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Night Service Button (#503)
Description
This System Programming procedure identifies a button on the system phone at extension 10 to be used to turn Night Service on and off. When Night Service is on, all lines assigned to the phones of the users in the Night Service Group ring immediately, regardless of their normal Line Ringing settings.
Night Service is useful if you want phones to ring after regular business hours. For example, although Shipping Department workers do not answer calls directly during the day, you want them to answer incoming calls after hours.
Related Features
■Night Service affects only the extensions identified using Night Service
Group Extensions (#504).
■If you program a System Password (#403), the password must be entered when turning Night Service on or off. In addition, when Night Service is on, users in the Night Service Group can dial only numbers on the Emergency Phone Number List (#406) and Marked System Speed Dial Numbers without entering the System Password. Night Service with a System Password is useful for controlling unauthorized use of phones after hours.
■If you have a voice messaging system, VMS Hunt Schedule (#507) determines when outside calls should ring the VMS Hunt Group (always, day only, or night only) depending on the status of the Night Service button at extension 10, which tells the voice messaging system to operate in day or night mode.
Considerations
■A Night Service button must be programmed on the system phone at extension 10.
■Night Service must be programmed on a button with lights. This feature does not work if it is programmed on a button without lights.
■A user in the Night Service Group can receive an
■Dialing restrictions for extensions not in the Night Service Group remain the same as during normal daytime operation.
■If you reassign the Night Service button, it is removed from the button where it was previously assigned.
Valid Entries
1 = Assigned to next available button at extension 10
2 = | Not Assigned ✔ |
3 = | Select button (then press a programmable button to assign Night |
| Service to that button) |