Nortel Meridian Companion User manual

Meridian 1
Meridian Companion
Administration Terminal Operations Guide
Document Number: 553-3601-320
Document Release: Standard 2.00
Date: November 1998
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Contents
Using the Administration Terminal .........................1
Administration Terminal layout ..................................................1
Feature and Release buttons................................................................. 1
Display buttons.......................................................................................1
Dialpad...................................................................................................2
Navigation buttons..................................................................................2
Administration Terminal display.............................................................. 3
Recording and reporting alarm messages................................3
Alarm message reporting procedure...................................................... 4
Programming the Meridian Companion system....5
Changing the Administration password.................................................. 5
Changing the Registration password ..................................................... 6
Changing the system time and date..........................................7
Setting the system time.......................................................................... 7
Setting the system date.......................................................................... 8
Programming Transfer on Radio Loss.......................................8
Programming system-wide Transfer on Radio Loss............................... 9
Registering portable telephones...........................11
Enabling the system for registration..................................................... 11
Locking Registration on (optional)........................................................11
Registering the portable telephones ....................................................12

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Ensuring the availability of a wireless terminal number........................12
Deregistering a wireless terminal number............................................13
Ending Administration programming.....................................................13
Troubleshooting portable telephones ..................15
Informing your users..............................................17
Administration programming overview................19

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Using the Administration Terminal
This guide is designed for system administrators using the Administration
Terminal to program and maintain a Meridian Companion system.
Note: If you are using Companion Manager to program and maintain a
Meridian Companion system, refer to Companion Manager Installation
and Operations Guide.
Administration Terminal layout
Feature and Release buttons
ƒUse the Feature button to begin a programming session on the
Administration Terminal.
®Use the Release button to end a programming session on the
Administration Terminal.
Display buttons
The Administration Terminal has three display buttons directly below the
display. During programming, these display buttons provide further options for
the top line of text on the display. Available options are shown on the bottom
line directly above the corresponding display button.
• The options above the display buttons are indicated in this guide in a
special underlined typeface (for example, OK).
• The other text in the display is shown in the special typeface but not
underlined (for example, Minutes).

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Dialpad
You use the Administration Terminal’s dialpad buttons to enter feature codes
and to select digits or letters when you need to enter a value on a display.
Figure 1: Administration Terminal
Navigation buttons
The four navigation buttons below the display buttons allow you to search
through programming options. When a navigation button is available, an
arrow (ª or º) appears in the window beside it. The navigation buttons are
arranged as follows:
If the navigation buttons on your Administration Terminal do not correspond
to this arrangement, remove the button caps and place them on the correct
buttons. The blank buttons below the navigation buttons do not provide any
features.
up a level % ª º ^ down a level
back & ª º * next
Feature button
display buttons
Administration Terminal card
COMPANION
Administration
Terminal
Release button
display
navigation buttons
dialpad

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Administration Terminal display
The Administration Terminal has a two-line, 16-character display. The topline
on the display shows you text to assist you during programming and shows
characters as you enter them. The bottom line shows functions you can select
by pressing one of the three buttons (called softkeys) directly below the
display.
Adjusting the contrast
If you find the Administration Terminal’s display difficult to read, adjust the
contrast.
Note: You cannot adjust the contrast during a programming session.
1. Press ƒ•‡ .
2. The display shows Contrast level followed by the current contrast
level shown as a digit.
3. Press any dialpad button (1 through 9) or DOWN or UP to select a new
contrast level.
4. Press OK or ®to select the contrast level you want.
Recording and reporting alarm messages
Alarm messages appear on the display when an alarm is raised by the Meridian
Companion system. Your Meridian Companion distributor uses the alarm
messages to diagnose problems.
This is an example of an alarm message:
Alarm:
TIME
51-3
CLEAR

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Alarm message reporting procedure
1. Record the alarm message.
2. Press TIME and record the time and date displayed.
3. As soon as you record this information, press CLEAR.
4. Call your system distributor to report the alarm message.

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Programming the Meridian Companion
system
Changing the Administration password
The Administration password, which is a combination of one to six characters,
is used on the Administration Terminal to access an Administration
programming session. The default password is ···· . You should
change this password after system installation and record it in Meridian
Companion Programming and Provisioning Record.
1. Press ƒ••· and enter the Administration password. The
display shows 1. Registration .
2. Press *until the display shows 4. Passwords .
3. Press ^. The display shows Admin. password .
4. Press CHANGE . The display shows New pswd: .
5. Enter up to six digits for the new password. Use BKSP for corrections.
6. Press OK to confirm the new password. The display shows Re-enter: .
ATTENTION!
If you leave the Administration password blank (by entering no
digits in step 5), the password will be erased. If you erase the
password, anyone can enter Administration programming without
restriction.

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7. Reenter the new password and press OK .
The display shows Password changed .If the display shows
Pswd not changed, you did not enter the same password again. Go
back to step 4.
8. Record the new password in Meridian Companion Programming and
Provisioning Record.
9. To continue in Administration programming, press *. To exit,
press ®.
Changing the Registration password
The Registration password, which is a combination of one to six characters, is
used when registering portables on the system. The default password is
‡¤‹›fl . Record the password in Meridian Companion
Programming and Provisioning Record.
1. Press ƒ••· and enter the Administration password. The
display shows 1. Registration .
2. Press *until the display shows 4. Passwords .
3. Press ^. The display shows Admin. password .
4. Press *. The display shows Reg. password .
5. Press CHANGE. The display shows New pswd: .
6. Enter a new one- to six-digit Registration password. Use BKSP for
corrections.
7. Press OK . The display shows Re-enter: .
Note: If you do not enter any digits and press OK , the display shows
Pswd not changed .
8. Reenter the digits and press OK . The display shows
Password changed .
If the display shows Pswd not changed , you did not reenter the same
password. Go back to step 5.
9. Record the new Registration password in Meridian Companion
Programming and Provisioning Record.