Lucent Technologies 5 User Manual

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MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 5.0
System Manager’s Guide  
555-650-118  
Issue 1
June 1997
Managing the System 
Page 6-54
Changing Coverage Delay Options 
6
Planning Guidelines
6
When you plan cover delays, consider whether the sender is part of a coverage 
group or not. If the sender is covered by only individuals, delays are fairly easy to 
plan, depending on whether the sender never plans to answer calls or plans to 
answer them when he or she is at the extension.
When Group Coverage is used in conjunction with Individual Coverage, calls 
should ring first at receivers for Individual Coverage. Consider the following 
factors before setting the Group Coverage Ring Delay for an extension:
If only Primary Coverage is programmed for the sender and any receiver’s 
Primary Cover buttons are set to Delay Ring, make sure the value for each 
sender’s Group Coverage Ring Delay (1–9 rings) is higher than the 
Primary Cover Ring Delay (1–6 rings).
If both Primary and Secondary Coverage are programmed for a sender 
and all the receivers’ Cover buttons are set for Immediate Ring, the Group 
Coverage Ring Delay should be greater than the higher of these two 
values: the Primary Cover Ring Delay or the 2-ring fixed Secondary Cover 
Delay Interval. 
If both Primary and Secondary Cover buttons are programmed for a sender 
and any receiver’s Primary and/or Secondary Cover buttons are 
programmed for Delay Ring, make the value higher than either the Primary 
Cover Ring Delay or the fixed Secondary Cover Delay Interval (two rings), 
plus the Secondary Cover Ring Delay (1–6 rings), whichever is greater.
NOTE:
Coverage senders can control the way calls are covered using 
programmed buttons. For more information, see 
, and the 
Feature Reference
.
Valid Entries
Group Coverage Ring Delay: 1 to 9 rings
Primary Cover Ring Delay: 1 to 6 rings
Secondary Cover Ring Delay: 1 to 6 rings
Task List: Changing Coverage Ring Delays
6
o
Obtain Form 7c, Group Coverage, if necessary. As appropriate, obtain the 
form(s) for individual telephones: Forms 4b, 4d, 4e, 4f, 5a, 5b, or 5c.
o
Read “Coverage” in the 
Feature Reference
 for detailed information about 
these settings.
o
Plan changes using the planning guidelines above; record the new values 
on the form(s).
o
Open the System Programming menu from the console or a PC with SPM.