Determining System Needs
Step 1: Determining the System Application and Requirements
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Step 1: Determining the System Application and Requirements
Before installing the Octel 50 system, it is important to identify what tasks the system is
expected to perform. This determines what options may be required and which system
features you should enable. Use the following table as a guide.
Considerations
Associated System Features
What type of phone system is the customer using; what
type of integration is necessary?
Integrator/SMDI
Number of phone extensions
Number of ports
How many subscribers use the system?
Number of mailboxes
Do certain subscribers require different features?
Class of service
How many and what type voice boards are required?
Number of ports
What options does the customer want callers to hear
when they first call into the system?
Attendant Menu
What morning, afternoon, evening, office closed, or
holiday prompts does the customer want?
System prompts
What kind of information or background music does the
customer want callers to hear while they are on hold?
Call Queuing phrases
How many languages are supported on the system?
Have the appropriate voice files been ordered?
Multiple languages
Does the customer want different lines answered with
different types of greetings? Do several companies
share one system, each requiring a unique greeting?
Greeting by port
When and where do subscribers want to receive
notification of new messages in their system
mailboxes?
Message delivery
During which days and hours does the customer want
the system to voice daily greetings?
Business Hours
Does the customer want to be able to send faxes to
callers requesting information?
Does the customer want subscribers to be able to
receive faxes in their voice mailboxes?
Fax Solution module
Does the customer want to be able to send messages
via a network to other voice mail systems?
AMIS Interface module