Lucent Technologies 4.1 User Manual

This System Programming procedure lets you automatically route an extension’s
unanswered intercom and transferred calls to the Call Answer Service of the
voice messaging system after a specified number of rings (default for all system
extensions is three rings), so callers can leave a message.

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To manually change an extension’s VMS Cover state, users can program the
VMS Cover feature on a button with lights. Users can then press the VMS

Cover button to activate the feature (green light on) or deactivate the feature
(green light off). (If Automatic VMS Cover is Assigned at an extension, the
green light is lit automatically after programming the VMS Cover button to

indicate that VMS Cover is currently active. If this is the case, and the VMS

Cover button is pressed, the feature is deactivated. To activate VMS Cover
again, you must press the button.)

Automatic VMS Cover also applies to outside calls on lines assigned
ownership with Line Coverage Extension (#208).

Use VMS Cover Rings (#117) to change the number of times intercom and

transferred calls or outside calls on lines assigned ownership ring at all
system extensions before they are sent to the voice messaging system.

Users with Automatic VMS Cover turned on can activate Do Not Disturb to
Send All Calls immediately to their voice mailbox.

If an extension has Automatic VMS Cover and Call Coverage active, calls
ring at the covering extension after the specified number of Call Coverage
Rings (#116). If the covering extension does not answer, the call is routed

to the voice mailbox of the extension that activated Call Coverage after the
specified amount of VMS cover rings.

If an extension has Automatic VMS Cover and Call Forwarding active, calls
ring at the call forwarding destination extension; they are not covered by the

voice messaging system.

Standard phones and system phones without a programmed VMS Cover button
cannot override this feature once it is assigned to an extension.

1 = Assigned
2 = Not Assigned   

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Automatic VMS Cover (#310)