MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 5.0
Feature Reference
555-650-110
Issue 1
June 1997
Features
Page 26
Account Code Entry/Forced Account Code Entry
Forced Account Code Entry, when activated for an extension, has the following
effects:
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If you select an outside line on an SA button (by dialing a dial-out code) or
on an ICOM button (by dialing the Idle Line Access code) without entering
an account code, the call is blocked. Depending on the type of telephone
used, this may be indicated by the programmed Account Code Entry button
flashing, the SA button going to the off/idle state, or an intercept tone.
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If you try to make an outside call on a personal line or Pool button without
entering an account code, there is no dial tone.
Considerations and Constraints
0
If SMDR is set to record outgoing calls only, you cannot enter an account code for
incoming calls.
The system does not validate account codes; it checks only the number of
characters entered (maximum of 16) and for completion (dialing
#
or pressing a
programmed Account Code Entry button).
Account codes can be no more than 16 characters in length, and only the digits
0–9 and the character * can be used.
Forced Account Code Entry allows you to enter account codes for incoming calls
and for incoming calls added to a conference call by using the Account Code
Entry feature. Account codes are not mandatory in these situations. (Outgoing,
outside calls added to a conference must have an account code.)
You cannot change an account code entered from another extension.
An incoming caller cannot hear tones as account codes are entered during a call.
An Account Code Entry button only activates and completes the account code
entry. It does not automatically enter an account code. A separate outside Auto
Dial button can be programmed with an account code number.
In Release 2.0 and prior systems, a user at an extension programmed with
Forced Account Code Entry must enter an account code to use Loudspeaker
Paging. In Release 2.1 and later systems, users at extensions programmed with
Forced Account Code Entry do not need to enter an account code to use
Loudspeaker Paging.
