PROGRAMMING LINE RINGING OPTIONS
You can program how and when incoming calls ring on each outside line at each
voice terminal. When your system is installed, the lines at each voice terminal ring
immediately when a call comes in on them. However, you can change this by pro-
gramming some lines to ring at one voice terminal, other lines at Other voice terminals,
or the same line to ring differently at different voice terminals. You can even have
a line ring at one voice terminal only if it is not answered at another after a designated
number of rings. Read the following tips on how you can program this feature.
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Immediate Ring.
People responsible for answering incoming calls, such as the
system attendant, should have the lines on their telephones programmed for
immediate ring. (See “Special Information for the System Attendant,” pages
14-15.) You can also use this option for private lines that don’t need to be screened
or for people who answer their own calls.
● Delayed Ring. You can provide backup coverage on a shared line by having
that line ring at a second voice terminal only after it has rung a few times
somewhere else. Then, when calls come in for a person who is away from his
or her desk, that person’s calls will ring at a second telephone, the voice ter-
minal of a backup person. Delayed ring is often useful for a secretary who can
pick up calls for someone on a private line.
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No Ring.
People who do not normally answer incoming calls should have their
lines programmed to no ring. Also, you might program telephones in public
places, such as lobbies or conference rooms, not to ring. A line programmed
to no ring does not ring on outside calls, but continues to ring for transferred
and intercom calls.
To program the type of line ringing you want, follow these steps:
1. Slide the T/P switch to F!
2. Touch the line buttons successively until the red light indicates the type of
ringing you want:
Red light on
= immediate ring
Red light flashing = delayed ring
Red light off = no ring
3. Slide the T/P switch to the center position.
ASSIGNING AUTOMATIC LINE SELECTION SEQUENCES
Automatic Line Selection determines which free line the system gives each voice
terminal when someone lifts the handset to make a call. When your system is
installed, the system selects free lines appearing on voice terminal line buttons in
the order in which the lines are plugged into the control unit jacks. This means that
if line A, which is plugged into jack A on the control unit, is busy when you pickup
the handset, the system automatically gives you line B, plugged into jack B. The in-
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