AT&T MERLIN LEGEND Release 4.0 Feature Reference page 42

Feature Reference
Telephone Differences
Queued Call Console
The Authorization Code feature cannot be activated on a QCC.
Analog Multiline Telephones
At an analog multiline telephone with a General Purpose Adapter connected to it
and set for Auto operation, you must lift the handset before activating
Authorization Code. Do not use the Spkrphone button.
Single-Line Telephones
On single-line telephones, entry of an authorization code is activated by dialing
. The entry is completed by dialing . Single-line telephones must have
touch-tone dialing and must be programmed through Idle Line Preference
(using centralized telephone programming) to select an SA/ICOM button when
the user picks up the handset or activates the speakerphone.
On a single-line telephone, an authorization code must be entered before
accessing an outside line.
Single-line telephone users cannot enter authorization codes by using a System
Speed Dial or Personal Speed Dial code because these features are activated
by dialing . Pressing
it cannot also be used to activate the speed dial features.
Feature Interactions
Account Code Entry
Automatic Route
Selection
Conference
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Authorization Code
completes the entry of an authorization code, therefore,
If an account code is not entered, the ACCOUNT field of the SMDR
printout contains the authorization code or the "home extension" 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.
If the extension used to make a call is assigned Forced Account Code
Entry, the caller is not forced to enter the account code while using the
Authorization Code feature.
If the home extension is assigned Forced Account Code Entry, the
caller must enter an account code after (or before) entering an
authorization code.
An authorization code must be entered before making dialing the ARS
access code.
You must enter an authorization code before each outside call for a
conference.
You may enter a different authorization code for different outside calls.
This may be useful if different restriction privileges are required for
different outside calls for the conference.