System Changes
Your
MERLIN
communications system is designed so that you can make
changes quickly and easily. You can increase your system’s capacity by ad-
ding outside lines or voice terminals. Modular plugs on much of the system wir-
ing and the labels on key components make it easy for you to reorganize the
system in the event of office rearrangements.
The following are the most common system changes.
ADDING AN OUTSIDE LINE
If your
MERLIN
system becomes so busy that people in your office frequent-
ly must wait to make calls, you may want to add one or more outside lines to
your system. Your system may have up to eight outside lines.
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Have your local telephone company add the outside line(s) and network
interface jack(s) to those you already have in place.
If you have fewer than four Voice Terminal Modules and/or Line Modules
in your control unit and all the line jacks in these modules are full, you
can add a 2-Line Module or a 2-Line/5-Voice Terminal Module.
To install a module, refer to “Insert the Modules and Cartridges,” page
15.
Label a new line button on each voice terminal that will have access
to the new line(s). If you have a Feature Package, refer to the administra-
tion manual that came with it for instructions on assigning a line to a
voice terminal.
Record the changes in your system directory.
ADDING A VOICE TERMINAL
You can easily add more voice terminals to your
MERLIN
system as your
business and communication demands increase. Your system can accom-
modate up to 20 voice terminals.
To add a voice terminal to your system:
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See that the necessary wiring, jacks, and jumper cords are installed
between the control unit and the new voice terminal location (refer to
“Voice Terminal Wiring,” page 18, and “Getting Started,” page 3).
If all the voice terminal jacks in the Voice Terminal Modules in your con-
trol unit are full, and you have fewer than four Voice Terminal Modules,
you can add a 2-Line/5-Voice Terminal Module or a 5-Voice Terminal Ex-
pansion Module for Model 820.
If your system has a jack field, label each new jack in the jack field with
its wiring run end point (for example, “Workshop” or “Reception Area”).
If you do not have a jack field, go on to the next step.
To add a module, refer to “Insert the Modules and Cartridges,” page
15. To add voice terminals, refer to “Voice Terminal Wiring”, page 18,
and “Connecting the Voice Terminals,” page 21.
Record the addition in your system directory.
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