Emergency Ringdown

Advanced Operation

 

 

To call from a door phone

1.Press the door phone button and then release it. You hear a distinctive ringing tone–one or five times (set in system programming).

2.When answered, speak at a normal voice level in the direction of the door phone.

Emergency Ringdown

If a station remains off-hook for a programmable period, it can be automatically treated as an Emergency Call and directed to an emergency destination. The station may have partially dialled a number or have dialed no digits at all. Each station is programmed with its specific emergency ringdown destination.

A station number or a group pilot number can be specified as an emergency ringdown destination. In a private network, the station or pilot number must be in the same network node. Remote emergency destination and door phones are not permitted.

Override Calls

The available override features are:

Busy Override

Ring Over Busy Override enables you to send a muted ring tone to a busy station to indicate a call is waiting. The Busy Override (BOV) muted ring can be programmed for each station to be two muted rings only or continued muted rings until the call is answered. This option applies to the station receiving the muted ring. The muted ring can be sent to the telephone speaker or to the telephone handset/headset and speaker.

To use Busy Override

After reaching a busy station, press . A muted tone is heard at the busy station, indicating that a

 

call is waiting. The station number displays2

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Strata CTX Standard Telephone User Guide October 2002

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Toshiba Standard Telephone manual Emergency Ringdown, Override Calls, Busy Override, To call from a door phone