AT&T 999-507-144 system manual Button-Free Line Operation, Description

Button-Free Line Operation

DESCRIPTION	Button-Free Line Operation allows people with 5-button or 10-button voice
	terminals to access lines, even though the lines do not appear on the voice
	terminal buttons. Therefore, those voice terminals have additional free
	buttons for needed programmed features. This feature is ideal for people who
	need several lines, but who rarely handle more than one call at a time. To
	place or answer a call, they just lift their handset, and the MERLIN Plus
	system selects a free line for outgoing calls or the ringing line for incoming
	calls.
CONSIDERATIONS	The system administrator can assign a maximum of eight lines to a button-free
	voice terminal. However, if the administrator again wants lines assigned to
	buttons on a voice terminal, he or she can assign only the number of lines for
	which the voice terminal has line buttons. For example, if the administrator
	has assigned eight lines to a 5-button voice terminal with Button-Free Line
	Operation and decides to assign lines to voice terminal buttons, only four of
	those eight lines appear. The features that the administrator or user has
	programmed onto the voice terminal buttons will be replaced by lines.
	With Button-Free Line Operation, the system administrator can administer the
	individual voice terminals so that they ring or do not ring when calls come in.
	(See "Ringing Options.") Button-Free Line Operation with the no ring option
	is appropriate for voice terminals in public places, such as lobbies.
	●	There are no red and green lights associated with lines to keep track of
		call-handling features, such as Transfer or Hold.
		The person with Button-Free Line Operation can answer transferred
		calls and ringing lines by picking up the handset.
	●	There is no way of knowing which line the system has selected for an
		outgoing call. Therefore, make sure that all lines assigned to these
		voice terminals are of the same type. Do not mix regular lines, WATS
		lines, and Foreign Exchange lines.
	●	You cannot program an Automatic Line Selection sequence on voice
		terminals with Button-Free Line Operation. In this case, only your
		system administrator can assign the sequence of lines for your voice
		terminal.
	●	You can use the Intercom. Hold, Transfer, and Call Pickup features,
		but you cannot use the Bridging or the Conference feature.
ADMINISTRATION	If your responsibilities do not include system administration, skip this

information.

To make one or more lines on a voice terminal button-free:

1 Enter administration mode by sliding the T/P switch to P and touching

Administer.

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