76 Assigning a Direct-Dial extensionCompact Plus System Administration Guide P0607114 Issue 01Programming Direct-DialDirect-Dial allows you to dial a designated telephone in yourCompact Plus system or private network with a single digit. TheDirect-Dial digit is the digit you dial to reach an attendant in youroffice. You can have one Direct-Dial extension in your Norstarsystem. A person whose telephone is a Direct-Dial extension isusually a receptionist for your entire office or for a particulardepartment.The Direct-Dial telephone can send up to 30 messages and caninvoke services to activate the extra-dial telephone.You can forward calls to a Direct-Dial telephone that is outsideyour Modular Plus system if the Direct-Dial configuration is setto use a routing table or a prime line, where the prime line is setto Intercom. An example of this, is one of your direct-dialtelephones is configured on another system that is part of aprivate network. Even though the telephone is on the privatenetwork, the system considers it an external telephone.Note that ISDN terminals cannot use the Direct-Dial digit toreach a Direct-Dial extension.For information on which telephones can access the Direct-Dialextension, see ‘Assigning telephones to the Direct-Dialextension’ on page 106.See ‘Chart 5: Direct-Dial’ on page 318 in Appendix A for aprogramming overview.See ‘Accessing a Direct-Dial extension’ on page 266 forinformation on using the Direct-Dial feature.Programming an internal Direct-Dial extension1. Place the programming overlay over the appropriate keys onyour programming telephone.2. Press ≤••¤flfl‹›› (CONFIG). Thedisplay shows Password :.3. Press ‡¤‡fi°‡ (SAPLUS). The display showsTerminals&Extns.4. Press ‘ until the display shows System prgrming.5. Press ≠. The display shows Hunt groups.6. Press ‘. until the display shows Direct-dial.7. Press ≠. The display shows D-Dial1:Intrnl.8. Press ≠. The display shows Intrnl #:.9. Press CHANGE.
