Lucent Technologies MERLIN LEGEND Release 6.1 Feature Reference page 888

MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 6.1
Feature Reference 555-661-110
I Applications
MERLIN MAIL and MERLIN LEGEND Mail
Considerations and Constraints
The MERLIN MAIL and MERLIN LEGEND Mail VMSs are available in 2-port,
4-port, and 6-port configurations. The 2-port and 4-port configurations have 6
hours of message storage capacity, and the 6-port configuration has 10 hours of
message storage capacity.
The size of a subscriber's mailbox—that is, the total amount of storage for all the
messages it can hold—is variable. Available options are 5, 10, or 15 minutes; 5-,
10-, or 60-minute total storage is available for mailboxes.
Callers with rotary telephones whose calls are answered by the Automated
Attendant Touch-Tone Gate cannot use the features of the MERLIN MAIL or
MERLIN LEGEND Mail VMS. The application should be set up to direct these
calls to the system operator during business hours.
Each Automated Attendant answers calls immediately (immediate call handling)
or after a delay (delayed call handling).
You program the VMS with a touch-tone telephone. To support remote
diagnostics, the MERLIN MAIL VMS is equipped with an RS-232 serial port and
an external remote maintenance device (modem). The MERLIN LEGEND Mail
VMS is equipped with a 9-pin RS-232 serial port and a 1,200-baud internal remote
maintenance device.
You should assign Disallowed Lists to the VMI ports that connect to MERLIN MAIL
or to MERLIN LEGEND Mail voice messaging systems. Restrict or toll-restrict the
VMI ports and then assign Allowed Lists as necessary. This prevents toll calls
from being dialed through the VMS and permits the application to call out only to
the area codes or numbers you specify. If Automatic Route Selection is being
used, apply the appropriate Facility Restriction Levels. See MERLIN MAIL Voice
Messaging System Release 3 Planning, Installation, and Use for more details.
You cannot use MERLIN MAIL or MERLIN LEGEND Mail VMS with Lucent
Technologies Attendant.
Feature Interactions
Centralized Voice
Messaging
Coverage
Centralized Voice Messaging can be used with MERLIN LEGEND Mail
but not with MERLIN MAIL.
Use system programming to assign all extensions that need coverage to
a coverage group. The system does not do this automatically. It assigns
the VMS ports to a calling group and designates the VMS as the
coverage receiver for the coverage group.
Subscribers can program their telephones so that only outside calls are
sent to coverage.
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