AT&T merlin legend manual Special Information about Basic Telephones

Special Information about Basic

Telephones

If you have basic telephones connected to an Off-Premises Telephone interface, a Basic Telephone and Modem Interface, or a Basic Telephone Module, review the

following information before you administer the telephones.

BASIC TELEPHONES CONNECTED TO AN OFF-PREMISES TELEPHONE

INTERFACE (OPTI) OR A BASIC TELEPHONE AND MODEM INTERFACE (BTMI)

Follow the procedure below to administer a basic telephone.

1.Enter administration mode by following the boxed instructions on page 25.

2.Assign lines and pools to the intercom number assigned to the OPTI or BTMI by following the instructions in “Setting Up Square Systems,” page 27, or "Setting Up Pooled Systems;" page 31.

3.If you want to assign call restrictions to an OPTI or BTMI, follow the in- structions in “Assigning Call Restrictions to Voice Terminals,” page 41.

4.Leave administration mode by following the boxed instructions on page 25.

5.Use Centralized Voice Terminal Programming or connect a MERLIN voice terminal directly to the control unit voice terminal jack to which you plan to connect the OPTI or BTMI to program the terminal.

6.Since basic telephones may not answer voice-announced intercom calls immediately, you must follow the instructions on page 81 to pro- gram Voice Announcement Disable. As a result, voice-announced inter- com calls to basic telephones become ringing intercom calls.

7.If you want to change the order in which the system selects available lines, follow the instructions on page 67 to assign an Automatic Line Selection sequence to the telephone. Do not include intercom lines in the sequence.

8.Set programmable line ringing on lines and line pools as preferred. Remove custom features assigned to buttons above the dial pad.

9.Disconnect the voice terminal or leave Centralized Voice Terminal Pro- gramming and connect the OPTl or BTMI to the same voice terminal jack.

10.Connect the basic telephone to the OPTI or to the BTMI.

11.If you later add or change the features assigned to a basic telephone, inform the person using the OPTI or BTMI.

Users dial the following codes to place calls on a basic telephone connected to an OPTI or BTMI:

●To get Automatic Line Selection, dial 9.

●To place a ringing intercom call, dial the 2-digit intercom number.

●To place a voice-announced intercom call, dial 881 and the 2-digit intercom number.

●To access the lines or line pools assigned to particular buttons above the dial pad on the voice terminal associated with the user’s OPTI or BTM intercom number, dial the codes shown in the illustrations on the following page.

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