Avaya PARTNER Advanced Communications System Installation And Use Manual page 217

The Automatic System Answer Button returns to the status (on/off) it was in before a power
failure occurred or System Reset (#728) was used.
Direct Extension Dial is an alternative system answering feature that lets outside callers dial
an extension or Hunt Group number directly, without the aid of the operator.
Programming
To assign or unassign an Automatic System Answer Button with lights at extension 10:
f00ss#111
1. Press
2. Do one of the following:
If you want to assign Automatic System Answer to the first available button, press
D
until a display similar to the following appears:
ASA Button
1 Assigned - Ext10
If you want to unassign Automatic System Answer, press
to the following appears:
ASA Button
2 Not Assigned (the factory setting) 
If you want to assign Automatic System Answer to a specific button, press
similar to the following appears:
ASA Button
3 Select a Button
Then press a programmable button with lights to assign Automatic System Answer to
that button.
3. Select another procedure, or exit programming mode.
4. Label the Automatic System Answer Button at extension 10.
Using the Automatic System Answer Button
Use the Automatic System Answer Button as a toggle button to turn ASA on or off. When ASA
is on, the green light next to the button is on steady. When ASA is off, the green light goes off.
If you turn Automatic System Answer on when calls are ringing, the calls are answered
immediately by the system. If you turn ASA off when calls are in the process of being answered,
the callers continue to hear the recorded message and are placed on hold.
Operator Features
7
.
D
until a display similar
7
Automatic System Answer Features
3
. A display
7-5