AT&T Merlin User Manual

Administering the MERLIN Identifier Database
There are no restrictions on downloading MERLIN Identifier
database records to the Administrative PC. However, the
following restrictions apply when uploading records to the
MERLIN Identifier database:
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Record format must not exceed the following record format
or the record will be discarded by MERLIN Identifier:
PAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNN
where:
P is “+” to indicate a Priority record.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA is the 1-to-16 character
caller name.
NNNNNNNNNN is the caller’s 10-digit telephone number.
Only the first 16 characters of the name are accepted—
any others are discarded
Records must be delimited by a carriage return <CR>; no
field delimiters can be used
First line of the upload file must contain the uppercase
words BEGINNING OF DATABASE
Last line of the upload file must contain the uppercase
words
END OF DATABASE
File upload is destructive—new records are added and
records with matching phone numbers are overwritten
If more records are uploaded than will fit in the database,
the extra records are discarded and the MERLIN
Identifier system displays the last record that was
successfully uploaded
Setting Up and Maintaining the Database
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AT&T Merlin Specifications

General

Brand	AT&T
Model	Merlin
Category	Telephone
Language	English