MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 5.0
Feature Reference
555-650-110
Issue 1
June 1997
Features
Page 574
System Access/Intercom Buttons
At a Glance - Continued
Description
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Users access the system by pressing buttons on their telephones. These buttons
are called either System Access (SA) or Intercom (ICOM) buttons, depending on
the system operating mode. How these buttons operate also depends on the
operating mode.
SA Buttons: Hybrid/PBX Mode
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In Hybrid/PBX mode, telephones have SA buttons, which are used as follows:
■
To make an outside call by dialing an Automatic Route Selection (ARS)
code (usually
9
) and a telephone number
■
To make an outside call using a pool by dialing the pool dial-out code and a
telephone number
■
To make an inside call
■
To activate a feature by using a feature code
■
To receive inside and outside calls, including voice-announced inside calls
and transferred calls
An SA button can have one of three attributes:
■
Ring. Button is used to make and receive inside and outside ringing calls.
■
Voice. Button is used to make and receive inside and outside calls. An
inside call made on this button is a voice-announced call. If the person
receiving the call has a speakerphone and it is not already in use or
disabled by having Voice Announce to Busy turned off, the call arrives on
the speakerphone. Both parties hear a beep and the called person hears
the caller’s voice over the speakerphone. Because voice-announced calls
Factory Settings
Button Assignments by
Mode
Direct-Line Consoles
Other Multiline
Telephones and MFMs
Single-Line Telephones
Hybrid/PBX
1 SA Ring
1 SA Voice
1 SA Ring
1 SA Voice
1 SA Originate Only
2 SA Ring
1 SA Originate Only
Key and Behind Switch
1 ICOM Ring
1 ICOM Voice
1 ICOM Ring
1 ICOM Voice
2 ICOM Ring
Additional buttons
assigned (including Shared
SA)
Ring Timing Option
Send Ring (on principal
extension)
Ring
Immediate Ring
On