Toshiba Strata CT manual Override Calls, Busy Override or Off-hook Call Announce

Override Calls Features

➤To cancel the message waiting indication on another telephone

➤Lift the handset and press

#64 + XXX. (XXX = station number with the message light.)

You hear busy tone if the called station is busy, or you hear repetitive ringing or a single tone if the called station is idle.

The Message Waiting indication on the station is turned OFF.

Override Calls

Busy Override enables you to send a tone to a busy station to indicate that a call is waiting. Any station can initiate Busy Override. Off-hook Call Announce is another way to contact a busy station; it lets you speak to a digital telephone user who is off-hook.

Busy Override or Off-hook Call Announce

➤After reaching a busy station, press 2

...or to OCA, dial 21 or 12.

The busy station receives a tone signal, indicating a waiting call.

If the busy station has the Off-hook Call Announce (OCA) feature, then you can immediately talk to the called party.

Do Not Disturb (DND) Override

DND Override lets you send a tone to an idle station in the DND mode to indicate that a call is coming in.

➤After reaching a station in DND mode, press 2.

The DND station receives a tone signal, indicating that a call is coming in.

Note Your station must be programmed for this feature.

Note Executive Override and DND Override are optional features, enabled in system programming

26 Strata CT Standard Telephone User Guide November 2001