MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 5.0
Feature Reference
555-650-110
Issue 1
June 1997
Applications
Page I-15
MERLIN MAIL and MERLIN LEGEND MAIL
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In Release 2.0 and later, when subscribers activate Coverage VMS Off
for their telephones, normally covered outside calls are not covered. No
special programming is needed on MERLIN MAIL or MERLIN LEGEND
MAIL to activate this feature.
Group Calling
Use system programming to assign the MERLIN MAIL or MERLIN
LEGEND MAIL VMI ports to the same calling group.
With integrated VMI ports, mode codes identify coverage calls that
overflow from one calling group to another calling group. As a result, the
overflow calling group’s number appears in the Called Party field of the
mode code.
Leave Message
If the target telephone does not have display capabilities, the Leave
Message feature sends mode codes to the MERLIN MAIL or MERLIN
LEGEND MAIL VMS to deposit a message.
In Release 2.0 and later, when the MERLIN MAIL or MERLIN LEGEND
MAIL VMS sends a Leave Message notification to an extension, the
system identifies the VMS calling group as the sender of the message. As
a result, when a subscriber uses the Return Call feature, the call goes to
any available VMS port, not just to the port that generated the message.
This reduces the chance of getting a busy port.
Night Service
Each MERLIN MAIL or MERLIN LEGEND MAIL VMS Automated
Attendant can work with the Night Service feature to provide specialized
after-hours service. An Automated Attendant can answer calls on lines it
does not handle during business hours. A special night announcement
can greet after-hours callers.
Privacy
Privacy is automatic for all VMI ports.
Ringing Options
If lines set for answering by an Automated Attendant appear on
telephones other than the system operator console or backup extension,
program them for No Ring.
SMDR
In Release 4.2 and later systems, if an automated attendant or voice
response unit transfers an outside call to an Auto Logout or Auto Logout
calling group and the Talk Time option is enabled, a call record is created
in the same way that it is for other incoming calls to this type of group.
Transfer
If a call received on a line/trunk is transferred to a VMI port, the direct
inside access mode code is sent. The call is treated as a transferred call,
and the caller hears the greeting assigned for callers within the system.
You can program any calling group, calling group member, or extension
as a VMS transfer redirect extension. If the extension is a QCC, the VMS
forwards the transfer redirect call to the QCC as a returning call and
places it in the QCC queue.
If a transferred caller gets no answer and returns to the system operator,
the operator has no indication of the origin of the call.