AT&T MERLIN LEGEND Release 4.0 Feature Reference page 28

Feature Reference
Basic Rate Interface
Callback
Conference
Coverage
Digital Data Calls
Display
Forward and
Follow Me
Remote Access
SMDR
Speed Dial
Transfer
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Account Code Entry/Forced Account Code Entry
Enter an account code at an extension assigned to a BRI line before the
call is made or during the call.
If the SMDR feature is not enabled to record incoming calls, the system
does not accept Account Code Entry information for incoming calls.
Enter an account code before activating Callback. Otherwise, the
account code cannot be entered until after the call connects. Account
codes cannot be entered while the call is queued.
Enter a separate account code for each outside call added to a
conference. An account code does not carry over to other calls made at
the same time.
When answering calls on a Primary Cover, Secondary Cover, or Group
Cover button, a receiver cannot enter an account code. The account
code must be entered from the sender's telephone. (If the receiver tries
to enter an account code, no error tone sounds, but the account code
does not appear on the SMDR printout.) Because Cover buttons are not
required when the Queued Call Console (QCC) queue is programmed
as a receiver for a coverage group, a QCC system operator can enter
account codes and they will appear on the SMDR printout.
Since desktop video systems do not support a # as the first digit of a
call, Account Code Entry cannot be entered for calls made by a
desktop video system.
When the Account Code Entry feature is activated, the
on the display prompts the user to enter the account code. The account
code digits are shown next to the prompt as they are dialed.
Extensions assigned Forced Account Code Entry can forward calls only
to extensions and not to outside numbers. The user hears a fast busy
signal if he or she tries to forward a call to an outside number.
Account codes cannot be entered on calls made using Remote Access.
The account code is printed in the ACCOUNT field of the SMDR record.
If SMDR is programmed for outgoing calls only, an account code
cannot be entered for an incoming call.
Personal Speed Dial or System Speed Dial cannot be used to dial
account codes because the
an exit from the Account Code Entry feature.
When a call is transferred, the destination extension cannot change an
account code entered at the originating extension.
used to access the speed dialing signals
message