Auto Answer Intercom - AT&T MERLIN LEGEND System Reference Manual

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Auto Answer Intercom

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Queued Call Console
Ringing Options
2-26 Auto Answer All
When Auto Answer All is used, all voice announcements (including Voice
Announce to Busy) should be disabled because the device connected to the
GPA cannot answer voice-announced calls.
Feature codes cannot be used to activate or deactivate Auto Answer All.
Only analog multiline telephones and analog DLCs can use or be
programmed for Auto Answer All.
Both Auto Answer All and Auto Answer Intercom can be programmed on an
analog multiline telephone, but they cannot be used at the same time.
Auto Answer All should be used instead of Auto Answer Intercom to allow an
answering device to answer intercom calls. Using Auto Answer Intercom can
cause intercom calls to be dropped.
Auto Answer All cannot be used with an optional Hands Free Unit (HFU).
Occasionally a second alert (or zip) tone may sound on incoming or intercom
calls. This is normal.
Both Auto Answer All and Auto Answer Intercom can be programmed on the
same telephone, but they cannot be used at the same time.
Auto Answer All is used when a receiver with an analog multiline telephone
wants Individual or Group Coverage calls answered by an answering machine
connected to the telephone.
An answering device connected to an analog multiline telephone can answer
forwarded calls when Auto Answer All is activated.
Members in a calling group with analog multiline telephones can use Auto
Answer All when an answering machine is connected to their telephones. When
the feature is activated, all incoming calls ringing on the calling group member's
telephone, both calls for the calling group and calls to the member's own
extension, are answered automatically by the answering machine.
Auto Answer All cannot be programmed on a QCC.
The analog multiline telephone user selects the lines to be answered by the
device connected on a GPA by programming each line to be answered for
Immediate or Delayed Ring and programming the lines not to be answered for
No Ring. If the user wants the device to answer only inside calls, all personal
lines (outside lines assigned to buttons on the telephone) must be programmed
for No Ring.