System Answering Machine - Avaya PARTNER ACS Installation And Use Manual

System Answering Machine

One or more answering machines can serve the entire system (see
machine can cover all the lines in the system or as many lines as you assign to it. You can install
the answering machine on an extension by itself or combine it with a telephone on the same
extension (see "Combination Extensions" on page
Lines
PARTNER
Figure 9-3. System Answering Machines
To Retrieve Messages
Do one of the following to retrieve messages:
Go to the machine to manually play back messages.
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From any system extension, make an intercom call to the answering machine extension. When
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the machine answers, dial its message retrieval code.
From outside the system, call in on any line assigned to the machine. When the machine
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answers, dial its message retrieval code. When you call from the outside, you can retrieve
messages only from the first machine that answers.
To Program
To program the system for an answering machine:
1. Do one of the following:
If you use only one answering machine, do one of the following:
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– If extension X is a key extension, use Line Assignment (#301) to assign all the lines
to extension X that you want the answering machine to cover.
Telephone
(optional)
Ext. Message
Intercom Intercom
ABC DEF
+ Feature 1 2 3
GHI JKL MNO
– Conf
4 5 6
Mic Transfr PQRS TUV WXYZ
HFAI 7 8 9
Spkr Hold #
* 0
ACS
Ext X
ANS
MACH
Single
Machine
Using Auxiliary Equipment
Figure
9-2).
Lines
CONTROL
UNIT
9-3). The answering
ANS
Ext X
MACH
1
ANS
Ext Y
MACH
2
More Than
One Machine
Answering Machines
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