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Forced Account Code List (#409)
Description
This System Programming procedure lets you identify a list of up to 99 account
code verification entries for extensions that are forced to enter account codes.
Once a list is created, any user at an extension programmed for Forced Account
Code Entry must enter a valid account code—one that matches a list entry—
before being allowed to make an outside call. This feature ensures that only
authorized users with valid account codes can make outside calls.
Related Features
■ An extension must be programmed for Forced Account Code Entry
(#307) for the Forced Account Code List to have any effect.
■ Account Code Entry provides instructions for entering
forced
account
codes.
Considerations
■ For ACS Release 3.0 or later, Forced Account Code extensions can dial
numbers on the Emergency Phone Number List (#406) without entering
an account code. Users can make 911 calls from the Forced Account Code
extensions without entering the account code as long as 911 has been
entered into the Emergency Phone Number List.
■ If you do not create a Forced Account Code List, the system
does not
verify
the account codes dialed at extensions that are required to enter them.
■ To validate an account code, the system compares the first six digits of a
user-entered account code to the entries on the Forced Account Code List.
For a match to be successful, the user must dial at least the account code’s
associated list entry, even though the user can dial up to 16 digits for an
account code. If the system identifies a match, the user can dial an outside
number. If no match occurs, the user is denied access to an outside line
and must re-enter a valid account code to dial out.
■ Each list entry can include up to six digits. You can use the wildcard
character (by pressing the
h button on a system phone) to match any
single digit (it appears as “!” on the telephone display).
Valid Entries
Up to 6 digits including 0–9 and h (any single digit)