Section 1: Start-up Programming
DS1000/2000 Quick Setup Guide
Section 1: Start-up Programming
◆
1-3
1
Expanded Database
The Expanded Database is a new database method that provides database records (memory) for all possible
extensions, trunks, Hunt Groups, Ring Groups, and Voice Mail ports. This new capability allows for:
●
Automatic Slot Con
fi
guration in DS2000.
●
Simpli
fi
ed installation of Voice Mail, Hunt Groups, and Ring Groups.
●
Support for built-in UltraMail (DS2000 only) and IntraMail Voice Mail
●
Introduction of the DS Series System Administrator (PC Program).
To understand the Expanded Database, you’ll need to keep track of three things: port, station (or trunk) num-
ber, and extension number.
●
Port
The port is where the device you are programming connects to the system. For example, in DS2000
each 16DSTU PCB has 16 ports which can connect up to 16 digital telephones.
- In DS2000, ports are numbered consecutively for each slot, and only exist when you plug in the
PCB to which the device should connect.
- In DS1000, there is a separate set of ports for digital stations, analog stations, analog Door Boxes,
and trunks.
●
Station Number and Trunk Number
The station or trunk number is the element in software that keeps track of the connected devices’s pro-
gramming. Station and trunk numbers (and associated database records) exist for all possible devices you
can connect to the system, even if you don’t have any ports installed to connect them. You can’t call sta-
tion and trunk numbers directly – you need the associated extension numbers to do that (see below).
●
Extension Numbers
Extension numbers allow you to access the stations and trunks. By default, each station and trunk num-
ber has an extension number assigned to it. You can change these assignments if you want to.
- Digital station ports have primary and secondary station numbers. The primary station’s extension
number is used to call the device connected to the port. The secondary station’s extension number
calls the second channel on 2-channel devices such as 2-OPX Modules and Digital VANGARD
Voice Mail ports.
When setting up your system, do not exceed the system’s Load Factor capacity.
Review your system’s
Hardware Manual
for more on the Load Factor.
