[ F5 ] New Agent. Use this function key to add a new agent (one who is not listed in the Agent Directory) to the current configuration. Agents added using the Configure Splits screen are simultaneously added to the Agent Directory. When new agents are added to a split, they are placed automatically in the logged out state.

Prompt: NEW AGENT: Last Name:

First:

 

ID:

 

P o s : _ Split #: —

Action: 1 Make entries in each of these fields as follows:

Last name: up to 12 letters, numbers, or special characters

First: up to 8 letters, numbers, or special characters

lD: up to 5 letters, numbers, or special characters

Position: a 2-digit MERLIN II system intercom number

Split: a number from 1 through 6

2 Press [ F8 ] (labeled “Enter Data”) after your last entry.

[ F6 ] Change Split ID. Use this function key to assign or change a split ID.

Prompt:

Action:

CHANGE SPLIT ID: Split #: _ New Split ID:

1Enter a split number (1 through 6).

2Enter a split ID (up to 5 letters, numbers, or special characters).

3 Press [ F8 ] (labeled “Enter Data”).

[ F7 ] Config Screen. Use this function key to return to the Configuration screen. The box around the agents section of the screen disappears and the functions keys are relabeled.

[ F8 ] Agent Directory. Press this function key to view the Agent Directory screen if you need to look up an agent’s ID in order to add the agent to a split, You can also edit the Agent Directory. Press [ F7 ] (labeled “Config Splits” ) to return to the Configure Splits screen.

Changing Answer Delay, Force Delay, or Auto ACW

 

You can change the current setting for the answer delay, force delay, or Auto

 

ACW options at any time.

ANSWER DELAY

If an agent is not available when a call first rings, CMS lets the call continue

 

to ring for a certain number of seconds before it answers the call and connects

 

it to the voice announcement unit. The number of seconds calls ring before

 

CMS answers them is called the answer delay.

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