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A: If immediate assistance is needed; such as failure of any critical system or service, please call our office at 353-5515 after you have submitted the request. For repairs of other troubles:
If you have established a Physical Plant Open Order, repairs can be called in over the phone. (Contact customer@pplant.msu.edu or call 432-0250 to receive more information about Physical Plant Open Orders).
Without a Physical Plant Open Order, you must submit a Service Request.
A: Normally, a technician will respond to the trouble within 48 hours. Major outages, including system or service failures, will be dispatched as soon as possible. Most weekend trouble calls (non-emergency) will not be handled until the next business day.
A: Time frame for service requests vary between 1 to 14 days depending on the type of service you are requesting, the type of phone system you have, and the complexity of the request.
Time frames vary over the calendar year, with workloads peaking during the summer and the first month of the fall semester.
It may take longer for new system designs, cabling, and estimates.
A: Please Contact Us and speak with Customer Support. They will address your issue directly or may recommend another course of action, such as speaking to an analyst.
A: It is the responsibility of your department to monitor your Telecommunication Systems billing statements. Monitoring your statement may help you with several things, such as:
Assisting in associating new charges with new employees or events.
Alerting you to incomplete disconnects
Determining if location data is correct for 911 services
Discover unused telephones. Note: disconnecting a telephone instrument does not cancel your service, you mustcontact us or submit a service request to cancel unwanted telephone service or you will continue to incur monthly charges.
A: Call the number to determine if it belongs to someone in your department. You may also use the location details available in our on-line billing system to assist you in verifying the location.
A: Submit a Service Request to have a technician locate the telephone number for you (you will be charged if the number belongs to your department) or disconnect the number. Please include as many details as you can about the number.
A: You may have an ISDN circuit which is billed to your MSU Physical Plant account or directly to your department from the carrier. These circuits generally connect with what carriers call a Service Profile Identifier [SPID]. These numbers look similar to a traditional telephone number and may be the telephone number you see on your billing statement.
A: You may have a joint voicemail box with a menu (i.e. "Press 1 for Joe, 2 for Sally", etc.). The voicemail number for this menu will not be the same as the original telephone number, and may have a 7-digit non-campus number assigned (generally 999-XXXX).
A: In general, Yes. Repairs to departmental phone systems, wiring in the building, and telephone number problems which occur within the building. However, most major campus telephone systems and carrier/vendor-level repairs will not be charged to your account, unless the problem is directly traced to equipment failure owned by your department.
A: Our training section has extensive guides for the Avaya Campus PBX telephone system. If you have a telephone system other than Avaya, please contact us for help.
A: If you hang up during the tutorial without following it to the end, the tutorial will start from the beginning again. The next time you login you will need to use the temporary password. If you have been "locked out" of your mailbox due to entering the incorrect password too many times, please call the Voice Mail Help Desk at 353-5515 and ask to have the password reset.
A: You have enabled the general greeting, and only the name will play for the caller. To enable your primary greeting, follow the directions in the first question above.
A: Dial 432-2100 (or press your messages button); when you hear your name press the * key plus the 5-digit mailbox number, and then press * again. You'll be prompted for the password.
A: There are two ways; You can call your own phone number and when your greeting begins to play, press the * key, and you'll be prompted for the password. The other way is to call 432-2100; when it answers, enter your 5-digit mailbox (phone) number and press the * key, then put in your password.
A: Submit a Service Request. Please identify the radio number and the new name to be associated with it. Generally there is no charge for this service, but frequent changes may result in charges.
A: Submit a Service Request. Please identify the radio number, two contacts who are familiar with your whereabouts while using the Two-Way Radio system, a contact name, and telephone numbers that are valid during the day and evening hours. It is recommended that, if applicable, one of your contact persons be a supervisor.
A: Submit a Service Request. Please describe the event in detail, including specific dates. Telecom Systems staff will respond with details on your assignment.
A: MSU Physical Plant is responsible for maintaining campus buildings. That responsibility requires us to be involved in optimizing the safety and costs associated with building work, including:
Actively defining and following building codes and standards
Coordinating building systems and future plans for these systems
Documenting asbestos and other hazardous materials which could have direct results on the safety and costs associated with building work.
Being informed about safety standards that must be followed to ensure the safety of MSU staff.