Nortel BCM 3.7, Manual

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482 Configuring system speed dial numbers
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Configuring system speed dial numbers
The System speed dial heading accesses screens that allow you to assign speed dial codes to
external numbers that can be dialed from any telephone on the system. Examples of system speed
dials might include telephone numbers of regional sales offices within your organization or key
customers that you call frequently.
The Programming Records document contains a table where you can note all the codes you enter
so that you can provide copies to your users.
You have two choices about how many system speed dials you want to make available to the
system.
• The default is 70 speed dial codes from 01 to 70. This is the number of codes available in all
legacy software.
• If you have the number of speed dial codes set to 255, the codes are 001 to 255.
If you want to use alpha tagging ( “Using alpha tagging for name display” on page 463 ), you
may need to increase the number of codes to allow for more matching possibilities for
incoming calls. For information about setting this the maximum speed dials for your system to
255, refer to table entry:
Maximum System Speed Dials on page 468.
Speed dial codes can be programmed onto memory keys by the installer during button
programming. Refer to
“Programming telephone buttons” on page 432 . Also, each user can assign
speed dial codes to memory buttons directly on the telephone. Refer to the Telephony Features
Handbook and the Feature User Card for instructions about using memory keys.
These speed dial codes are the same for all users. You can also configure a set of codes specific to
a telephone using User speed dial programming when you program the DN for each set. Refer to
“Configuring user speed dialing” on page 444 .
TASK: Set up the system so users can dial frequently-called numbers using two or three digits.
( “Assigning numbers to system speed dial codes” on page 483 )