Automatic Day/Night Mode - Panasonic DBS 576 Technical Manual

Chapter 3. System Features
Considerations
• Day and Night modes can be assigned to FF keys on a phone. You can switch between Day 1,
Day 2, and Night modes simply by pressing the appropriate key. The FF key lights red when the
System is in the assigned mode.
• With CPC version 2.0 and later - Day 1/Day 2/Night toggle mode key can be assigned. Pressing
the key toggles between modes. When in Day 1 mode, the FF key LED is not lit. When in Day 2
mode, the LED lights green. When in Night mode, the LED lights red.
• Prior to CPC version 2.0 - Day 1/Night toggle mode key can be assigned. Pressing the key
toggles between modes. When in Day mode, the FF key LED is not lit. When in Night mode, the
LED lights red.

Automatic Day/Night Mode

You can set the System to automatically enter a particular Day/Night mode determined by the time of
day. Each day of the month can be assigned
patterns can be set to change modes up to
You can also define Special Days of the Month in which you assign one of the three schedule patterns.
Up to 20 holidays (special
You can also define extended holidays
extended periods of time,
if an office is shut down for the week of July 4th, the System can be programmed to not operate in the
automatic mode for those days. The mode may be manually changed at any time.
For instance, the System can be set to automatically enter Day 1 mode at 8:00 a.m. on weekdays and
enter Night mode at 5:00 p.m. on weekdays. All incoming calls, TRS and attendant group handling
would change accordingly. On Saturday and Sunday, the System would stay in Night mode.
The Automatic Day/Night modes may be set in User Maintenance. See "Schedule Day/Night System
Mode - for Days of Week" on page 4-13,
"Schedule Day/Night System Mode - for Holidays" on page 4-18,
- for Extended Holidays" on page 4-23.
Hardware Requirements
• N/A
Related Programming
• N/A
Considerations
• You can only set Automatic Day/Night modes on a system-wide basis. If tenant groups require
separate Day/Night modes, you must set these modes manually.
• You can manually override Automatic Day/Night modes (see "Manual Day/Night Mode" on
page 3-24).
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one of
five times per day.
days) can be programmed with up to 5 automatic mode changes for the day.
(Exception
and automatically assigning Night Mode during those
"Schedule Special Days of the Month" on page
DBS 576 (USA) issued April 2002
three automatic system mode patterns. Each of the
Days) for overriding the automatic mode for
and "Schedule Night System Mode
Section 700 - Operation
periods. For instance,
4-16,
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