Phone System Admin

This page is for folks who admin the phone system. This might include stuff like changing the greetings, adding mailboxen, adding extensions, updating documentation on the wiki and on the phones themselves, etc.

Adding extensions

• Hook 'em up on the phone block (this may require some detective work)
• Test and install phones
• Label phones with extension
• Collect phones
• Clean phones
• Install appropriate button covers
• Plug phones into their appropriate spots
• Set copy: copies a bunch of stuff from one set to another (incl. button assignments/"personal data"). Norstar Modular DR5 Installer guide pp. 155-157
• Create mailboxen if needed (see fgstaff/phones/info)
• Inform new mailbox user how to log into and use mailbox. Direct towards Phone System Howto and tell them password
• Change staff directory path if needed
• Update paper extension lists on all phones
• Change extension buttons on front desk phones if needed

Additional Documenation

On application server at /usr/local/fgstaff/phones. Extension, configuration info, etc.