Peerless Industries KX-TDA30, KX-TDA100 manual Message Features, Message Waiting, Message Button

1.18 Message Features

1.18 Message Features

1.18.1 Message Waiting

Description

An extension user can notify another extension user that he wishes to talk to the user. The notified extension user can return the call or listen to the messages left in his mailbox of the VPS.

When a message is left on a PT, the Message button on it lights or the Message/Ringer Lamp on it turns on red. Pressing the lit Message button while on-hook shows the caller’s information as shown below:

[Example]

105:Tom Smith --- Extension no. and name of who left the message

Message buttons

Own extension

Incoming call distribution group

Other extension*

*: For example, this button is useful when the secretary checks the message for the boss (Boss & Secretary Feature).

Conditions

•Message Button

A flexible button can be customised as the Message button for the extension, other extensions, or an incoming call distribution group.

•Distinctive Dial Tone for Message Waiting

If the Distinctive Dial mode is enabled, dial tone 4 will be sent to an extension when a message has been left on the extension. ( 1.27.1 Dial Tone)

•SLT with a Message Waiting Lamp (KX-TDA100/KX-TDA200 only)

The lamp activates in the same way as the MESSAGE button on a PT, if an MSLC card is connected to the PBX. The Message Waiting Lamp light pattern can be selected from the twelve patterns shown below. System programming for each extension port is required to use this feature.

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