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NEC Business Solutions Ltd
Features and Specifications Manual
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Department Calling
• Description
With Department Calling, an extension user can call an idle extension within a pre-
programmed Department Group by dialling the group's pilot number. The call would
ring the first available extension in the group. For example, this would let a caller dial
the Sales department just by knowing the Sales department's pilot number. The caller
would not have to know any of the Sales department's extension numbers. The system
allows up to 32 Department Calling Groups.
Department Group Name
When an internal extension is queued at a busy department group the name will be
displayed at the system phone's display. The user will see: WAITING (group name).
The group name is set by Program 16-01-01.
Department Group Routing
There are two types of routing available with Department Calling: Priority Routing and
Circular Routing.
With Priority Routing, an incoming call routes to the highest priority extensions first.
Lower priority extensions ring only if all higher priority extensions are busy. Priority
routing is selected by Program 16-01-02.
With Circular Routing, each call rings a new extension, providing an easy type of
Uniform Call Distribution (UCD).
For example, in a Department Group set for circular routing with extensions 210
(Priority 1), 211 (Priority 2) and 212 (Priority 3).
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The first call rings 210.
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The second call rings 211.
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The third call rings 212.
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The fourth call rings 210 and the cycle repeats.
Note:
When programming, the high priority extensions have low priority numbers.
For example, priority 1 has a higher priority than priority 10.
Overflow Routing
Department Calling also provides overflow routing for extensions within the group. If a
user directly dials a busy extension within a Department Group, the system can
optionally route the call to the first available group member. Overflow routing is set by
Program 16-01-03.
Hunting Mode
Ringing calls can step around members of the group once only and stop at the last
member or repeatedly search for a free member. Hunting mode is set by Program 16-
01-04.
Simultaneous Ringing
All idle members of the department group can ring simultaneously for internal and
outside calls to the pilot number. Calls do not cycle between group members.
Simultaneous ringing can be automatic (all members ring when the call is placed to the
pilot number) or manual ( the call to the pilot number will step around each member of