Vms Cover (F15); Considerations; Programming - Avaya PARTNER Installation And Use Manual

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PARTNER Advanced Communications System Installation, Programming, and Use

VMS Cover (F15)

Use this feature to program a button to turn VMS Cover on and off, routing unanswered intercom
and transferred calls for users extensions to the Call Answer Service of the voice messaging
system after the specified number of rings (factory setting is three rings). You must have a voice
messaging system to use VMS Cover, and you can use it only from a system telephone.

Considerations

Program VMS Cover on a button with lights.
VMS Cover does not apply to coverage calls, forwarded calls, group calls, parked calls,
transfer-return calls, Voice Interrupt On Busy calls, or voice-signaled calls.
If Automatic VMS Cover is assigned to an extension, that extension normally is covered by
the voice messaging system. For greater flexibility, you can program a VMS Cover button to
turn coverage on and off as needed. Once a VMS Cover button is programmed, you must use
the button to turn VMS Cover on and off even though Automatic VMS Cover is assigned.
VMS Cover also applies to outside calls on lines assigned ownership with Line Coverage
Extension.
Use VMS Cover Rings to change the number of times intercom and transferred calls or
outside calls on lines assigned ownership ring at extensions before they are sent to the voice
messaging system.
A user can turn on VMS Cover while a call is ringing to send that call immediately to his or her
voice mailbox.
Users with VMS Cover already turned on can activate Do Not Disturb to Send All Calls
immediately to their voice mailboxes.
If an extension has VMS Cover and Call Coverage active, calls ring at the covering extension
for the specified number of Call Coverage Rings. If the covering extension does not answer,
the call is routed to the voice mailbox of the extension that activated Call Coverage after the
specified number of VMS Cover Rings.
If an extension has VMS Cover and Call Forwarding active, calls ring at the Call Forwarding
destination extension; they are not covered by the voice messaging system.

Programming

To program a VMS Cover button:
f00
1. Press
2. Press a programmable button with lights.
f15
3. Press
4. Program another button for this extension, or exit programming mode.

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