GROUPS

 

AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT

PICKUP GROUP EXTENSIONS

Assigns an extension to a Pickup Group. Calls to a Group can be picked up by any user.

DIAL #501

DIAL a group number (1 to 4) DIAL an extension jack number

DIAL 1 = Assigned to group

2 = Not assigned to group ✔ PRESS [ Next Item ] to assign another extension

To program another group:

PRESS [ Next Procedure ] [ Prev Procedure ] enter a

new group number, and repeat above

CALLING GROUP EXTENSIONS

Assigns extension to a Calling Group. Anyone can ring or page all extensions in a Group (first user to pick up call is connected).

DIAL #502

DIAL a group number (1 to 4) DIAL an extension jack number

DIAL 1 = Assigned to group

2 = Not assigned to group ✔ PRESS [ Next Item ] to assign another extension

To program another group:

PRESS [ Next Procedure ] [ Prev Procedure ], enter a

new group number, and repeat above

NIGHT SERVICE BUTTON

Programs a button to turn Night Service on and off. Option 3 assigns Night Service to a button of the MLS-display phone at extension jack 10. If a System Password is programmed, you must enter it to turn Night Service on or off,

DIAL #503

DIAL 1 = Assigned to standard button 2 = Not assigned ✔

3 = Select button—and then press a programmable button

If you use Option 3after a Night Service button has been assigned, the Night Service button moves from the old button to the new button (overriding any previously programmed feature on that button).

NIGHT SERVICE GROUP EXTENSIONS Assigns an extension to the Night Service Group. When Night Service is on, lines set to “no ring” or “delayed ring” in the Group change to “immediate ring,” and if a System Password has been programmed, people in the Group can only dial emergency and Marked System Speed Dial numbers

DIAL #504

DIAL an extension jack number

DIAL 1 = Assigned to group

2 = Not assigned to group ✔ PRESS [ Next Item ] to assign another extension

HUNT GROUP EXTENSIONS Assigns extension to a Hunt GroupIntercom. calls to a Group ring at the first non-busy extension, the next call to that Group will not ring there unless all other Group phones are busy. (NOTE: This feature is not recom- mended for most systems. If Centrex Hunt Groups are available, use them instead.)

DIAL #505

DIAL a group number (1 to 6) DIAL an extension jack number

DIAL 1 = Assigned to group

2 = Not assigned to group✔ PRESS [ Next Item ] to assign another extension

To program another group:

PRESS [ Next Procedure ] [ Prev Procedure ] enter a

new group number, and repeat above

FAX MACHINE EXTENSIONS Identifies an extension to which a fax machine is connected. To monitor the status of the fax machine from an MLS- model phone in another location, see “Fax Management” (the bottom half of this box).

DlAL #601

DIAL an extension jack number

DIAL 1 = Assigned

2 = Not Assigned ✔ PRESS [ Next Item ] to identify another

extension

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FAX MANAGEMENT

To monitor the status of fax machines from MLS-model phones:

1.Use Fax Machine Extensions (#601) procedure to identify extension jacks where fax machines are connected.

2.On an MLS-model phone, program a button with lights as an Intercom Calling button for the fax extension jack number (for each fax extension to be monitored). Label the Intercom Calling button appropriately (for example, “FAX 1012”).

MUSIC ON HOLD

Activates and deactivates the MUSIC ON HOLD jack. When active and an audio source is connected to the jack and turned on, callers on hold hear music or recorded messages.

DIAL #602

1 = Active ✔

2 = Not Active

HOTLINE

Identifies a “Hotline” extension and an “alert” extension. When a user picks up the Hotline phone, it rings the alert extension. The Hotline phone should be a standard touch-tone phone; the alert extension can have any type of phone or can be the loudspeaker paging system.

Use #301 to remove any Centrex lines from this extension. Use #502, #504, and #505 to remove this extension from Calling, Night Service, and Hunt Groups

DIAL #603

DIAL an extension jack number to identify the Hotline

DIAL an extension jack number (except the Hotline to identify the alert extension or [ 7 ] [ 0 ] if the loudspeaker paging system will be the alert extension

To remove the Hotline and alert:

PRESS [ Remove ]

DOORPHONE 1 EXTENSION

Identifies a doorphone extension. When a person uses the doorphone, it signals all the alert extensions for the doorphone at the same time.

Use #301 to remove any Centrex lines from this extension. Use #502, #504, and #505 to remove this extension from Calling, Night Service, and Hunt Groups.

DIAL #604

DIAL an extension jack number (12–15), 18–21, 24–27, 30–33)

DOORPHONE 2 EXTENSION

See “Doorphone 1 Extension.” DIAL #605

DIAL an extension jack number (12–15, 18–21, 24–27, 30–33)

DOORPHONE ALERT EXTENSIONS Identifies up to 5 extensions to be signalled by a doorphone (identified using proce- dures #604 or #605). When a person uses the doorphone, it signals all alert exten- sions at the same time. If the alert extension is an MLS-model phone, the call signals with a unique “ding-dong” sound to distinguish it from other calls.

DIAL #606

DIAL an extension jack number (except a doorphone extension)

DIAL 1 = Not an alert ✔

2 = Doorphone 1 alert

3 = Doorphone 2 alert

4 = Doors 1 and 2

PRESS [ Next Item ] to select another extension (up to 5 alert extensions per doorphone)

SMDR RECORD TYPE

Identifies the type of calls a call reporting device should record. For each call, the equipment controller records the date and time, call duration, extension jack number, dialed number, and type of call.

DIAL #608

DIAL 1 = All calls ✔

2 = Outgoing calls only

SMDR TOP OF PAGE

Notifies the equipment controller that the printer has been aligned to the top of a new page. The controller responds by printing the call report page header.

DIAL #609

✔ = Factory Setting

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