AT&T 518-455-317 manual Manual Signaling F13XX or F13*XX, Description

Manual Signaling (F13XX or F13*XX)

Description

This feature lets you program a button that you can use to signal a co-worker’s extension with a beep. It is typically used by a receptionist to alert a user when the user is busy on another call. In addition to beeping, you can use a Manual Signaling button to intercom ring or voice signal the user at the destination extension.

Related Features

■Voice Interrupt on Busy (#312) is an alternative feature that lets a user signal then speak to a user who is active on a call.

■You can use the Manual Signaling button instead of dialing the two-digit extension number required for these features: Call Forwarding/Call Follow-Me, Message Light On, Message Light Off, and Voice Mailbox

Transfer.

Considerations

■You must program the Manual Signaling feature code on a button along with the destination extension. Use a button with lights if you want to view the status of the destination extension, similar to Auto Dial buttons.

■You can have only one button—either on the system phone or on the MLS-CA24 autodialer—for a destination extension per extension. The button can be programmed as a Manual Signaling button or as an Auto Dial button for intercom ringing or voice signaling. The lights next to the button show calling activity—see “Lights” in Chapter 3 for more information.

■System phones (other than MLC-6 phones) are required at both extensions to use this feature.

■If you signal an extension that has an Auto Dial or Manual Signaling button programmed for your extension, the green light next to that button flutters to identify your extension as the signaling extension.

■You can signal the destination extension while you are on an outside call (This does not initiate a one-touch transfer.)

■To transfer a call to an extension for which you have a Manual Signaling button, press [ Transfer ] before pressing the Manual Signaling button.

■A Manual Signaling button does not initiate an intercom call unless you lift the handset and press [ Intercom ] first.

■To respond to a signal, the destination extension must place an intercom call to the person signaling.

■This procedure does not apply to MLC-6 or standard phones.

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