Lucent Technologies Release 8.2 manual Call Forwarding, Call Waiting, Distinctive Ringing

Distributed Communications System B Private Networking

~A call to the principal redirects to the remote coverage point. While the remote coverage point is ringing, the principal answers the call. In this case the call is not cut through to the coverage point. Instead, ringing and ringback is removed from the coverage point and the call is cut through to the principal.

Call Forwarding

DCS Call Forwarding allows all calls to an extension to be forwarded to a selected extension in the DCS network or to an external (off-premises) number.

If the Call Forwarding and DCS Call Forwarding are both active, and if a call is forwarded between extensions on the same node, the Call Forwarding coverage path is used. If the nodes are different, the DCS Call Forwarding coverage path is used.

Voice-terminal users in the DCS can activate/deactivate this feature with a dial access code or with a Call Forwarding button.

Note: Calls can be forwarded to a Vector Directory Number (VDN) anywhere in the DCS network. An attendant cannot activate/deactivate Call Forwarding for a VDN.

Call Waiting

DCS Call Waiting allows calls from one node to busy single-line voice terminals at another node to wait until the called party is available to accept the call. With DCS Call Waiting, a single-line voice terminal user, by knowing a call is waiting, can quickly process calls from locations within the DCS. DCS Call Waiting functions the same as normal Call Waiting.

DCS Call Waiting includes the following features:

~Attendant Call Waiting

~Call Waiting — Termination

~Priority Calling

DCS priority calling from the attendant station is not available.

Distinctive Ringing

DCS Distinctive Ringing activates the called-terminal alerting or ringing device to indicate the type of incoming call to the user before they answer it. Distinctive Alerting functions in a DCS environment the same as it does within a single system.

By default, internal calls are identified by a1-burst ringing pattern, external calls by a 2-burst ringing pattern, and priority calls by a 3-burst ringing pattern. However, you can administer these patterns.

Leave Word Calling

LWC transparency in a DCS configuration allows messages from a DEFINITY switch to another node, depending on the storage capability of the remote node.

Administration for Network Connectivity
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