Users in local OpenScape 4000/HiPath 4000 networks (i.e. confined
to one company building/location) are to be able to use the "network-wide
PIN" feature similarly to the previous system-wide PIN function, for
manual PINs and chip cards. In corporate networks distributed over different
sites/locations, some limitations must be expected.
The following data and functions of a user's "home" station are
available and usable at "foreign" stations in a network:
- Authorizations
- Individual authorizations for external calls (COS1 / LCRCOS)
- Internal traffic restrictions group no. (ITRGR)
- Dial plan group no. (DPLNGR)
- Display data
If a user sets up a call after activating his/her PIN at a foreign
station, called users will see the calling user's own display name
and number instead of that of the "foreign user's" station. If the
calling user has a secret station number, this will be taken into account
accordingly. Depending on the COPIN assigned to the user (class-of-PIN),
called users may alternatively still see the "foreign" station data instead
of the calling user's home station data.
- CDR data
For call data recording purposes, either the station number of the home
station or the number of the foreign station is entered in the CDR data
record, depending on the COPIN.
- Mailbox LED (MB)
When a user activates his/her PIN at a foreign station, the MB-LED of
the foreign station will indicate new messages in the VMS or TCS mailbox
of the user's home station.
- Follow-me
Call forwarding to a foreign station can be activated at the foreign station as
follows (follow-me feature):
- if PIN is activated: by pressing the FWD key for fixed call forwarding, or dialling
the appropriate variable call forwarding code procedure.
- if PIN is not activated: via the Service Menu
- SMART
If the user's home station is configured as a virtual station (a.k.a.
"fictitious user"), the call forwarding mode can be switched over from
variable FWD (follow-me) to fixed FWD (e.g. to the user's voice
mailbox) at the "foreign" station. This function can also be configured
for "real" stations/users.
- Project code (PCODE) verification
The "PCODE" feature is intended to allow project-specific call charges
and feature authorizations to be assigned to a project code. The PCODE
number is not assigned to a specific user or home station. This means
that it is not possible to determine ad hoc which node the PCODE is administered
in. In order to be able to use PCODES throughout a network, it is necessary
to install an administrable network-wide algorithm for PCODES, according
to which the PCODE can be verified and identified ("modulo" verification).
This means that the PCODES are no longer stored in individual nodes of
the network.
- Restart protection
The active PIN identifications and existing follow-me activations are
not lost after soft or hard restarts, or after duplex switchover.