NEC NEAX 2000 Programming Manual page 990

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GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This service feature provides for the automatic release of a station from the common equipment when
it has remained off-hook for longer than the usual interval before dialling. The system may be pro-
grammed to return a HOWLER TONE to the station in the LINE LOCKOUT mode.
STATION APPLICATION
All stations
OPERATING PROCEDURE
For LINE LOCKOUT:
1. Station user goes off-hook and receives Dial Tone.
2. If, after approximately 12 seconds, the station user has not initiated dialling, he receives Reorder
Tone.
3. After 30 seconds of Reorder Tone, the station is automatically placed into the LINE LOCKOUT
state.
4. Upon replacing the handset, the station is released from the LINE LOCKOUT state and operation
returns to normal.
For LINE LOCKOUT with HOWLER TONE:
1. Station user goes off-hook and receives Dial Tone.
2. If, after approximately 12 seconds, the station user has not initiated dialling, he receives Reorder
Tone.
3. After 30 seconds of Reorder Tone, a HOWLER TONE is sent to the station.
4. Upon replacing the handset, the station is released from the HOWLER TONE state and operation
returns to normal.
SERVICE CONDITIONS
1. A station in the LINE LOCKOUT state can neither receive nor originate calls.
2. The Attendant cannot activate any feature to a station in the LINE LOCKOUT state.
3. After 30 seconds of Reorder Tone, the station is automatically placed into LINE LOCKOUT.
4. HOWLER TONE can be provided or denied on a station basis.
5. When a station has been in LINE LOCKOUT, the associated LED on the DSS CONSOLE flashes red
at 30 IPM.
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LINE LOCKOUT
ND-91285-001(E)
DECEMBER, 1999