Merlin Legend 4.5 R 6.0

[smsrls]

I was just hired as the lead electrician at a facility that has Merlin Legend installed. I am trying to figure out how many of the lines connected to the legend are actually being used and how many are just cables that was disconnected long time ago. I am trying to use a dos SPM to do this, but I can't get anything to happen. I would appreciate any and all help. I am also looking to see if it is possible to program analog phones to transfer calls. One last question is there a way using analog phones for when answering an outside line. I can put the call on hold and page the person who the call is for and then they can pick up the call where every they are at?


Mark S.

 

[franke]

Electricians doing phone work?

When you say 'lines', are you refering to Central Office (Dial Tone) lines or extensions/stations?

To get a rough guess of extensions, you'll need to do a print 'ALL'--

From main menu select:
MORE > PRINT > ALL
Arrow down to MAKE NEW FILE > ENTER
When promped for file name, type in ALL.AMS > ENTER
Note that this takes an extremely long time (several hours), so you may want to start it first thing in the morning and check back around coffee-break time.

When the operation is complete, you're screen will switch to a DOS ASCII screen display showing all the programming in the switch.

Towards the end of this file, you will find a listing of each telephone and the associated features/buttons for that particular set. The header for each telset will show the slot/port and, if a phone is plugged in, what type of set is installed (i.e.: ATL, MLX, etc.). The switch cannot tell if a single line analog port (T/R) is in use or not, for that you would probably have to put an ohm meter across the t&r pair and see if you read resistance or an open (though you might read an open, it might still be a modem for someone's laptop). For the short term, this should give you a rough idea of what you have.

The only sure-fire way is to document your jack locations, and trace back to the switch, very time consuming, to be sure, but if your going to be doing this for a while, you may want the information for future adds, moves and changes.

franke

 

[smsrls]

Yes, electricians trying to do phone work. I did work for the phone company for 2 years as a power manager for the city of Chicago.

I am talking about extensions. I am having a hard time connecting to the legend using a dos SPM. I have tried to have someone transfer my phone call (analog phone) to *10 but nothing happends.

Is it possible to program an analog phone to transfer calls.

 

[TouchToneTommy]

You can tell what type of phone is connected to a station port by going to Maintainence -> Port -> Station

Enter *0101 as the Extension Number (* and 4 digits represents the Slot/Port, and # and 2 digits represents the Logical ID)

Press Enter then Status. The Status screen will show you the Phone Type connected. Then press Next for the next station. (If you are viewing an MLX or TDL port, the next screen will be the adjunct, so press Next again to get to the next real physical station)


Analog phones (connected to T/R cards) can "flash" to receive internal dial tone, then dial the extension that you want to transfer the call to. If you want to pick up a call holding somewhere else from the analog phone, dial #9 (pickup) and then either the line number that is holding, or the extension number of the phone that put the call on hold.

 

[smsrls]

I called my extension from an analog phone and put the call on hold. The i tried to pick up the car from another extension and I got a busy signal. Do I need to program the legend to do this?

Any help on using the Dos SPM would be appreciated. I cannot get ot to connect to the legend

 

[fsoz]

Are you connecting through the admin port?

 

[smsrls]

No I am trying to connect through an extension.

 

[TouchToneTommy]

"I called my extension from an analog phone and put the call on hold"

How did you put the call on hold? Is it an analog phone with a built-in hold button? If so the call is being held by circuitry inside of the telephone itself, not by the Legend, so the extension and call are still in use.

Try flashing, receiving intercom dial tone, and dialing your own extension number. This should "park" the call at that extension number. Then you should be able to dial #9-XXX to pick up the call at another extension.