lawrence@cs.ucla.edu (Lawrence Roney) (07/26/90)
Your system administrator should be able to pull up form: abbreviated personal xxxx <--- your extension here On the console they should be able to enter # and * symbols in the provided field. E-Mail me for further info as to save net bandwidth. Lawrence Roney - Santa Monica College Telecommunications Department N6YFN 1900 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90405-1628 Mail UUCP: uunet!ucla-cs!smcnet!lawrence Internet: lawrence@smc.edu
David Ptasnik <davep@u.washington.edu> (08/23/90)
In article 7629 of comp.dcom.telecom, GREEN@wharton.upenn.edu (Scott D. Green) writes: >Does anyone out there in PBX-land know how to program a # or * into a >S75 Abbreviated Dial (1-button speeddial) string? In a normal dial Sorry that it has taken so long to reply to this, but I just attended an AT&T System 75 training course. You cannot send a # in any way from a 75. Hard to believe but true. It cannot be dialed manually, and it cannot be embedded in a speed dialing string. AT&T doesn't use it, so it must not be important to them. At least, neither the AT&T instructor, nor any of the eight class members could get it to do it. This is with the latest software available for the switch. Coming from a Key System background, I found the limitations on this switch very disconcerting. I thought PBX's were supposed to provide more user functions, not fewer. davep@u.washington.edu [Moderator's Note: So if I use a bank by phone service, a digital display pager, or dial international calls and would prefer to time myself out with an octothorpe on the end I am high and dry with a System 75, eh? Marvelous. PAT]
faunt@cisco.com (Doug Faunt N6TQS 415-688-8269) (08/24/90)
Sorry, this is incorrect. We have a System 75 here, and the "#" is used with the Octel Voicemail system, and works just fine, manually. There are also "#"'s in the system abbreviated dialing strings, and that function also works. We're running V1R3.
klb@pegasus.att.com (Kevin L. Blatter) (08/24/90)
In article <11251@accuvax.nwu.edu>, davep@u.washington.edu (David Ptasnik) writes: > In article 7629 of comp.dcom.telecom, GREEN@wharton.upenn.edu (Scott > D. Green) writes: > >Does anyone out there in PBX-land know how to program a # or * into a > >S75 Abbreviated Dial (1-button speeddial) string? In a normal dial > Sorry that it has taken so long to reply to this, but I just attended > an AT&T System 75 training course. You cannot send a # in any way > from a 75. Hard to believe but true. It cannot be dialed manually, Yes it does sound incredibly odd to me. What happens if you dial it manually? No tone generated? We have a system 85 here in the building and an octothorpe is an integral part of the operation of the "voice terminal". I use the octothorpe key several times a day to retrieve my messages from AUDIX. (The octothorpe key is an integral part of the AUDIX product -- it would be impossible to use without it.) I have also used the key several times to call my bank and perform financial transactions. Never have I seen it where I could not use the key. I don't know who originally devised the specification which the world now uses for DTMF dialing, but I have always believed that AT&T has tried to comply to that specification. It is a part of every AT&T specification that I have seen which refers to dialing on the system 85, 75 or 5ESS. The reason I bring up the stuff about using it with a System 85 is that the voice terminals for the '85 are identical to those of the '75. While working on a previous assignment with the '75 we used the octothorpe key for several programming features. I'm not questioning the abilities or findings of the original posters or anything like that. My guess is that the PBX is not configured properly and the problems stem from that. Perhaps someone from Bell Labs in Denver where the System 75's are made can give a more accurate description of what these people have been experiencing and what to do to correct it. Kevin L. Blatter AT&T - Bell Labs Lincroft, NJ Disclaimer -- Even though it may sound like I am speaking for the company, it truth I am not, nor would I ever speak for the company unless they told me what the company wants said.
hrs1@cbnewsi.att.com (08/25/90)
In article <11251@accuvax.nwu.edu>, davep@u.washington.edu (David Ptasnik) writes: > Sorry that it has taken so long to reply to this, but I just attended > an AT&T System 75 training course. You cannot send a # in any way > from a 75. Hard to believe but true. It cannot be dialed manually, I don't believe this is true. When I was on a System 75, I used to dial many international calls, using # as a terminator. I am sure it was transmitted, since if I forgot it, the setup was noticeably longer. I also recently accessed my Audix system from someone on a System 75, and used the # a lot. Herman Silbiger