CENTREX OPERATION
Setup Checklist
Before expanding your system or installing for Centrex, review the installation checklist. If you have Centrex, contact your local telephone company for further information about Centrex service.
•The phone number for Line 1 must be the same on all phones in order for the Intercom and Page features to work.
•Determine the number of phones that will be on the system.
•Identify the phone that will be the Console phone.
•Identify the private line for the Console phone. The Console phone must have its own private line. This line is not shared with any other phone.
•Follow the regular installation instructions in this manual.
•Enable the Console phone.
•Store the Centrex pickup codes and the
Enabling the Console Phone
Determine which phone will be the Console phone for your system and program the Console following the directions to “Set Your Phone to be the Centrex Console Phone” in SET UP SYSTEM FEATURES. It is recommended that Line 4 of the Console be programmed as a private line, to be sure a line is available for Centrex access.
Console Operation
Once another 955 phone has enabled its delayed ring, the Console phone will receive those calls. All the 955 features work in the same manner as described in this manual.
The Console phone can pick up other Centrex lines through Centrex switching. The Console can store the Centrex pickup codes and the
CENTREX OPERATION
Setting Ring Delay Duration
This feature allows other 955 telephones’ calls to ring at the Console phone. After a specified ring delay, the calls will ring at the Console phone. See “Program the Centrex Console Delayed Ring Time” in SET UP SYSTEM FEATURES for directions.
Answering a Delayed Ring
The Console phone rings and the screen displays the station number of the intercom sending the delayed ring.
1Select a free line.
2Enter the Centrex pickup code.
3Enter the
NOTE: If the Console is using another line and receives a delayed ring, the Console phone can put the other line on hold and follow Steps 1– 3. If the Console is on an intercom call, the intercom call should be ended before picking up the ringing phone.
Picking Up Another Station’s Line
1Choose a free Centrex line.
2Enter the Centrex pickup code.
3Enter the
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