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From: klb@pegasus.att.com (Kevin L. Blatter)
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Subject: Re: System 75 Abbreviated Dialing
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In article <11251@accuvax.nwu.edu>, davep@u.washington.edu (David
Ptasnik) writes:

> In article 7629 of comp.dcom.telecom, GREEN@wharton.upenn.edu (Scott
> D. Green) writes:

> >Does anyone out there in PBX-land know how to program a # or * into a
> >S75 Abbreviated Dial (1-button speeddial) string?  In a normal dial

> Sorry that it has taken so long to reply to this, but I just attended
> an AT&T System 75 training course.  You cannot send a # in any way
> from a 75.  Hard to believe but true.  It cannot be dialed manually,

Yes it does sound incredibly odd to me.  What happens if you dial it
manually?  No tone generated?  We have a system 85 here in the
building and an octothorpe is an integral part of the operation of the
"voice terminal".  I use the octothorpe key several times a day to
retrieve my messages from AUDIX.  (The octothorpe key is an integral
part of the AUDIX product -- it would be impossible to use without
it.)  I have also used the key several times to call my bank and
perform financial transactions.  Never have I seen it where I could
not use the key.  I don't know who originally devised the
specification which the world now uses for DTMF dialing, but I have
always believed that AT&T has tried to comply to that specification.
It is a part of every AT&T specification that I have seen which refers
to dialing on the system 85, 75 or 5ESS.

The reason I bring up the stuff about using it with a System 85 is
that the voice terminals for the '85 are identical to those of the
'75.  While working on a previous assignment with the '75 we used the
octothorpe key for several programming features.

I'm not questioning the abilities or findings of the original posters
or anything like that.  My guess is that the PBX is not configured
properly and the problems stem from that.

Perhaps someone from Bell Labs in Denver where the System 75's are
made can give a more accurate description of what these people have
been experiencing and what to do to correct it.


Kevin L. Blatter
AT&T - Bell Labs
Lincroft, NJ

Disclaimer -- Even though it may sound like I am speaking for the
company, it truth I am not, nor would I ever speak for the company
unless they told me what the company wants said.