
Dial By Name
The Dial By Name feature allows users to employ any two-line display, LCD speakerphone and its
interactive buttons to search through an index of names, locate a desired station name or system
speed dial name, and automatically call the located item.
The dial by name feature uses the seven-character station names associated with the station ports for
searching through the list of stations for intercom calling. The feature uses the 16-character
identifying names for searching through the list of system speed dial entries for system speed
dialing.
When users make a sequential search through the stored index of names, the system searches the list
as it was entered. If system use requires a uniquely sorted list, installers or system attendants must
arrange the list in the desired sequence as they store the entries.
Dial By Name Support for Non-Display Telephones
Since non-display telephones provide no visual feedback of the index of available names, users of
these telephones cannot distinguish between similar names. Because of this limitation, Dial By
Name for non-display telephones works best when programmers use unique names in the system
speed dial name field. Further, programmers must use only alpha-numeric characters. Other
characters, such as #, S or spaces, produce a no-dial, no-error-tone condition.
To use Dial By Name from a non-display telephone,
1. From the system’s intercom line, dial the installer-programmed feature access code.
2. Dial up to the maximum of seven characters for the corresponding letters of the desired name
that someone has previously programmed in the system speed dial name field—for example,
dial 2663425 for Comdial.
1*=QZ 2=ABC 3=DEF
4 = GHI 5 = JKL 6 = MNO
7 = PRS 8 = TUV 9 = WXY
* Location of Q and Z is programmable.
The system compares the dialed characters with the name field and if it finds a complete match, it
initiates the system speed dial of the number associated with that name. For non-display telephones,
the system dials the first match it finds. If there existed similar names in the index, the first match
may not be the desired one. The feature works best for non-display telephones if all the names in the
system speed dial name field are unique to the dialed sequence (for example, for both “boy” and
“Amy,” users dial 269—while these are unique names, the number sequence for them is not unique).
Programming the Dial By Name Feature for Non-Display Telephones
To enable the feature through VMMI programming, under SYSTEM/FEATURE NUMBERS, select
the External Dial by Name feature code and program a dialable string that users can dial to access
the Dial By Name feature from their non-display telephones.
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General Description GCA40–242
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