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12. Next, highlight Day and press Enter. Key in the day, from 1 to 31, and press Enter . The default is 1. Note :
As you select the day, the system automatically changes the Weekday field to reflect the day of the week for
the year, month, and day you entered.
13. Highlight Hour , key in the current hour, and press Enter . Valid choices are 1 to 23. The default is 00.
14. Finally, highlight Minute and press Enter to set the current minute in system time. Key in the current
minute and press Enter . The default is 00.
15. When you are finished setting the system time and date, press Esc to return to the Database Programming
menu.
16. When you have finished all programming changes, perform a Send operation to copy your new database to
the DX-80 switch system memory. For more details, see Section 2.1.4.4, F4 – Send .
4.20 Customizing the Numbering Plan
The DX-80 system numbering plan refers to what numbers the extension user or system administrator has to dial to
access to the various resources that are part of the system. A primary example is the extension numbers in the
system. When one extension user calls another extension, the system uses the settings in the numbering plan to
correctly direct the call. For this reason the numbering plan is often referred to as the system directory numbers.
The DX-80 system comes with a default directory numbering system already set up for you. If this default system
meets your customer’s needs, you do not need to modify the default numbering scheme; It is recommended that
you use the default numbering plan as often as possible to minimize your programming time. However, if your
customer wants all extension numbers to begin with “7” for example, you have to modify the default numbering
plan to accomplish this.
Note : If you do customize the numbering plan, you will have to re-program it every time
you perform a cold start. You can make a copy of your custom database using PCDBA, but you will have to have
the copy and your laptop with you on site each time you perform the cold start.
The DX-80 allows you to flexibly configure numbering for the various system resources. Resources are defined
primarily as “port” oriented components of the system. The system allows you to structure the numbering plan
specific to the customer you are servicing. Although the flexibility of the directory number structure is provided
primarily for system port resources, you can also customize some feature access (e.g., account code, paging groups,
and speed dial).
Flexibility in numbering includes:
• number of digits in the codes that access the associated resource, and
• leading digit/digits assigned to each resource (if applicable).
As you assign codes, the system checks for conflicts with other codes to keep you from improperly programming
resource directory numbers. To successfully implement changes to the default (factory programmed) directory
number plan, the system does not allow you to enter a new code if it is in use elsewhere. You can, however, reuse
that code if you delete it from its other assignment.
CAUTION
The numbering plan contains setups for directory numbers that are
interdependent with setups for other directory numbers. Changing one
setting often affects the settings of other directory numbers.
Use care when altering the default numbering plan.