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When you are upgrading an existing system, the database is already in place and functional. You may want to
program your changes offline using PC-DBA on a laptop, and then download the newly modified database to the
system. When you use this method, be sure to perform a RECEIVE ALL command first to overwrite the database
currently on your laptop with the database the switch is using. Then make your programming changes to the laptop
database, and when you are finished perform a SEND ALL to upload the new modified version onto the DX-80
switch.
During a hardware upgrade, you need to add the new hardware and then program the corresponding feature set in
the existing database. There are specific procedures to follow when adding new hardware to an existing system.
See the
DX-80 Technical Manual, Volume 1, Installation and Maintenance , part number IMI72-001, for more
information.
1.3 Programming a New System
This manual provides information for completely programming a new DX-80 system from scratch. You have also
been provided with some tools you can use to reduce your programming time. These tools include:
• a series of worksheets for you to plan your system structure, and record the programming for future reference
if necessary. For more details, see Appendix A, Worksheets .
• copying a base CO line or extension’s setups to several other CO line or extensions thereby eliminating the
need to program them individually, and
• using one of four standard database programming templates provided with the DX-80 on CD part number
DX80UTILCD. You can choose the template that most closely matches your new customer’s site needs, and
then add whatever custom changes you need to make. This approach saves you the time of programming the
entire system from scratch.
For more information on these and other aids the DX-80 provides to allow you to program a system efficiently, see
Section 3.1,
Shortcuts to Help You Work Faster .
When you are programming a new system from scratch, perform the following basic tasks:
1. Set up the system features.
2. Set up the CO lines.
3. Set up call handling.
4. Set up the toll restrictions.
5. Set up the UCD groups.
6. Set up Voice Mail (if applicable).
7. Set up the extensions.
CAUTION
If you fail to perform a RECEIVE ALL before you make your pro-
gramming changes and you then perform a SEND ALL, the system
writes over the switch database with whatever DX-80 database resides on your desktop.
Use care that you do not overwrite the current site’s database with a database residing on
your laptop from your previous customer site. It is a good practice to always perform a
RECEIVE ALL when first arriving at a new customer site or prior to modifying your
customer’s database.