MESSAGING SERVICES
Description
Lights an LED to indicate that another station (or the attendant) has a message for the user.
The Messaging Services provide light activation/deactivation only. Users must call the sender to receive their messages.
The system supports three types of Message Waiting service:
● Attendant Message Waiting
● Call Coverage Message Waiting
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Attendant Message Waiting:
The Attendant can turn On (and turn Off) the Message LED at other voice terminals. When this indicator is lighted, users call the attendant for messages. The LED on multiline terminals may be turned Off by the user (by pressing MESSAGE) or by the attendant. The Message LED on most
Refer to the Attendant Message Waiting feature description for additional information.
Call Coverage Message Waiting:
Allows a user providing Individual Call Coverage to control the Message LED on covered voice terminals. A Coverage Message button (COVER MSG) is used to display and control the status of the covered user’s Message LED. The state of the COVER MSG LED reflects the state of the covered station’s Message LED. The covering user can turn On or Off (toggle) the covered party’s Message LED at any time during a coverage call by pressing COVER MSG. To turn On the covered user’s Message LED when not on a coverage call, the covering user may go
A covered party must dial the covering party to retrieve their messages. Multiline voice terminal users can press MESSAGE to turn Off their Message LED. Message indicators on most
If a user tries to turn On the Message LED at a voice terminal for which they don’t provide Individual Call Coverage, they receive Reorder Tone.
Refer to the Call