Cisco 7960 User Manual page 67

the attendant leaves the office and wants the automated attendant to answer calls.
You can switch to the "night" or "after hours" mode during the day or to the "day"
mode after hours.
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These modes are defined by the service provider and can be configured for
different time periods. When the system is in Day mode and has not been manuall
switched, there is no label on the phone display. If the system is in Night mode or
the Night button has been used to change the mode (either from Day to Night or
Night to Day), the word Night appears on the phone display.
Pressing the Night button to change modes will briefly display a message of the
selected mode. The easy way to tell which mode is active is:
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The Night feature has three states – normal, temporary or permanent, which are
changed when the Night button is pressed. The states are shown on the phone
display as follows:
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These modes are defined by the service provider and can be configured for
different time periods.
The following table shows how to activate the various states of Night mode.
State
Normal
Temporary
(*Night)
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"Day" mode (or Mode 1) is defined by default as Monday - Friday, 8:00
am to 5:00 pm.
"Night" mode (Mode 2) is defined by default as Monday - Friday, 5:01 pm
- 7:59 am and all day Saturday and Sunday.
If "Night" shows during the Day mode period, Night has been activated.
If "Night" shows during the Night mode period, Day has been activated.
Normal = no stars (this means the display is blank in Day mode and
shows Night in Night mode
Temporary = one star in front of the word Night (this applies whether the
mode was changed from Day to Night or Night to Day)
Permanent = two stars in front of the word Night (this applies whether the
mode was changed from Day to Night or Night to Day)
Activation
Default state, no
activation
required
Press the Night
button once.
Definition
Routes calls
appropriately based on
the time-of-day and day-
of-week.
Changes the mode, but
will automatically revert
back to the Normal state
at the next change in the
time-of-day/day-of-week
schedule.
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Example
Monday-Friday 8-5,
calls go to attendant's
phone. All other times,
calls are answered by
auto-attendant.
Attendant leaves early
Monday and activates
Night mode. The
system automatically
returns to normal at 8
a.m. Tuesday morning.
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