Communication server features
Issue 1.0 May 2003
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a trunk group carries incoming calls (that is, calls made outside the company’s
communication server location) to the communication server, the communication server
then connects the calls to their proper destinations within the company.
The communication servers previously listed, in addition to connecting incoming calls to
the proper destinations, are also like private COs for company employees. Employee
phones are connected to a communication server by telephone lines called extensions.
Extensions are then assigned numbers, and these numbers become the employee phone
numbers for internal (intra-company) calls.
Automatic-in processing
Automatic-in processing is one type of call processing. With automatic-in processing, the
CO processes all of the digits of an incoming call. The CO then seizes a trunk from the
trunk group, but since processing is complete, the call connects directly to a destination
identified in the communication server software. That destination can be a phone, a queue
(in which callers wait to be answered in the order in which their call was received), or
special treatment like an announcement.
Communication server attendant
Incoming calls can also go to a communication server attendant. A communication server
attendant is a person who manually routes calls to their proper destinations using an
attendant console. Normally an attendant serves as an internal operator who transfers
calls to the proper extensions. Often, a communication server will have more than one
attendant, and all of the communication server’s attendants will answer calls directed to
the attendant queue, which holds calls until an attendant is available. The attendant queue
receives internal calls made from employee extensions, and also receives incoming calls
through DID processing and automatic-in processing. Attendant call handling varies,
depending on the company’s needs. However, if the attendant has an automatic-in
number, it will normally be the number published in the phone book, and the DID number
will most likely be used by off-site employees who know only the attendant’s extension
number.
Centralized Attendant Service (CAS) is a communication server feature that enables
attendants to be consolidated at one private-network location. The attended location is
called the CAS main and each unattended location is called a CAS branch. At branch
locations, calls requiring attendant services route by way of Release Link Trunks to the
main location.
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