Answering Incoming Calls; Answering Calls With An Answering Machine - Command Communications ComSwitch 8500-t Operator's Manual

Answering Incoming Calls

When the CS8500-t answers a call and does not detect any signal, the call will be routed to the ANS.
MACHINE or PHONE port.
NOTE: Extension phones not connected directly to the CS8500-t will ring only 1 time when the CS8500-t
answers the call (2 times if Caller ID is turned ON).
You can answer incoming calls from an extension phone or from a phone device connected to the ANS.
MACHINE or PHONE port. You can then conduct the call normally, for as long as you like.
1. If, after answering a call, you hear silence on the line, the call is likely coming from a fax that does
not produce a CNG tone. Simply transfer the call to the FAX port by entering
a touch-tone phone.
2. To transfer a manual fax call to the FAX port, press
3. To transfer calls to the TTY/TDD port, press

Answering Calls with an Answering Machine

If using an answering machine, the caller can leave a message and/or transfer their call to the FAX or
TTY/TDD port.
We recommend that you use your answering machine announcement message to provide callers with
instructions for transferring their calls. Following is a sample announcement message that you may wish
to use:
"Hello, this is ________. If you wish to send a fax, press
leave a message at the tone. If you wish to reach the TTY, please call from your TTY machine.
NOTE: Callers cannot transfer a call to the FAX port from a pulse dialing phone.
NOTE: FAX calls that do not produce a CNG tone will transfer to your answering machine. To allow the
CS8500-t to transfer these calls to the FAX port, program the CS8500-t as follows.
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from a touch-tone phone.
from a touch-tone phone.
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