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Configuring a Call Coverage Point
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Call Forward, Fall Back to Coverage feature, a forwarded call that is 
not answered at the forwarding destination falls back to your 
extension's coverage. This call coverage point must be either voice 
mail or Auto Attendant (the call cannot fall back to another 
extension or to no coverage; see 
For example, a call to extension A gets forwarded to extension B if 
extension A is busy. Extension A has also enabled the Fall Back 
option. Extension A receives a call that gets forwarded to extension 
B. However, extension B is also busy. Instead of sending the call to 
extension B's coverage point or call forwarding destination, VCX 
returns the call to extension A's voice mail or Auto Attendant.
You can configure the Call Forward, Fall Back to Coverage feature 
through the VCX User Interface only. This feature cannot be configured 
through the Telephone User Interface.
To set up call forwarding, log in to the VCX User Interface, select the 
Calling Features option, then access the Call Forwarding tabbed page. 
Enable the appropriate forwarding conditions and click Save.
If you configure and enable any call forwarding option through the VCX 
User Interface, the option becomes effective immediately. 
Your administrator may prevent you from configuring Call Forward All, 
Call Forward Ring No Answer, or Call Forward Busy to an external (outside 
the enterprise) number. See your administrator for information.
Configuring a Call 
Coverage Point
A call coverage point determines how the VCX system treats an 
unanswered call. A call is considered unanswered for the following 
reasons:
The call rings and is not answered before the call coverage ring 
timeout value is reached. The default timeout value is 20 seconds. 
Note that any enabled Call Forward settings take precedence over Call 
Coverage Point settings. Furthermore, the Call Forward - Ring No 
Answer feature also has a ring timeout value. The default timeout 
value for this feature is 15 seconds. The Ring No Answer timeout value 
has priority over the call coverage timeout value. If the Ring No 
Answer timeout value is greater than the call coverage timeout value, 
the call coverage timer is ignored so the call can be forwarded to the 
Call Forward destination.