programming long distance codes into speed dials

[cglblp]

As far as I can tell, there would be too many characters in the number field if i were to try to add a 4 digit LD code in the system speed dials. Am I overlooking something?

 

[merlinman]

You can put them in the "DIGITS" part of your ARS Table.

Under Standard SPM:

System Program > Start/Exit > Tables > ARS > Sub A Digits,

But to do the next step, you have to know what system you are working on, Magix is different from Legend in the way the ARS Tables are numbered.

http://home.comcast.net/~merlinman

 

[cglblp]

Thanks so much for the quick response

It is a Legend. There is what seems to be 4 second delay before the LD code is requested.

 

[merlinman]

Well, I hope the 4 second delay won't be an issue, but the next step (providing you only have 1 pool for LD Calls) is:

[Enter table] 171 > [Enter other digits] 10288 (or what ever it is for your provider....)

 

[SYQUEST]

Point of information, the carrier codes for LD are now seven digits, 101xxxx, not five digits. That was changed several years ago.

....JIM....

 

[merlinman]

Shows what I know.

I haven't used them for YEARS, really.

But the Procedure is still the same anyway.

 

[TouchToneTommy]

But are you talking about carrier access codes (1010XXX) to get a specific LD carrier, different from your PIC; or are you talking about LD account codes, where you dial the number, and are then prompted for a 4-digit code by the carrier to allow the call to go through and the bill will be broken down by user?

At any rate, the manual states:

Maximums

System Speed Dial:
130 numbers in the system
40 characters for each number
11 characters for each label

Personal Speed Dial:
1,200 numbers in the system
24 numbers for each user
28 characters for each number


40 or 28 digits per speed dial should be plenty!!

 

[phonesrus]

I hate to say it guys, but I think what cglblp is referring to is not a PIC code, but a carrier account code for LD which would have to be post-pended to the speeddial number after the appropiate number of pauses to account for the 4 second delay. So, therefore, he would have to enter 91xxx-xxx-xxxx (hold)(hold)(hold)(hold)yyyy# in his system SD list, as long as he does not exceed the 20 character limit, which in the case of National numbers, just squeeks by. International won't work, unless you use a second SD for the coding, or enter it manually. Right?

 

[SYQUEST]

I guess we will have to wait for cglblp to respond before we know which type of code he is talking about.

But for TTT, the PIC is the last five digits of the IXC access code or "dial-around" code. The change to seven digits 101xxxx took place in the late 1990s. I believe the NANC (North American Numbering Council) wanted to expand this to accommodate more IXCs. At the time it appeared they might run out of codes.

....JIM....

 

[cglblp]

I definitely meant personal long distance codes.