Nortel Networks 6.1 Making a priority call, Giving a telephone the ability to make priority calls

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Making a priority call

1.	Press	.
2.	Wait for a connection, then speak.

A person who receives a priority call while on another call has eight seconds to accept or block the call. For information about blocking calls, see ‘‘Using Do Not Disturb’’ on page 201. If the person does nothing, the priority call feature puts their active call, including conference parties, on Exclusive Hold and connects your call.

Giving a telephone the ability to make priority calls

You need the programming template. See ‘‘Getting started with Norstar’’ on page 15 for more information.

1.		Press		.
2.		Press		(the default System Coordinator password).
3.		Press ≠and enter the internal number of the telephone you
		want to program.
4.		Press ≠￿fl·twice.
5.		Press ‘nine times. The display shows Priority call:.
6.		Press CHANGE to choose Y (Yes) or N (No).
Displays
				You tried to place a priority call to another system
	Call blocked
				telephone. The person you called has blocked
				your call. Try to call later.
				The party you are calling has eight seconds to
	Please wait
				decide whether to accept or reject your priority
				call.
	Priority denied			The telephone you are calling has already
				received a priority call or is unable to receive
			￿••¤flfl‹››

¤‹fl›flpriority calls.

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