Feature Keys
170 ◆ Features DSX Software Manual
Conditions
• If you unplug a 34-button telephone and replace it with a 22-button telephone, Feature Keys 13-24 are
inaccessible. However, the system still retains the programming for those keys.
Default Setting
• In DSX-80/160, keys 1-12 are line keys for lines 1-12 and keys 13-24 are undefined.
• In DSX-40, keys 1-8 are line keys for lines 1-8 and keys 9-24 are undefined.
• For attendants:
- Key 12 (on 22-button) or key 24 (on 34-button) is an Operator Call Key.
Programming
1. In 2121-[01 to 24]: Feature Key Codes (page 758), enter the key code for the Feature Key you are pro-
gramming.
- Refer to the Extension Feature Key Assignments chart below for the key codes.
2. In 2121-[01 to 24]: Feature Key Data (page 758), enter the data for the key code selected.
- Refer to the Extension Feature Key Assignments chart below for the key codes.
1. If yes, in 2111-05: Key Access for Outside Lines (page 732) enter Yes.
- This option does not restrict loop keys.
- Also review the following feature for more on setting up outside calling:
- Central Office Calls, Answering (page 74)
- Central Office Calls, Placing (page 78)
2. If no, be sure the extension has at least one loop key for incoming calls.
- This provides an answering point for incoming calls if the extension doesn’t have line keys.
Extension Feature Key Assignments
• Headset key • Night key • Split
• Hotline • Page Zones • Voice Mail Conversation
Record
1. Set up an extension’s Feature Keys.
1. Are any of the extensions Feature Keys set up as line keys?
Extension Feature Key Assignments (Page 1 of 6)
Key Type Description Key Code and Data Operation
Undefined
Use this option to designate a Feature Key as
undefined (no function).
00
N/A
Loop Key
(Switched)
(page 233)
Use this option to assign a Feature Key as a
Switched Loop key.
01
• Press the key to
place or answer call.
Busy Lamp Field (BLF)
Off . . . . . . . . .Loop key idle.
On (green) . . . .You are busy on a loop key call.
Slow Flash . . . .Line is ringing.