AT&T MERLIN LEGEND Release 4.0 Feature Reference page 505

Feature Reference
Personalized Ringing Options
Personalized Ringing options allow the user to select one of eight different
ringing patterns for his or her telephone, making it easier to distinguish its ring
from other telephones. (Pattern #1 is the factory setting.) The user hears the
personalized ringing pattern as the long part of the distinctive ring for an inside,
outside, returning transfer, or callback call, described in the next section.
Distinctive Ringing
Distinctive ringing allows users to identify the type or origin of an incoming call.
The system identifies calls with the distinctive ringing patterns listed in Table 37.
These patterns cannot be changed.
Table 37. Distinctive Ringing
Call Type
MLX*
Inside 1 long ring
Outside 1 long ring +
1 short ring
Transferred 1 long ring +
outside call or 2 short rings
returning Transfer
Returning 1 long ring +
callback call 3 short rings
(priority ring)
* Includes Direct-Line Consoles.
NOTE:
The long ring is the Personalized Ringing pattern selected for the telephone.
Considerations and Constraints
Transfer returns ring repeatedly until answered, regardless of the Abbreviated
Ring setting for the telephone.
When one of the eight personalized ringing patterns is selected, either through
extension programming or centralized telephone programming, the person
programming the option hears the ring selected. In Release 2.0 and later, an
MLX display telephone user must select
store the selection. After choosing
The personalized ringing pattern selected for each extension is not shown on
system programming reports.
Telephone Type
Analog Single-Line
Multiline*
1 long ring 1 ring
1 short ring + 2 rings
1 long ring
2 short rings + 3 short rings
1 long ring
2 short rings + 3 short rings
1 long ring
from the display to confirm and
Enter
the user again hears the selected ring.
Enter,
QCC
1 ring
2 rings
1 ring
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Ringing Options