AT&T Release 2.0 manual

Installing Applications

■The trunks that are to be answered by MERLIN MAIL should be programmed for reliable far-end disconnect.

■Callers who dial from rotary telephones cannot use the features of the MERLIN MAIL Voice Messaging System.

■The system may need more touch-tone receivers in the following cases:

—Single-line telephone users do not get dial tone

—MERLIN MAIL fails to transfer calls

—Calls fail to ring or calls go to coverage prematurely

—Message Waiting lights fail to light

■The MERLIN MAIL Voice Messaging System and the

MERLIN Attendant should not be used on the same system.

■Programming of the MERLIN MAIL Voice Messaging System is done via a touch-tone interface.

The MERLIN MAIL Voice Messaging System has an EIA-232-D serial port and an external modem to support remote diagnostics.

■The first four logical IDs on an 008 OPT module cannot be used to physically connect telephone equipment; however, the extension numbers of these logical IDs may be used for “Phantom extensions.”

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