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System Features
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MANUAL VERSION 11.0 – May 2008
Automatic Route Selection (ARS)
FEATURES
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N. AUTOMATIC ROUTE SELECTION (ARS)
NOTE: This feature requires the ARS software license.
10.136ARS is a money-saving feature that allows the system to be programmed to select the
least expensive route for placing outgoing calls. It can be used for placing outgoing calls and
transferring or forwarding calls to outside telephone numbers. Stations can be restricted to
using only ARS for placing outgoing calls. Also, because users do not have direct access to
trunks on other nodes, ARS is the only way users can place calls using the other nodes’ trunks.
10.137ARS is programmed using route groups and facility groups. (See page 6-291 in PRO-
GRAMMING for programming information.)
• Route Groups: Contains dialing patterns and facility groups.
— The dialing patterns are used to determine the calls that will be routed through the
route group. For example, with a U.S. system, the default dial pattern for Route
Group 1 is N+ (any number of digits beginning with digit 2-9). If a number is
dialed that begins with 1, it will not be routed through this route group. With a
European system, the default dial pattern for Route Group 1 is N+ (any number of
digits beginning with digit 2-9, 345+, 0500+, 0645+, and 0800+).
— Each route group has an ordered list of facility groups that contains lists of local
trunk groups and/or nodes. There can be 100 facility groups in the system. The
facility groups should be programmed so that the least-expensive route is checked
and, if available, is selected first. If the least-expensive facility group is not avail-
able the system checks the other groups in the list until it finds an available trunk.
• Facility Groups: Contains trunk group/node lists and dial rules.
— The trunks can include local trunk groups or nodes.
— The dial rules tell the system what to dial. The system can have up to 32 dial rules,
26 of which are programmable. Each facility group can use up to 32 dial rules. For
example, with a U.S. system, if the selected route group requires that the number
contain “1” but no area code, the dial rules include the 1 and drop the area code.
The modified telephone number can contain up to 32 digits. (If SMDR is enabled,
the modified telephone number, not the digits dialed, will appear in the SMDR call
record.) When programming ARS, you can use preset dial rules or create new dial
rules that add up to 16 digits each. The pre-programmed dial rules are:
Dial Rule #1 – Echo Equal Access: This non-programmable dial rule includes the
equal access digits (10XXX or 101XXXX) in the number, if dialed.
Dial Rule #2 – Echo Toll Field: The toll field (1, 0, 01, or 011) is included in the
number, if dialed. This dial rule is non-programmable.
Dial Rule #3 – Echo 3 Digits After Toll Field: With this non-programmable dial
rule, the three digits after the toll field are included in the number. (These digits
are usually the area code or country code.)
Dial Rule #4 – Echo Local Address: This non-programmable dial rule allows ARS
to dial the telephone number that was dialed by the station user.
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