MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 5.0
Feature Reference
555-650-110
Issue 1
June 1997
Features
Page 539
Ringing Options
Forward and
Follow Me
On multiline or single-line telephones where an SA or ICOM button is
available to receive the call, calls forwarded to an extension ring with an
abbreviated ring at both the forwarding extension and the destination
extension. Calls forwarded from either a multiline or single-line telephone
to an outside telephone number do not ring at the forwarding extension. In
Release 4.0 and prior systems, if no SA or ICOM button is available at the
forwarding extension, the call is not forwarded and the caller hears a busy
tone.
In Release 4.1 and later systems, a forwarded call that is received when
the forwarding single-line or multiline telephone has no available SA or
ICOM button is forwarded immediately and does not ring at the
forwarding extension, regardless of the Ring Timing options (Delay,
Immediate, or No Ring) set.
Outside calls received at the forwarding extension ring as inside calls at
the destination extension (one ring) and do not receive the normal
distinctive ring for an outside call.
With Immediate Ring, calls are sent immediately to the forwarded
extension. With Delay Ring, calls are delayed before forwarding. With No
Ring, calls are not forwarded. In Release 4.0 and later systems, if a
button is set to Delay Ring, calls are forwarded after both the Delay Ring
and Forwarding Delay. The two delays are cumulative.
Group Calling
Abbreviated ringing is not operable for calls to a calling group extension
because a calling group member who is active on a call is considered
unavailable for incoming calls. In Hybrid/PBX mode, calling group
members should program SA buttons for Immediate Ring.
Headset Options
Headset Auto Answer does not automatically answer calls ringing on
buttons programmed for No Ring on an MLX telephone; the user must
select the button manually to answer the call. When abbreviated ringing is
enabled, the user hears the abbreviated ring if another call rings while the
user is on a call.
HotLine
Ringing Options.can be set for HotLine extension (Release 5.0 and later
systems) lines. If a HotLine extension should not receive calls, set its line
for No Ring.
Integrated
Administration
In Release 4.0 and prior systems, the total of the values programmed for
Delay Ring plus the systemwide Coverage Delay Interval should be less
than either the transfer return time or the VMS transfer return interval.
(These values are shown on the Application Switch Defaults screen.)
In Release 4.1 and later systems, Integrated Administration cannot be
used to specify coverage delays for AUDIX Voice Power.
Multi-Function
Module
The ringing patterns for tip/ring devices connected to an MFM are those
of an MLX telephone rather than a single-line telephone—one ring for
inside calls, two for outside calls, and three for priority ring or transfer
return. Personalized ringing patterns cannot be programmed for an MFM.
Centralized telephone programming must be used to program Ring
Timing options (Immediate Ring, Delay Ring, or No Ring).
