deleting and adding anaolog exts

[imeldesign]

We have a NEC 2000IPS with a neax 64 voice mail. I am placing a DTR1-1 phone in each classroom of a new building. I want the last two digits of the room number to match the phone extension i.e. room 2216 will have ext 2716. All first floor will have ext 26XX and all second floor will have 27XX. I can't match the room numbers as we use 21XX and 22XX for existing extensions. All will be analog. I have plenty of free space on the cards. What I want to do is delete unused analog extensions and change them to the new number. Are there any hidden problems I need to know about? I want to delete about 15 unused extensions and change the LEN to the new extensions for the classrooms.

 

[OzzieGeorge]

Don't delete them just overwrite them. You should ideally remove them from any call pickup, hunt or acd groups before messing with them but if you only overwrite the numbers in Cmd 10 you run less risk of screwing up anything you may have missed.

I didn't plagiarise this, I just have a different name elsewhere.

 

[imeldesign]

These extensions don't belong to anything. Before I took over the phones we had 34 copper lines coming in to a 20 year old phone system. I replaced that system with a NEC 2000IPS and since I was "new" I had no idea where all the extensions were. I was given a list from the secretary to kept track of it . Many of the extension she had on her list didn't exist. So they were put into the programming of the system even though they weren't used.
I will be doing all the programming in Matworx so I don't think I can overwrite it without goinng into MOC which I could do if you tell me how to do it that would be great.

 

[grh959]

look at command 14 and enter the len. the station associated with this len will show and then you can change or write the new extnsion. Analog stations will show the extension number. Dterm assignments will have an F in front of the extension. Trunks will have a D.

Gary

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[grh959]

USE COMMAND 14 INSTEAD OF COMMAND 10 ON AN IPS!!!!!!!!!

Gary

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[OzzieGeorge]

Gary

Whilst good practice it is not necessary unless you have IP extensions on the system. It can work it out for it's self.

 

[grh959]

I have had numerous occasions on TDM only IPS switches where a tech that was familiar with pre r6.2 had used CM10 instead of 14 and caused the switch to run continuously in flash rom backup. The only way to fix this was to put the system in offline mode and delete stations built with cm10 then reset. Thank god for good service records as it would have meant rekeying those systems.

Gary

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[OzzieGeorge]

And yet yesterday was the first time I have ever used Cmd 14 and have never had a single problem. I work on IPS everyday by the way.

However I will bow to your experience and stop advising both possible as better to be safe than sorry.