ATT DEFINITY Communications System Generic 3 Instructions Manual

Ringer Cutoff
Issue  3   March 1996
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nCall Forwarding All Calls
If Ringer  Cutoff and  Call Forwarding All Calls are active, the user d oes not 
receive redirect notification, even if the ‘‘redirection notification’’ is 
administered for that extension.
nDistinctive Ringing
Activation of Ringer Cutoff only turns off the ringing of internal and external 
calls. Intercom ringing, Priority ringing and Manual Signaling are not 
turned off by the feature.
nIntercom (Automatic and Dial)
Even if the...

Feature Descriptions
3-1068Issue  3   March 1996 
Ringing — Abbreviated and Delayed
Feature Availability
This feature is available with G3V4 and later releases. It provides ringing options 
identical to those available with DEFINITY switches G2.
Description
What Is Ringing — Abbreviated and Delayed?
Ringing — Ab breviated and Delayed allows the System Ad ministrator to assign 
one of four ring types to each primary or bridged call appearance on a voice 
terminal. Ring types fall into two categories:...

Ringing — Ab breviated and Delayed
Issue  3   March 1996
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What Ring Options Are Available?
One of the following ring typ es can be assigned to each line button.
Abbreviated Ring
A call will ring the terminal until the automatic or manual Ab breviated/Delayed 
Transition occurs. The  call will then silently alert the terminal.
Delayed Ring
A call will silently alert the terminal until the automatic or manual 
Abbreviated/Delayed Transition occurs. The call will then ring the terminal.
No Ring
A call...

Feature Descriptions
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Figure 3-29. Ringing—Abbreviated and Delayed Sample 
Terminal Configuration
When a call arrives at extension 2375 at the first call a p pearance it will begin 
ringing at Terminal 1 and will silently alert Terminal 2. If it is not answered after 2 
rings (the Ab breviated/Delayed Transition Interval) it will continue ringing at 
Terminal 1 and will begin ringing at Terminal 2. If it is not answered after 4 rings 
(the coverage Number of Rings interval) it...

Ringing — Ab breviated and Delayed
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If a call arrives at extension 2451 at Terminal 2 it will be gin ringing. Because 
Automatic Abbreviated/Delayed is set to no, the call will continue to ring at 
Terminal 2 until the Ab breviated Ringing Button is pressed.
End-User Operation
As state d, Ringing — Ab breviated and Delayed can be administered per call 
appearance to transition automatically or manually. Automatic transition is 
caused by the administered Ab breviated/Delayed...

Feature Descriptions
3-1072Issue  3   March 1996 
Interactions
With the following features, when the feature attempts to alert a station, the 
ringing presented to the user is influenced by the ring type translations made for 
the Ringing — Ab breviated and Delayed feature. Undesirable feature operation 
may result if these translations are set inappropriately. For exam ple, a ring type 
of no ringing would result in the station not being alerted audibly.
nAutomatic Call Distribution (ACD)/Huntin g...

Ringing — Ab breviated and Delayed
Issue  3   March 1996
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nCall Coverage
When an alerting c all redirects to coverage, Call Coverage may c ause the 
call appearance to no longer alert the call a p pearance. In this case the 
call would not be affected by the Ringing — Ab breviated and Delayed 
feature. However, timing continues for the Automatic Transition Interval in 
case no coverage point is available and the call continues to alert at the 
station.
If the coverage Number of Rings interval is...

Feature Descriptions
3-1074Issue  3   March 1996 
Several of the protocol variations supported by the World Class BRI 
feature d o not permit the messaging required for control of the station’s 
ringer by Ringing — Ab breviated and Delayed. In this case, ring type is 
forced to a value of ring.
nMulti-Appearance Preselection and Preference
The system will automatically select any alerting call on a station whether 
or not it is ringing if the “Per Button Ring Control?” field is set to n. If the 
field is...

Ringing — Ab breviated and Delayed
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Hardware and Software Requirements
Ringing — Ab breviated and Delayed is available for both multi-appearance and 
analog terminals. 

Feature Descriptions
3-1076Issue  3   March 1996 
Rotary Dialing
Feature Availability
This feature is available with all Generic 3 releases.
Description
Allows rotary dialing voice terminals to b e used with a system.
When a number is dialed at a rotary dialing voice terminal, the voice terminal 
outpulses at a rate of 10 pulses per second. Each digit dialed sends out the 
corresponding number of pulses.  For example, dialing a seven results in seven 
pulses being sent from the voice terminal. The...