Document Outline

• Regulations
  • Federal Communications Commission (U.S. only)
  • Companion Base Stations
  • Activation (U.S. only)
  • Safety
• Norstar Companion basics
• What’s new with Norstar
  • New features
    • Hunt Groups
    • Wireless call pickup features
      • Directed Call Pickup
      • Group Pickup
    • Wireless Portable Language Selection
    • Wireless Call Forward No Answer enhancement
    • Wireless Twinning enhancement
• Planning the installation
  • Planning checklist
  • Required equipment and supplies
  • Configuring Station Modules
  • Configuring expansion modules
    • On a mini system
    • On a midi system
    • On a maxi system
    • On a mega system
  • ICS numbering
• Installation
  • Installation checklist
  • Connecting expansion modules
  • Installing Remote Power Interconnect (RPI) units
    • Mounting the RPI unit
      • RPI mounting holes
      • Opening the RPI cover
      • RPI components
    • Wiring the RPI
      • Maximum power cabling distance (approximate)
    • RPI Connector Overview
      • RPI connector board
      • Output connections
      • Output connector pinout
      • Input connections
      • Input connector pinout
  • Installing Base Stations
    • Positioning a Base Station
    • Mounting a Base Station
  • Installing portable telephones
  • Installing external antennas and lightning surge arrestors
    • Planning for an outdoor external antenna
      • Installing an outdoor external antenna
    • Installing a lightning surge arrestor
• Powering up the system
• Programming
  • Programming overview
    • Installer password
    • System Coordinator Plus password
    • System Coordinator password
    • Basic password
  • Programming tools
    • A Norstar telephone
    • The programming overlay
    • The Norstar display buttons
    • Special characters on the display
    • The Norstar Programming Record
    • Exiting programming
    • Viewing your programming updates
    • Entering numbers
  • Template defaults
  • Passwords defaults
  • System prgrming defaults
  • Startup programming
    • Performing Startup
    • Changing the default template
  • Entering programming
    • Entering programming for installers
    • Entering programming for system coordinators
    • Entering programming using other passwords
  • Norstar features
    • Portable features
      • External paging system (customer supplied)
  • Registration password
    • Changing the Registration password
  • Companion programming
    • Registration
      • Portable DNs
      • Deregistering a portable
    • Radio data
      • Re-evaluation
      • Re-evaluation Status
      • Re-evaluation Schedule
      • Radios
      • Radio credits (U.S. only)
      • Cell Assignment
      • Cells
      • Cell radios
      • Cell nghbrs
      • Cell rad nghbrs
    • System logical identifier (LID)
  • Software keys (U.S. only)
    • Step 1: Obtain the Companion ID
    • Step 2: Obtain the System Identification Number
    • Step 3: Call the Nortel Customer Response Center
    • UTAM Activation Key
    • Portable Credit Key
    • Step 4: Enter the keys
    • Step 5: Configure Base Stations and portables
    • Configure your Base Stations
    • Register your Companion portables
• Registering individual portables
  • Registering the C3050
    • C3050 Icons
    • To register the C3050
    • To confirm that the C3050 is registered
  • Deregistering the C3050
    • To deregister the C3050
  • Measuring RSSI for a C3050
    • To measure undirected RSSI
    • Measuring directed RSSI
      • Before you begin to measure directed RSSI
      • To measure directed RSSI using your portable
  • Registering the C3020 (Canada only)
    • To register the C3020
      • To confirm that the C3020 is registered
  • Deregistering the C3020 (Canada only)
    • To deregister the C3020
  • Measuring RSSI for a C3020 (Canada only)
    • Measuring undirected RSSI
    • Measuring directed RSSI
      • Before you begin measuring directed RSSI
    • Measuring directed RSSI using your portable
  • After registering the portables
• Testing
  • Testing the Companion portable telephones
  • Testing the Base Stations
  • Testing the system coverage
• Troubleshooting
  • Problems with a portable telephone
  • Problems with a Base Station
    • Replacing a Base Station
    • Verifying Radio Credits (U.S. only)
  • Problems with an RPI
  • Problems with wireless communication
    • Obtaining a Recovery Key (U.S. only)
    • Obtaining a Regression Key (U.S. only)
    • Alarm codes
    • Event messages
• Specifications
  • Norstar Companion system components
    • Remote Power Interconnect
    • Base Station
• Upgrading your system
  • Adding Companion to a mini, midi, maxi, or mega system
    • Upgrading an RPI-8 to an RPI-16
      • To upgrade an RPI-8 to an RPI-16
• Glossary
• Index