Avaya PARTNER Advanced Communications System - Page 361

Using Auxiliary Equipment
Voice Messaging Systems
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■ Users with Automatic VMS Cover turned on can activate Do Not Disturb to Send All Calls
immediately to their voice mailbox.
■ If an extension has Automatic VMS Cover and Call Coverage active, calls ring at the
covering extension after the specified number of Call Coverage Rings (#116) or (#320). If the
covering extension does not answer, the call is routed to the voice mailbox of the extension
that activated Call Coverage after the specified amount of VMS Cover Rings.
■ If an extension has Automatic VMS Cover and Call Forwarding active, calls ring at the
forwarding destination; they are not covered by the voice messaging system.
Programming for Automatic VMS Cover
To change the Automatic VMS Cover setting for an extension:
1. Press
f00ss#310 at extension 10 or 11.
2. Enter the number of the extension to be covered by the voice messaging system.
3. To assign or unassign Automatic VMS Cover, press
D until the appropriate value
appears.
■ 1 = Assigned
■ 2 = Not Assigned (the factory setting) 
4. To program another extension, press
n or p until the extension number appears
on the display. Then repeat Step 3.
5. Select another procedure, or exit programming mode.
VMS Cover Rings (321#) 9
Use this feature to define the number of times a call rings before it is sent to a user’s voice
mailbox. Use VMS Cover Rings (#117) for Release 2.0 or earlier systems to program the number
of rings for all extensions programmed for VMS Cover. Use VMS Cover Rings (#321) for Release
3.0 and later systems to program the number of rings on a per-extension basis.
Considerations 9
■ VMS Cover Rings also applies to lines that have been designated an owner with Line
Coverage Extension (#208).
■ If an extension has VMS Cover (F15) or Automatic VMS Cover (#310) active, unanswered
calls to that extension are routed to the voice messaging system after the specified number of
VMS Cover Rings.