Lucent Technologies 8.2 User Manual

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DEFINITY ECS Release 8.2
Administrator’s Guide  
555-233-506  
Issue 1
April 2000
Features and technical reference 
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Whisper paging 
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Two features, Do Not Disturb and Privacy — Attendant Lockout, also block 
incoming whisper pages.
Call redirection overrides
If a paged user is not on an active call, a whisper page is converted to a priority 
call that overrides any of the following call redirection features:
Call Forward All Calls
Call Forward Busy
Call Forward Don’t Answer
Send All Calls
Go To Cover
Call Coverage
For example, let’s say Call Forwarding — All Calls is activated on a phone. If 
there are no active calls, a whisper page to that phone will ring at that phone as a 
priority call. For information on blocking incoming whisper pages, refer to 
‘‘Allowing users to block whisper pages’’
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Group answering environments
Whisper paging does not work with extensions assigned to a group answering 
environment. You cannot place a whisper page to the main extension assigned to a 
hunt group, split, skill, or terminating extension group. You cannot place a 
whisper page to any extension that is a member of one of these groups.
Network restrictions
Whisper paging does not work across networks (such as Distributed 
Communication System networks or Electronic Tandem Networks): both the 
paging user and paged user must be on the same switch. 
Speakerphones
When a call is on the speaker, an incoming whisper page is heard over the speaker 
too. When the group listening feature on a 6400-series phone is active, an 
incoming whisper page is heard on both the handset and the speaker.
Interactions
Attendant
Attendants cannot intrude on a whisper page. If an attendant is using 
intrusion to talk to a user, that user cannot receive a whisper page.