CONSIDERATIONS
ADMINISTRATION
●Basic Telephones — During an electrical power outage, your MERLIN Plus system will not function. However, you can plug a basic telephone (not a MERLIN Plus system voice terminal) into the AUX jack, and use it to place and receive calls .on Line A or Line E.
●Facsimile Machines — You can also plug a facsimile machine into the AUX jack. When calls come in on Line A or Line E, the FAX machine will respond to them as it would if plugged into any other outside telephone line.
●Modems and Computers — You can plug a modem into the AUX line and use it for transmitting and receiving data on Line A or Line E. The modem will function on this line as it would on any other outside telephone line. When using a modem, it is important that you prevent other employees from using voice terminals connected to Line A or Line E since this could interfere with data transmissions. You can program Line A or Line E for privacy (see "Privacy on Lines A and E"), thus preventing others from bridging onto calss on Line A. To have the modem answer incoming calls automatically, simply set it up for
When a call comes in on Line A or Line E, it will ring both on the voice terminals that are assigned to Line A or Line E and on any device connected to the Line A or Line E auxiliary jack. If you are using the auxilary line for a device such as a FAX or modem, you may want to use the No Ring option (see "Ringing Options") to prevent calls from ringing on the voice terminals. This will prevent employees from answering calls which should be going to the accessory device connected to the auxiliary line.
If you do not want the accessory device to ring on incoming calls, you can simply turn it off or set it not to ring, and program Line A or Line E for normal ringing.
You cannot use a MERLIN Plus system voice terminal on the auxiliary line.
The system administrator can administer the Privacy feature for Line A and/or Line E so that no one else in the system can bridge onto or monitor these lines while a call is active on them. For more information, see "Privacy (on Lines A and E)."
Decide the kind of device you want connected to the auxiliary jack. If you do not want calls that come in on the device to ring at the voice terminal plugged into Line A or Line E, program that voice terminal not to ring on Line A or Line E. (See "Ringing Options.")
PROGRAMMING | If you want the device connected to the auxiliary jack not to ring and Line A |
| or Line E to ring immediately when calls come in, or vice versa, use the |
| Ringing Options feature. (See "Ringing Options.") |
MERLIN Plus System Features |
