Outside Auto Dial - Lucent Technologies MERLIN Plus Release 2 System Manual

Outside Auto Dial

DESCRIPTION
CONSIDERATIONS
ADMINISTRATION
You can use Outside Auto Dial to dial frequently used numbers and codes with
one touch. These numbers and codes can include telephone numbers, and PBX,
Centrex, or Custom Calling feature codes. You can include up to 16 numbers
and special characters in an Outside Auto Dial sequence.
Any time instructions tell you to dial an outside number, you can touch an
Outside Auto Dial button instead if you have one programmed for the number
you want to dial.
If you want to program an outside auto dial button for an
IMPORTANT:
emergency number such as the police or fire department, the
FCC requires that you test the button to be sure you programmed
it properly only during off-peak hours.
You may need to program a pause, stop, or switchhook flash into an Outside
Auto Dial sequence, or you may need to switch from rotary to Touch-Tone
signals in the middle of a programmed dialing sequence. To do so, you must
enter one or more of the following special characters when you program the
sequence. (For more information about using special characters in a dialing
sequence, see "Special Characters in Dialing Sequences.")
To program a pause, touch Hold.
To program a stop, touch Drop.
To program a switchhook flash at the beginning of a number, touch Recall
and then touch Hold.
To program Touch-Tone Enable, touch Transfer.
Your MERLIN Plus system may work behind a PBX or a Centrex system or you
may want to use Custom Calling features. If so, use the PBX, Centrex, or
Customer Calling features exactly as their instructions describe. However, there
are two important exceptions:
Any PBX, Centrex, or Custom Calling feature code that begins with a "#"
must be preceded by another "#" in order to operate in the MERLIN Plus
system. For example, if PBX, Centrex, or Custom Calling instructions tell
you to dial #1234, you must dial ##1234 in order to use the feature.
If you will be doing this frequently, you may want to program ##on
NOTE:
a button.
When PBX, Centrex, or Custom Calling instructions tell you to include a
switchhook flash, you must touch Recall instead, If you touch the
switchhook, you'll disconnect the call.
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MERLIN Plus System Features
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