Bridged Access - AT&T SYSTEM 25 Manual

This feature applies to multiline voice terminals only.
The Bridging feature allows a multiline voice terminal user to handle calls on a BRIDGED
ACCESS (BA) button associated with a SYSTEM ACCESS (SA) button on another multiline
station (the principal station). The BA button can be used to cover or join calls in progress on
the associated SA button. The bridging feature meets the needs of executive/secretary-type
arrangements where both parties place and receive calls on the same extension numbers.
It is recommended that each SA button on a principal station have a corresponding BA
button on the bridging station. With this arrangement, the bridging user can track all calls
coming to the principal's SA buttons. Up to 16 people can have a BA button for the same
SA button on the principal station.
The bridging feature applies only to calls appearing on the SA buttons of a
NOTE:
principal station. Calls on AUTO ICOM, PERS LINE, DSS, and FLEX DSS buttons
are not accessible from a BA button.
Although a BA button can be assigned to any programmable feature button on a bridging
station, it does not take the place of an SA button. The SA buttons on the bridging station
can be bridged by other stations.
A bridging station user is able to originate calls using BA buttons and can answer calls for the
principal. The bridging user can also enter existing calls on bridged appearances by simply
going off-hook on the BA button, unless Exclusion has been activated or the maximum of five
active parties on a call has been reached.
Many features can be used with bridged calls; operation is no different from calls on other
buttons. For example, Hold, Conference, and Transfer can be used from a BA button just
as they would be used from an SA button. If a station goes off-hook on a BA button and
dials a number, the call is completed according to the bridging station's restrictions and
characteristics, not the principal station's.
The System Administrator can set the BA button to ring in any of the following ways:
Ring immediately whenever a call rings at the principal's SA button
Start ringing after a predetermined number of rings on the principal's SA button
(delayed ring)
Not ring at all

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