User manual

MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 6.0
System Programming
555-660-111
Issue 1
February 1998
Programming Basics
Page 1-13Programming Procedures
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Figure 1–7. Data Entry Screen
A data entry screen prompts you to enter specific data or to make specific
choices. Data to be entered will be displayed with
n s in the text. When n s appear
on the data entry screen they indicate data currently programmed for the feature.
An exception is the slot/port number which is displayed as
sspp to distinguish the
2-digit slot number from the 2-digit port number.
Many screens show data entered on a previous screen, such as an extension or
trunk number. Within the programming procedures, this type of variable
information is shown with
x s.
When information to be entered varies in the number of digits required (for
example, a telephone number that can range from 7 to 20 digits), the data may be
displayed as an uppercase
X or N.
Data entry screens may also contain menu selections. Instead of entering data
from the dialpad, you select options on the screen, such as
or , to enable or
disable a feature. To select this type of option, press either the unlabeled display
button next to the option name, or the function key that corresponds to the option
name. Then your selection is highlighted. To program or save the highlighted
selection, you press the unlabeled display button next to
( on the PC).
Option Selected
Prompt
Data Entry Area