Using Night Service

If your premises equipment uses Night Service with a System Password, users can enter the password when Night Service is on, to override equipment calling restrictions for the duration of a call.

 

 

On an MLS-Model Phone

On a Standard Phone

 

 

 

 

To turn on Night Service

 

1. Press the Night Service button on the

This equipment feature is not available

 

 

phone at extension jack 10.

on a standard phone, but may be

Before using this feature,

 

If a System Password is programmed, the

available from Centrex.

you must program a Night

 

light next to the button flashes green; you

 

Service Button (#503) for the

 

must go to Step 2. If no System Password

 

phone connected to

 

is programmed, the light is steady green

 

extension jack 10 and

 

and Night Service is on.

 

assign extensions to the

 

2. Enter the System Password.

 

Night Service Group (#504);

 

 

see page 5-13for directions.

 

The light is steady green. Night Service is

 

Night Service can be turned

 

on.

 

 

 

 

on and off only from the MLS

 

 

 

display phone at extension

 

 

 

jack 10.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To turn off Night Service

 

1. Press the Night Service button on

This equipment feature is not available

 

 

the phone at extension jack 10.

on a standard phone, but may be

This equipment feature is

 

If a System Password is programmed, the

available from Centrex.

available only at the MLS

 

light next to the button flashes green; you

 

display phone at extension

 

must go to Step 2. If no System Password

 

jack 10.

 

is programmed, the light goes off and

 

 

 

Night Service is off.

 

 

 

2. Enter the System Password.

 

 

 

The flashing green light goes off. Night

 

 

 

Service is off.

 

 

 

 

 

To enter a System

 

Before lifting the handset or turning on

This equipment feature is not available

Password to overide

 

the speaker...

on a standard phone, but a password

equipment dialing

 

 

may be available from Centrex.

restrictions

 

1. Press [ Hold ].

 

See page 5-12for

 

2. Enter the System Password.

 

programming instructions for

 

The password overrides all equipment

 

MLS- and MLC-model

 

dialing restrictions but not Line Access

 

phones.

 

Restriction (#302). (The System Password

 

 

 

will not appear on display phones.) The

 

You cannot use a System

 

password is in effect until you hang up.

 

Password on an MLC-6

 

 

 

phone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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II specifications

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