Contact Closure (F41 And F42); Considerations; Programming - Avaya PARTNER Advanced Communications System Installation And Use Manual

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Contact Closure (F41 and F42)

The system can drive an optional Contact Closure Adjunct with two Contact Closures to
operate auxiliary devices such as electronic door locks. If the System Administrator has assigned
your extension to a Contact Closure Group for one or both of these Contact Closures, you can
activate the Contact Closure from your telephone. This way you can open an electric door lock or
activate other electronic devices by entering the feature code or pressing the programmed
Contact Closure button.

Considerations

f41
Program
of the Contact Closures. The button's green light lights when the Contact Closure is
activated by you, and the red light lights when the Contact Closure is activated by another
user in that Contact Closure Group. The light turns off when the Contact Closure is
deactivated.
Before you can activate a Contact Closure, your extension must be assigned to the Contact
Closure Group for that Contact Closure.
Use Contact Closure Operation Type to specify how long the Contact Closure remains
active when activated.
If the Contact Closure Operation Type is set to Toggle, one user can activate the Contact
Closure and another user can deactivate it, provided both users are included in the Contact
Closure Group for that Contact Closure.
When the Contact Closure Operation Type is set to Toggle, if a user activates the Contact
Closure (so that the toggle is On) and then a power failure occurs, the toggle automatically
changes to Off as a security measure.
If you plan to use a Contact Closure to control a door lock, you may also want to install a
doorphone at that door. Use Doorphone Extension to identify the extension to which the
doorphone is connected, and Doorphone Alert Extensions to identify the extensions that
signal when the doorphone button is pressed. You can assign some or all of the Doorphone
Alert extensions to a Contact Closure Group, so that users at those extensions can control
the door lock.
You can use this feature while using Call Screening (F25).

Programming

To program a Contact Closure button:
f00
1. Press
2. Press a programmable button, preferably one with lights.
f41
3. Press
4. Program another button for this extension, or exit programming mode.

Contact Closure (F41 and F42)

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f42
and/or
.
(for Contact Closure 1) or
8
8
on buttons with lights so you can monitor the status
8
f42
(for Contact Closure 2).