Lucent Technologies 4.1 User Manual

This System Programming procedure specifies the number of times (0–9) an
incoming call should ring before it is answered by the Automatic System Answer
feature.

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After a call is answered, Automatic System Answer plays a greeting then

either places the call on hold, provides continuous ringing, or disconnects

Automatic System Answer affects incoming calls only on lines identified

You must program a button on the system display phone at extension 10 to
turn Automatic System Answer on and off. Use Automatic System Answer

Button (#111) to program the button.

You must use Automatic System Answer Record/Playback to record the
greeting callers hear when the system answers an incoming call.

You can set SMDR Talk Time (#611) to Active to include the Talk field on
call reports. For an incoming outside call answered by Automatic System
Answer, this field shows the call duration minus the time the greeting played
and the caller waited for someone to answer the call.

If you use Caller ID, make sure Automatic System Answer Delay is set to 2

rings or more to ensure that Caller ID information is captured.

This feature works independently of Line Ringing, which determines how an
outside call rings at the extension—immediately, after a 20 second delay, or not
at all, Automatic System Answer Delay specifies the number of rings a caller
hears before the system answers the call.

0–9 (0 rings = answered immediately)
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To change the number of times an incoming call rings at extension 10 before the
system answers it:

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Press [

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To change the number of rings, press [

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displays—see “Valid Entries” above.

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Select another procedure or exit programming mode.

Automatic System Answer Delay (#110)