portable. If the portable rings, it is functioning properly.
Note: If you do not hear dial tone, or if the portable does not ring, refer
to “Troubleshooting” in Meridian Companion Installation and
Maintenance Guide. If you continue to experience difficulty
registering the portable, contact your distributor.
Deregistering the C3050
You can deregister the C3050 in several ways:
• from the portable
• from the Administration Terminal (refer to Meridian Companion
Administration Terminal Operations Guide)
• from Companion Manager (refer to Companion Manager Installation
and Operations Guide)
Deregistering the C3050 from the portable clears registration information
stored in theportable andthe system. For example,youmay wantto deregister
the portable before you assign it to another WTN on the same system.
Deregistering the C3050 from the Administration Terminal or from
Companion Manager does not clear registration data from the portable. (You
could use this method if the portable were lost or stolen or if you wanted to
assign it to another system.)
If a portable is registered on other systems, it will still be available on those
systems. You deregister one system at a time.
Note: If you are out of range of the system, this procedure clears registration
data only from the portable.
1. Open the portable’s flap.
2. Press Í. The display shows WIRELESS SYSTEMS .
3. Press ”or ’to display the system name that you want to deregister.
4. Press ERASE . The display shows Erase item? .

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5. Press OK . The display shows Deregistering... and then
Item erased. No system selected .
Displaying the C3050’s wireless terminal number
When you register a portable, you assign it a WTN. If you register several
portables and forget which portable has which WTN, this procedure displays
the WTN.
1. Open the portable’s flap.
2. Press .The display shows MENU .
3. Press ”or ’until the display shows Feature request .
4. Press SELCT . The display shows A- .
5. Press ° º . The display shows the WTN for 3 seconds.
Measuring RSSI
The Receive Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) is a measurement of the signal
strengththe Base Station receivesfrom the portable. The BaseStation controls
the power transmitting mode of the portable. When the Base Station receives
a weak signal, it instructs the portable to transmit in high-power. When the
Base Station receives a strong signal, it instructs the portable to transmit in
low-power. The strongest RSSI value the display shows is -35 dBm. The
weakest RSSI value the display shows is approximately -94 to -1 0 0 dBm.
Measuring undirected RSSI
You can measure the signal strength between a portable and a system-selected
Base Station using undirected RSSI.
1. Open the portable’s flap.
2. Press .The display shows MENU.
3. Press ”or ’until the display shows Feature request .
4. Press SELCT . The display shows A- .
5. Press ° • ª • . The display shows the cell number, the
radio ID of the Base Station to which the portable is linked, the power

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mode (high or low), followed by the signal strength and the channel.For
example, 8 15112 H 67 29.
You can also press ⁄ to view the information in “standard” display
mode. This mode displays the radio ID of the Base Station to which the
portable is linked, followed by the signal strength and power mode. For
example, 15112 - 67 H . You can revert back to the initial display mode
by pressing ƒ.
Hand-off occurs normally between the cells.
Note: In this example, the cell is 8, the card is 15, the port is 11, the
radio is 2, and the channel is 29. The signal strength measured
by theBase Station is -67 dBm,andthe Hindicatestheportable
is transmitting in high-power mode (an Lindicates low-power
mode).
6. To end the connection, press |or close the flap.
Measuring directed RSSI
You may want to measure the RSSI between a portable and a specific Base
Station radio. For example, you may suspect that one of the two radios in a
Base Station is not working properly. You can also use directed RSSI to
prevent hand-off while you find a cell edge. To measure the RSSI of a specific
radio, you must be in range of two Base Stations—the one you want to
measure and another Base Station.
Note: You cannot measure the directed RSSI of both radios in the Base
Station at the same time.
Before you measure directed RSSI, use Meridian Companion Programming
and Provisioning Record to find and note the following:
• The five-digit ID of the Base Station radio you want to measure, by
mapping the Base Station location to the TCM port. The first fourdigits
indicate the TCM port to which the Base Station is connected. The last
digit indicates the number of the radio on the Base Station. For example,
the number 03142 on the Base Station is connected to TCM port 0314,
and 2 is the radio number. The five-digit number might be printed on a
label attached to the Base Station mounting bracket.
• The radio IDs of all other Base Stations in the same location.

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1. Follow steps 1 to 5 of “Measuring undirected RSSI” on page 7.
If the display shows the ID of a Base Station neighboring the one you
want to measure, proceed to step 2.
If the display shows the ID of the Base Station you want to measure,
move out of the cell boundary range so that hand-off occurs and then
continue with step 2.
2. Press .The display shows MENU.
3. Press ”or ’until the display shows Feature request .
4. Press SELCT . The display shows A- .
5. Press ° • ª ª .
6. Enter the five-digit ID code for the Base Station radio you want to
measure. The display shows the cell number, the radio ID of the Base
Station to which the portable is linked, the power mode (high or low),
followed by the signal strength and the channel. For example,
8 15112 H 67 29.
You can also press ⁄ to view the information in “standard” display
mode. This mode displays the radio ID of the Base Station to which the
portable is linked, followed by the signal strength and power mode. For
example, 15112 - 67 H . You can revert back to the initial display mode
by pressing ƒ.
Hand-off does not occur as you move between the cell boundaries. The
link drops when you move out of range.
Note: In this example, the cell is 8, the card is 15, the port is 11, the
radio is 2, and the channel is 29. The signal strength measured
bytheBaseStationis -67 dBm,and the Hindicates the portable
is transmitting in high-power mode (an Lindicates low-power
mode).
7. To end the connection, press |or close the flap.

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Meridian 1
Meridian Companion
Portable Telephone Registration
Instructions
Copyright @ 1996—1999 Nortel Networks,
All rights reserved
NORTEL NETWORKS CONFIDENTIAL
The information contained herein is the property of
Nortel Networks and is strictly confidential. Except as
expressly authorizedin writing by NortelNetworks,the
holder shall keep all information contained herein
confidential, shall disclose the information only to its
employees with a need to know, and shall protect the
information, in whole or in part, from disclosure and
dissemination to third parties with the same degree of
care it uses to protect its own confidential information,
but with no less than reasonable care. Except as
expressly authorizedin writing by NortelNetworks,the
holder is granted no rights to use the information
contained herein.
Meridian 1, SL-1, and Companion are trademarks of
Nortel Networks Corporation.
Publication Number: 553-3601-221
Document Release: Standard 2.00
Date: November 1998
Printed in Canada