Installation and Maintenance Manual
Configuring system functionality
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If Rotary or Sequential Mode is
selected the No Answer Time will
determine how long the call will ring
on each extension before moving to
the next extension. Select the
Telephony page and in the No
Answer Time field enter the number
of seconds required.
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Select Update or Apply when ready.
Please note:
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Comfort announcements can be played to the caller while waiting for the call to be answered.
Please refer to page 241 for further information.
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If the Max Number of Active Calls before Busy entry has been exceeded the caller will be given busy
or presented to voicemail.
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Calls will pass to voicemail after the time entered in the Max No Answer Time before Voicemail field.
Please refer to page 233 for further details.
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These settings can also be viewed within Manager Assist>Configuration Aids> Departments
–
Display
and Highlight Issues.
Using an Alternate Distribution Group
If members of the Distribution Group are unavailable to take a call it can be passed to an Alternate
Distribution Group. The Max Ring Time Before Alternate Distribution field determines how long the call
will ring round the Distribution Group without being answered before being passed to the Alternate
Distribution Group. The Alternate Distribution Mode will determine how the calls will be presented to the
Alternate Distribution Group.
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In Manager select Departments
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A list of the current Departments are displayed
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Select the Department required
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Select the Distribution page
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Select the Distribution Skip On No Targets check box if a call is to be presented immediately to the
Alternate Distribution Group when all members of the Distribution Group are busy. Only used with
the Rotary and Sequential Distribution modes.
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Select the Alternate Distribution Group
field.
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From the Select Group list select the
Group required and this Group will be
displayed in the Alternate Distribution
Group field
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From the Alternate Distribution Mode list box select the method to be used to distribute the calls:
a
All
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all members of the Group are presented with the call simultaneously. This mode will
allow you to reject a call (using a PCS) without it coming back a few seconds later.
b
Rotary
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a call will be presented to the member of the Group with the highest Order number.
If that member is unavailable it will be presented to the User with the next highest number
and so on. The system will always attempt to present a new call to the member with the
highest Order number.
c
Sequential
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same as Rotary however subsequent calls will be presented to the next User in
the Group after the User who was last presented with a call.