ALI Data
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House
Number
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The
number from the postal street address for the building. Example: 170 in 170
West Tasman Dr.
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AN, dash
"-", and @ sign "@"
The
number can be up to 10 characters, but your service provider might only support
8 character numbers.
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House
Number Suffix
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The number extension (such as /2) for the house number, if any.
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ANS
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Street Name
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The street name from the postal address for the building.
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ANS
You are
limited to 60 characters.
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Prefix
Directional
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The
type of street. Select the type from the drop-down list, and the field is
filled with one of the abbreviations accepted by the U.S. Postal Service
Publication 28, for example, AVE for Avenue.
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Can be
one of these directions:
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Street
Suffix
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The
type of street. Select the type from the drop-down list, and the field is
filled with one of the abbreviations accepted by the U.S. Postal Service
Publication 28, for example, AVE for Avenue.
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A
You can
also type in the suffix. You are limited to 4 characters.
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Post
Directional
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A
trailing directional indicator if the street name contains one, for example, N
for North.
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Can be
one of these directions:
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Community Name
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The
community name for the address, for example, a city, town, or district name.
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ANS
You are
limited to 32 characters.
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State
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The
2-digit state abbreviation.
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A
You are
limited to 2 characters.
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Main
NPA
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The
3-digit area code of the main number associated with the ERL.
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N
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Main
Telephone No.
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The
main phone number associated with the ERL. This might be the number of the
security office for the ERL.
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N
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Class
of Service
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Select
the class of service for the ERL.
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If you
do not know your class of service, ask your service provider.
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Type of
Service
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Select
the type of service for the ERL.
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If you
do not know your class of service, ask your service provider.
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Exchange
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The
Local Exchange Carrier (LEC) exchange identifier for the serving telephone
office for the phone.
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ANS
You are
limited to 4 characters. Ask your service provider for this identifier
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Customer Name
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The
subscriber name associated with the ERL, and typically your company name.
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ANS
You are
limited to 32 characters.
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Order
Number
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The
service order number of the activity of establishing or updating this record.
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ANS
You are
limited to 10 characters. Work with your service provider to determine a valid
order number, if one is needed.
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Extract
Date
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The
date on which the record was created.
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Date
[mmddyy]
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County
ID
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The
county identification code for the zone. In the USA, use the FIPS code assigned
to the county by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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AN
You are
limited to 4 characters.
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Zip
Code
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The
postal zip code for the address.
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AN,
hyphen "-"
Indicates a U.S. zip code on a U.S. service order record or a Canadian postal
code on a Canadian service order record. U.S. Format: NNNNN or NNNNN-NNNN;
Canadian Format: ANANAN or ANA[space] NAN
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Zip
Code Extension
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The
postal zip code "plus four" number.
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AN,
hyphen "-"
You are
limited to 4 digits.
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Customer Code
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Your
customer code. Ask your service provider if you do not know your code.
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ANS
You are
limited to 3 characters.
If you
change this field, Emergency Responder generates two records: a Delete record
to remove the ALI with the old code, and an Insert record to add the ALI with
the new code. This Delete and Insert sequence is only generated the next time
you export ALI: you must ensure that you submit this export file to the service
provider.
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Comments
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Optional comments. These commentsmight be displayed at the PSAP if an emergency
call is made from this ERL.
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You are
limited to 30 characters.
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Longitude
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The
longitude of the ERL.
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N, dot
".", plus "+", minus "-"
You are
limited to 9 digits.
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Latitude
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The
latitude of the ERL.
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N, dot
".", plus "+", minus "-"
You are
limited to 9 digits.
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Elevation
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The
elevation of the ERL.
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AN dot
".", plus "+",minus "-"
You are
limited to 5 digits.
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TAR
Code
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The
taxing area rate code.
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ANS
You are
limited to 6 characters.
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Location
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Additional location information, in free form, to help identify the exact
location of the phone.
This
information is displayed to your security personnel along with the ERL name
when an emergency call is made, so use this field to help locate the caller.
For example, you might repeat the street address that is defined in several
separate fields elsewhere on this page.
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ANS
You are
limited to 60 characters.
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Reserved
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Information your service provider might require to create a valid ALI file.
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AN
Ask
your service provider if you must
enter
anything in the reserved area.
Be
aware that NENA and CSV requirements may be different. For example, ERL Import
does not require that you enter anything in the Reserved field. You can give an
empty string in each of the ERL records and Emergency Responder accepts this
file for importing. However, you must not delete the field itself from the
file. The field must be there in the record; it can be an empty string
delimited with a comma.
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