AT&T 518-455-317 manual Auto Dialing

Auto Dialing

Description

This Telephone Programming procedure lets users dial outside numbers, extension numbers, feature codes, or account codes with a single touch, by pressing a programmed button. An Auto Dial number can be stored on any programmable button (a button with no line assigned) on a system phone.

Related Features

■To set up a Fax Management button, program the fax extension number on an Auto Dial button with lights. Special light patterns on the Auto Dial button for the fax extension indicate fax machine status. Chapter 4 provides more information on using a Fax Management button. Identify fax extensions using Fax Machine Extensions (#601).

■You can include special functions, such as a Pause, in the Auto Dial number. Special Dialing Functions provides more information on these functions.

Considerations

■If you program an extension number on a button with lights, the lights show calling activity at the extension (see “Lights” in Chapter 3). Similarly, you can connect an MLS-CA24 Intercom Autodialers to the system phones at extension 10 and 11 to have Auto Dial buttons for all of the extensions in your system (up to 48); this lets the users at extensions 10 and 11 dial or transfer calls to an extension or signal an extension by pressing one button.

■Each user can have only one Auto Dial button—either on the system phone or on the MLS-CA24 Intercom Autodialer—for another extension in the system. That button can be programmed for intercom ringing, intercom voice signaling, or manual signaling.

■When programming emergency numbers for Auto Dialing and/or making test calls to those numbers, you should: 1) Remain on the line and briefly explain to the dispatcher the reason for the call before hanging up and 2) Perform such activities in the off-peak hours, such as early morning or late evening.

■Auto Dial buttons do not override dialing restrictions for an extension.

■MLS-6 and MLC-6 system phones only have four buttons available for lines and/or features.

■For PBX or Centrex systems that require a dial-out code to make calls outside the PBX or Centrex system, include the dial-out code on an Auto Dial button for a number outside the PBX or Centrex system.

■Auto Dial buttons can be programmed only on system phones.

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