Lucent Technologies Definity Enterprise Communication Server 8.2 User Manual

Issue 1

April 2000

Features and technical reference 

1371

Hunt Groups 

If Call Coverage is provided, the Don’t Answer interval (one to 99 ringing cycles) 
may also begin when the call enters the queue. After these intervals begin, one of 
the following occurs:

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If the Don’t Answer interval expires before the delay announcement 
interval expires, the call redirects to coverage.

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If no coverage point is available to handle the call, the call remains in 
queue and may connect to the delay announcement.

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If the delay announcement interval expires before the Don’t Answer 
interval, the call connects to a delay announcement. If the announcement is 
already in use, the delay announcement interval is reset.

This process continues until the call is answered, goes to coverage, connects to an 
announcement, or ends because the caller hangs up.

If you set the delay announcement interval to 0 seconds, a call automatically 
connects to the announcement. The result is a “forced first announcement.” In this 
case, the call does not connect to a hunt-group member until after the 
announcement. The caller does not hear music.

If a call redirects to another hunt group via Call Coverage, the caller does not hear 
either hunt group’s forced first announcement. However, the caller may hear the 
first or second announcement of the covering hunt group.

Delay announcements may be analog, aux-trunk, or integrated (digital). For an 
analog or aux-trunk announcement, callers who enter the queue hear the 
associated announcement the next time the system plays it. Callers who enter the 
queue after the announcement begins do not hear it until it starts again. For an 
integrated announcement, multiple callers can be connected to the same 
announcement at different times, depending on the availability of ports. Refer to 

‘‘Recording announcements’’ on page 368

 for more information.

Assume that a hunt group has the following parameters.

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Queue length is 10 calls.

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Queue warning level is 5 calls.

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Recorded announcement delay is 20 seconds.

All hunt-group members are busy. A call enters the queue as the fifth call, which 
causes the queue warning level lamp to light. Hunt-group members see the lamp 
and try to quickly complete their present calls. Meanwhile, the call waits in the 
queue for 20 seconds and hears the recorded announcement. When a hunt-group