Using Telephones For Special Features; Special Feature Telephones - Nortel BCM50 2.0 Configuration Manual

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Using telephones for special features

You can program telephones and devices to perform specific feature services, such as dialing an
emergency number as soon as the handset is picked up, or acting as the control set for the system
schedules. ("Special feature telephones" on page 229
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Special feature telephones

The following are telephones that are specifically programmed to perform a system operation.
Hotline telephone
You can define a telephone that automatically dials an emergency or direct number when the
handset is lifted.
Setting up the hotline
Configuration > Telephony > Sets > Active Sets > Capabilities and Preferences tab >
Preferences - bottom tab
Setting up the hotline for analog telephones
See also:
• "Line Assignment tab" on page 46
• "Assigning a pause for external dialing for data devices" on page 122
Control telephone
The control telephone allows you to control other telephones in the system by turning service
schedules off and on.
Defining a control telephone
You can define a control set for lines, individual telephones, and for hunt groups.
Configuration > Telephony > Lines > Active Physical Lines > Control Set column
Configuration > Telephony > Sets > Active Sets > Capabilities and Preferences tab
Also refer to:
• "System schedule settings and services scheduling" on page 29
restriction and routing schedule features)
• "Creating ring groups" on page 97
231)
and "Setting up a central answering
(analog devices)
(setting common features and
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