Lucent Technologies 5 manual Planning Guidelines, Task List Changing Coverage Ring Delays

MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 5.0		Issue 1
System Manager’s Guide 555-650-118		June 1997
6 Managing the System
	Changing Coverage Delay Options	Page 6-54
	Planning Guidelines	6

When you plan cover delays, consider whether the sender is part of a coverage group or not. If the sender is covered by only individuals, delays are fairly easy to plan, depending on whether the sender never plans to answer calls or plans to answer them when he or she is at the extension.

When Group Coverage is used in conjunction with Individual Coverage, calls should ring first at receivers for Individual Coverage. Consider the following factors before setting the Group Coverage Ring Delay for an extension:

■If only Primary Coverage is programmed for the sender and any receiver’s Primary Cover buttons are set to Delay Ring, make sure the value for each sender’s Group Coverage Ring Delay (1–9 rings) is higher than the Primary Cover Ring Delay (1–6 rings).

■If both Primary and Secondary Coverage are programmed for a sender and all the receivers’ Cover buttons are set for Immediate Ring, the Group Coverage Ring Delay should be greater than the higher of these two values: the Primary Cover Ring Delay or the 2-ring fixed Secondary Cover Delay Interval.

■If both Primary and Secondary Cover buttons are programmed for a sender and any receiver’s Primary and/or Secondary Cover buttons are programmed for Delay Ring, make the value higher than either the Primary Cover Ring Delay or the fixed Secondary Cover Delay Interval (two rings), plus the Secondary Cover Ring Delay (1–6 rings), whichever is greater.

NOTE:

Coverage senders can control the way calls are covered using

programmed buttons. For more information, see ‘Covering‘ Calls’’ on page 4-32, ‘‘Revising Night Service with Coverage Control’’ on page 6-80, and the Feature Reference.

Valid Entries

Group Coverage Ring Delay: 1 to 9 rings

Primary Cover Ring Delay: 1 to 6 rings

Secondary Cover Ring Delay: 1 to 6 rings

Task List: Changing Coverage Ring Delays 6

Obtain Form 7c, Group Coverage, if necessary. As appropriate, obtain the form(s) for individual telephones: Forms 4b, 4d, 4e, 4f, 5a, 5b, or 5c.

Read “Coverage” in the Feature Reference for detailed information about these settings.

Plan changes using the planning guidelines above; record the new values

oon the form(s).

Open the System Programming menu from the console or a PC with SPM.