ESI ESI-50L - Programming Basics; Entering Programming Mode

ESI-50L Administrator’s Manual Administrator programming: An introduction
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Programming basics
Note: If using a 48-Key Feature Phone to perform any programming described herein, please note that this phone
has separate PROGRAM and HELP keys, rather than a combo PROG/HELP key.
As mentioned earlier, you may program from any ESI desktop phone
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in the system (while the system is
operating) or (b.) with the Windows
®
-based ESI System Administrator. Both methods follow the same
programming steps. This manual focuses on programming from an ESI desktop phone; the respective
documentation for ESI System Programmer details the differences in programming from that environment.
Once you’ve entered programming mode on an ESI phone, the system will prompt for — and confirm — each
keystroke action via voice commands and the display. You program both configuration data and recordings in
the same manner.
Important: During programming, the 24-Key Feature Phone’s two-line display shares the same content as the top two
lines of the three-line display on most other ESI desktop phones. As a result, to save space, the sample
displays shown herein will show only two lines.
If installing ESI Presence Management on this system, refer to the ESI Presence Management Installation
Manual (ESI # 0450-0792) for important information before you program the system.
Entering programming mode
1. Press PROG/HELP at any digital station. The normal station programming menu prompts will begin
to play.
2. Press HOLD. The “enter password” prompt will play.
3. Enter the Administrator password.
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Then, to confirm the password, either press # or wait two
seconds. You are now in programming mode. The extension will be automatically placed in DND,
and its display will show:
ADMINISTRATOR
CMD:
4. The system will play the system programming menu. Follow it to program as you wish.
5. When finished, hang up.
Warning: Always FINISH programming in ANY function BEFORE exiting programming mode (as needed, press #
to accept current entries for function parameters you’re not changing).
Note: The system will automatically exit programming mode after 10 minutes of inactivity.
Example: If your Administrator password is 864, enter programming mode by pressing PROG/HELP HOLD 8 6 4 #.
(To exit programming mode, hang up.)
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Although a legacy 12-Key Feature Phone allows you to enter Administrator programming, we don’t recommend that you use a 12-Key Feature
Phone for programming because of its one-line display and small number of programmable feature keys.
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The default is 4 5 6.