Lucent Technologies 8.2 User Manual

Issue 1

April 2000

Features and technical reference 

1378

Intercom 

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You can assign any type of phone to an intercom group. However, only 
multiappearance phones can make and receive intercom calls. Single-line 
phones can only receive intercom calls. Multiappearance phones must have 
at least one open or available call appearance to receive intercom calls.

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Phones receiving an intercom call make a unique alerting sound. If the 
phone has an intercom button with a status lamp, the lamp flashes.

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You can administer an automatic intercom connection between 2 phones 
even if their classes of restriction don’t allow other calls between them.

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Bridged Appearances

Bridged appearances can’t receive intercom calls.

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Call Coverage

Intercom calls do not follow a coverage path unless the caller activates Go 
To Cover.

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Call Forwarding

Intercom calls cannot be forwarded off-net.

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Call Pickup/Directed Call Pickup

Intercom calls are not included in the call pickup alerting count.

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Data Privacy and Data Restriction

Extensions with either of these features active cannot originate intercom 
calls.

Refer to 

‘‘Using phones as intercoms’’ on page 385

 to administer intercom 

capabilities on phones.