ESI-50L Administrator’s Manual
Function 5: Voice mail programming
D.1
Function 5: Voice mail programming
To simplify initial installation, all programmed extensions will automatically have the generic personal greeting,
“You have reached the mailbox for extension
[xxx].
”
The mailbox user should replace this with a personalized
greeting. Each guest/info, group, cascade notification, or Q & A mailbox must have a greeting recorded for the
system to consider the mailbox active.
Important:
A mailbox will not receive broadcast messages until a greeting has been recorded for it.
Additionally: If the greeting is deleted, the mailbox will be considered inactive.
On a legacy 12-Key Feature Phone, it is necessary to assign the code
5 7 9
(voice mail) to a programmable
feature key for the mailbox to become active.
If a programmable feature key is programmed as a Virtual Mailbox Key with any mailbox number, the key’s LED
will blink, to indicate that new messages exist.
1
To retrieve messages from a station,
either
(a.)
press the Virtual
Mailbox Key
or
(b.)
press
VOICE MAIL
and then enter the mailbox number. To record a greeting, press
PROG/HELP
and enter the mailbox number; then press
#
to confirm, and follow the prompts. The default
password is the mailbox number. To retrieve messages from the outside, press
and enter the mailbox number
during the main greeting.
To enter mailbox programming from any ESI phone on the system, press
PROG/HELP
and enter the mailbox number.
Function 53: Guest/info mailboxes
Any guest mailbox can be programmed as either a guest or info mailbox.
2
Enter the mailbox number and select
Guest
or
Info
by pressing a scroll (
or
) key.
Guest mailboxes
are designed to be used by personnel, such as in outside sales or manufacturing, who don’t
have an extension assigned to them.
Notes:
A guest mailbox can be handled like a regular extension (i.e., listed in the directory, assigned a station key,
etc.
), and is password-protected by default.
Guest mailboxes do not support AutoPage (but do support off-premises “reach-me”).
Info mailboxes
can be used to give callers information on a variety of different subjects by “publishing” these
mailbox numbers. Info mailboxes are identical to guest mailboxes except that the caller will not be given a record
tone after the personal greeting (the information to be played). Instead, the caller will be forwarded as
programmed in this function (default is the caller will be disconnected after the information is played).
Guest/info mailboxes are created or deleted here, but are turned “on” only when a personal greeting (the
information to be played) has been recorded. Deleting the personal greetings will turn “off” the mailbox.
To record a greeting, press
PROG/HELP
and the mailbox number; then press
#
to confirm, and follow the
prompts. The default password is the mailbox number. The maximum length of the recording time is 14 minutes.
Below is an example of a completed Programming Worksheet, showing the sequence of programming:
1.
MB
2.
Name
3.
Type
4.
Ext. fwd.
5.
Line grp.
6.
CF day
7.
CF night
400 Dana
Guest
Y
9
402 Literature
Info
MB 501
MB 501
(Continued)
1
Otherwise, the key is a station key that allows for single-key transfer of a call with no message indication.
2
Guest and info mailboxes’ range depends on dial plan selected (see “Numbering plan selections,” page A.6).
