AT&T MERLIN LEGEND Release 4.0 Feature Reference page 27

Feature Reference
NOTE:
Account codes cannot be entered with System Speed Dial or Personal Speed
Dial, because pressing
entry.
If Account Code Entry is assigned to a button, the LED flashes when you lift the
handset and attempt an outside call. On MLX display telephones, the feature
name appears on the display. Enter the account code, press the programmed
Account Code Entry button (the green LED goes from flashing to on), select the
outside line, and proceed with the call.
Single-Line Telephones
Single-line telephones in Behind Switch mode by default cannot use Account
Code Entry or Forced Account Code Entry. If this feature is to be used, the
single-line telephone must be programmed through Idle Line Preference to
select an SA or ICOM button so that the user hears internal dial tone when the
handset is lifted for an outgoing call.
Single-line telephones must have touch-tone dialing to use the Account Code
Entry feature.
When a single-line telephone user hears internal dial tone, the user can activate
the feature by dialing
Single-line telephone users cannot enter account codes by using System Speed
Dial or Personal Speed Dial because these features are activated by dialing .
Pressing completes the entry of an account code and cannot also be used to
activate the Speed Dial features.
Feature Interactions
Authorization Code
Auto Dial
Automatic Line
Selection
Automatic Route
Selection
to activate speed dial completes the account code
.
If an account code is not entered, the ACCOUNT field of the SMDR
printout contains the authorization code used to obtain restriction
privileges. If an account code is entered at any time during a call, the
account code is stored in the SMDR record.
Frequently used account code numbers can be programmed onto
outside Auto Dial buttons.
A single-line telephone user can only enter account codes if Automatic
Line Selection is programmed to select an SA or ICOM button when the
user lifts the handset.
When ARS is used on the system, enter an account code before or after
dialing the telephone number. If Forced Account Code Entry is
assigned, enter the code before dialing the ARS dial-out code.
Account Code Entry/Forced Account Code Entry
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