Hold Disconnect Time (#203)

Description

This System Programming procedure lets you change the hold disconnect time for an outside line. When a caller on hold hangs up, the local telephone company may send a special signal to the system to free the line. There are two possible signals: along signal (450 milliseconds) used by most telephone companies, or a short signal (50 milliseconds) used by a few telephone companies. The length of the signal is called the hold disconnect time. If you put a call on hold and the caller hangs up, but the call does not disconnect within a minute after the caller hangs up, use this procedure to change the hold disconnect time.

Considerations

If the telephone company does not send a signal, keep the hold disconnect time set to Long. Users must disconnect held calls manually by retrieving the call then hanging it up.

Change the hold disconnect time only if abandoned calls do not disconnect.

Valid Entries

1 = Long (450 msec.)

2 = Short (50 msec.)

Programming

To change the hold disconnect time:

1.Press [ Feature ] [ 0 ] [ 0 ] [ System Program ] [ System Program ] [ # ] [ 2 ] [ 0 ] [ 3 ]. The

display reads:

HoldDisconnct

Line:

2.Enter the first line to be programmed. For example, to program line 2, press [ 0 ] [ 2 ].

3.To change the hold disconnect time, press [ Next Data ] until the appropriate value displays.

4.To program another line, press [ Next Item ] or [ Prev Item ] until the correct line number shows on the display. Then follow Step 3 to change the hold disconnect time.

5.Repeat Step 4 for each line in the system.

6.Select another procedure or exit programming mode.

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AT&T 518-455-317 manual Hold Disconnect Time #203, Valid Entries