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Meridia n 1

Meridian Companion

Administration Terminal Operations Guide

Document Number: 553-3601-320
Document Releas e: Stan dard 2.00
Date: November 1998

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Meridian Companion Administration Terminal Operations Guide

Contents

Using the Administration Terminal .........................1

Administration Terminal layout ..................................................1

Feature and Release buttons................................................................. 1

Display butto n s......... ..................... ............................. ..................... .......1

Dialpad............................ ............................. ............................ ..............2

Navig a tion button s................ ............................ ...................... ................2

Administration Ter minal display..............................................................3

Recording and reporting alarm messages................................3

Alarm message reporting procedure......................................................4

Programming the Meridian Companion system....5

Changing the Administration password..................................................5

Changing the Registration password .....................................................6

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Changing the system time and date..........................................7

Setting the system time.......................................................................... 7

Setting the system date.......................................................................... 8

Programming Transfer on Radio Loss.......................................8

Progra mming system-wide Transfer on Radio Loss............................... 9

Registerin g portable telep hon es....... ..... ..... ..... .....11

Enabling the system for registration.....................................................11

Locking Registration on (optional)........................................................11

Registering the portable telephones .................................................... 12

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Ensuring the availability of a wireless terminal number........................12

Deregistering a wireless terminal number............................................13

Ending Administration programming.....................................................13

Troubleshooting portable telephones ..................15

Informing your users..............................................17

Administration programming overview................19

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Using the Administration Terminal

This guide is designed for system administrators using the Admini stration
Terminal to program and main tain a Meridian Companion syste m.

Note: If you are using Companion Mana ger to program and maintain a

Meridian Compa nion system, refer to Companion Manager Installation
and Operations Guide.

Admin istrati on Terminal layout

Feature and Release buttons

ƒ Use the Feature button to begin a programming session on the
Administration Terminal.

® Use th e Releas e but to n to en d a p rog r ammin g session on th e
Administration Terminal.

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Disp lay butto ns

The Administration Terminal has three display buttons directly below the
display. Duri ng prog ramming, the se di splay b utt ons pro vid e furthe r options for
the top line of text on the display. Available options are shown on the bottom
line directly above the corresponding display button.

• The option s a bove the display buttons are indicated in this guide in a
special underlined typeface (for example, OK

• The other text in the display is shown in the special typef ace but not
underlined (for e xample, Minutes).

).

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Dialpad

You use the Administration Terminal’s dialpad butt ons to enter feature codes
and to select digits or letters when you need to enter a value on a display.

Figure 1: Administrat ion Terminal

Feature button

Release button

Administration Terminal card

display buttons
dialpad

Terminal

COMPANION

Administration

display

navigation buttons

Navigation buttons

The four navigation butt ons below the dis play buttons allow you to search
through programming options. When a navigation button is available, an
arrow (ª or º) appears in the window beside it. The navigation buttons are
arranged as follows:

up a level

back

If the navi gation buttons on your Administra tion Terminal do not corre spond
to this arrangement, remove the button caps and place them on the correct
buttons. The blank but tons below the navigation buttons do not provide any
features.

% ª º ^
& ª º *

down a level

next

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Administration Terminal display

The Administrat ion T erminal has a two-line , 16-character displa y . The top line
on the display shows you text to assist you during programmi ng and shows
characters as you enter them. The bottom line shows functions you can s elect
by pressing one of the three butt ons (called softkeys) directly below the
display.

Adjusting the contrast

If you find the Administration Termi nal’s display difficul t to read, adjust the
contrast.

Note: You cannot adjust the contrast during a programming session.

1. Press ƒ •‡ .

2. The display shows Contrast level follow ed by the cur rent contrast
level shown as a digit.

3. Press any dialpad button (1 through 9) or
contras t level.

4. Press

OK or ® to select the contrast level you want.

DOWN or UP

Recording and reporting alarm messages

Alarm messages appear on the display when an alarm is raised by the Meridian
Companion system. Your Meridian Com panion distributor uses the alarm
messages to diagnose problems.

This is an example of an alarm message:

Alarm:
TIME

51-3
CLEAR

to sel ec t a n ew

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Alarm message reporting procedure

1. Record the alarm message.

TIME

2. Press

and record the time and date displayed.

3. As soon as you record this information, press

4. Call your syst em dis tributor to report the alarm message.

CLEAR.

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