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PARTNER
®
Advanced Communications System Installation, Programming, and Use
Automatic System Answer Features
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Programming
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To change the Automatic System Answer Mode:
1. Press
f00ss#121
.
2. To change the mode, press
D
until the appropriate value appears:
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1 = Hold (the factory setting)
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2 = Disconnect
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3 = Ring
3. Select another procedure, or exit programming mode.
Automatic System Answer Record/Playback (I891)
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Use this feature to record and play back the message that callers hear when a call is answered by
Automatic System Answer. The maximum length of the message is 20 seconds.
Considerations
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If you do not record a message for Automatic System Answer, calls are placed on hold,
continue to ring, or are disconnected immediately after the system answers, depending on the
setting of Automatic System Answer Mode (#121).
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You must record the Automatic System Answer message from the system display telephone
at extension 10 or 11.
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You cannot record or play a message while Automatic System Answer or Direct Extension
Dial is answering a call. When you want to record or play a message, turn off Automatic
System Answer and Direct Extension Dial and wait for any calls in the process of being
answered by the system to be completed.
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The message must be at least eight seconds to use the Fax CNG Detection (#505, Group 8)
feature. The system takes seven seconds to determine if the incoming call is a fax.
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You can set SMDR Talk Time (#611) to Active to include the Talk field on call reports. For an
incoming outside call answered by Automatic System Answer, this field shows the call
duration minus the time the greeting played and the caller waited for someone to answer the
call.
Programming
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To record an Automatic System Answer message:
1. As needed, install the Automatic System/Direct Extension Dial PC card (see PARTNER PC
Card Installation Instructions).
2. Turn off Automatic System Answer and Direct Extension Dial and wait for any calls in the
process of being answered by these features to be completed.
3. Lift the handset of the system display telephone at extension 10 or 11.
4. Press
i
.