Lucent Technologies MERLIN Plus Release 2 System Manual page 31

BUTTON-FREE LINE
OPERATION
AUTOMATIC LINE
SELECTION SEQUENCE
LINE ASSIGNMENTS FOR
ASA FEATURES
2-14 Line Assignments Form
You can use this option to assign outside lines to a voice terminal without
assigning them to specific line buttons. This feature is useful for 5-Button and
10-Button voice terminals so that buttons are available for programmable
features. You can also select either the immediate ring or no ring option with
Button-Free Line Operation.
Immediate Ring
Those people with primary responsibility for answering calls coming in on a
shared line should have that line administered for immediate ring.
No Ring
For voice terminals located in public places, such as lobbies and conference
rooms, so they do not ring for outside calls.
In the bottom row for ringing options of each appropriate intercom number. . .
Circle the "I" or "N" if the line will be Button-Free, assigned to the voice
terminal but not to a specific line button.
When you touch Speakerphone or lift the voice terminal handset to make an
outside call, the system automatically scans the outside telephone lines in the
order in which they appear on your voice terminal's line buttons until it finds a
free line for your call. For example, if your voice terminal has the original line
assignments, the system gives you Line A, if it's free, when you touch
Speakerphone or lift the handset. If Line A is busy, the system tries Line B,
and so on in alphabetical order until it finds a free line for your call. Likewise, if
your voice terminal has customized line assignments, the system will search for
a free line following the customized sequence.
In most cases, you probably want a voice terminal's automatic line selection
sequence to be the same as the sequence in which the lines appear on the voice
terminal's line buttons. If, however, you want a special automatic line selection
sequence for a voice terminal, you can program that sequence when you
administer the system's outside lines.
A special automatic line selection sequence for a voice terminal can
NOTE:
contain any or all of the lines that appear on the voice terminal's
line buttons.
Four ASA features require the assignment of at least one incoming line on which
you want to use the feature. These features are: Call Forwarding (CF), Direct
Extension Dialing (DXD), Remote Line Access (RLA), and System Answer
(SA). Call Forwarding also requires the assignment of at least one outgoing line.
Call Forwarding (CF)
This ASA feature connects incoming calls on assigned lines to the Voice
Synthesis Processor (VSP) so that callers hear a prerecorded message before
calls are forwarded to the designated number. The CF feature requires the
assignment of at least one incoming line and one outgoing line. They cannot be
the same line.