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    							Brid ged Call Ap pearance— Multi-Ap pearance Voice 
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    This leaves the other two-lamp buttons as call a p pearances, or with other 
    features such as CAS.
    If a call terminates at a voice terminal on an extension numb er other than the 
    primary extension number (for examp le, Terminating  Extension Group, UCD 
    Group, Call Coverage Answer Group, or DDC Group extension numb er), a 
    bridged call a p pearance is not maintained. Therefore,  it  is recommended that 
    the primary terminal not b e made a member of such a group (even though 
    administration of this is not prohibited).
    The Brid ged Call Ap pearance feature should not be considered as a 
    replacement for Call Coverage.
    For G3V2 and  later releases, a conference tone can be administered. If the 
    conference tone is enabled, a conference tone is heard when two parties are 
    bridged together on an active call with a third party.
    Interactions
    The following features interact with the Bridged Call Ap pearance—
    Multi-Appearance Voice Terminal feature.
    nAbbreviated Dialing
    A user, accessing Ab breviated Dialing while on a bridged call 
    appearance, accesses his or her own Abbreviated Dialing lists. The user 
    does not access the Abbreviated Dialing lists of the primary extension 
    associated with the brid ged call appearance. This is true even when the 
    voice terminal has no appearances of its primary extension.
    nAttendant Display and Voice Terminal Display
    A call from the primary extension number or from a bridged call 
    appearance of the primary extension number is displayed as a call from 
    the p rimary extension number (that is, the call is displayed as coming from 
    the p rimary extension number regardless of which appearance placed the 
    call).
    The display at a p rincipal will show the same information for a brid g ed call 
    appearance as it would for a non-bridged call. For calls to the principal’s 
    extension number, the display at a zero call ap p earance bridging station 
    shows a call from the originator to the principal with no “redirection 
    reason” character. As stations bridge onto the call, the display updates to 
    show the numb er of parties in the conference.
    nAutomatic Callback
    Automatic Callback calls cannot originate from a brid g ed call 
    appearance. However, when Automatic Callback has b een activated from 
    the principal user’s station, the Callback call rings (with priority call  
    						
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    distinctive ringing signal) at all bridged appearances of the extension as 
    well as at the principal user’s station. Displays at all (principal and bridged 
    users) stations show that it is a Callback call. 
    						
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    nAutomatic Call Distribution (ACD)
    ACD directs calls only to the primary extension, not to bridged 
    appearances of the primary extension. Furthermore, if a bridged 
    appearance is active, the primary is considered active and no calls are 
    directed to the  primary from the ACD group (unless a dministered for 
    Multiple Call Handling).
    nIntercom—Automatic and Intercom—Dial
    Brid ged appearances of a primary extension number are not rung  for 
    intercom calls. Furthermore, if a station has no p rimary call appearances it 
    can never be rung for an intercom call. Therefore, if a secretary is 
    screening all calls for the principal, and is indicating who is calling via 
    intercom, the principal must have a call a p pearance on which to receive 
    and send intercom calls.
    nCall Coverage
    Coverage criteria for brid ged call appearances is based entirely on the 
    criteria of the primary extension associated with bridged appearance. 
    That is, a call to the primary extension that requires call coverage 
    treatment follows the coverage path of the primary extension and not the 
    path of any of the bridged appearances. Bridged call ap pearances d o not 
    receive redirection notification.
    A user with bridged call appearances can activate or deactivate Send All 
    Calls for a principal’s primary call appearance.
    It is recommended that the primary terminal not b e a member of a call 
    coverage group,  because calls to the primary terminal as a memb er of the 
    group are not bridged.
    With G3V4 and later releases, the system can be administered so that a 
    call can appear at a terminal as both a bridged call and a redirected call. 
    In this way, if the bridged user is the first coverage p oint the call will 
    redirect to that terminal when the coverage criteria are met.
    With G3V3 and earlier releases, if the principal is an analog voice terminal 
    with a brid ged call appearance on a multi-appearance voice terminal, an 
    incoming call to the analog voice terminal that  goes to coverage will 
    terminate at a primary call appearance on the bridging user’s voice 
    terminal as a coverage call. the call is dropped from the analog voice 
    terminal and the bridged call appearance on the bridging user’s voice 
    terminal. In G3V4, if the bridging user is a zero primary call appearance 
    voice terminal, the c all cannot redirect to the bridging user since there are 
    no primary call appearances. Therefore, the call will redirect to the next 
    available coverage point.
    nCall Detail Recording (CDR)
    If a bridging user originates and/or answers a call on a bridged 
    appearance, the extension of the bridge is recorded as the calling/called 
    terminal. A conference or transfer by a bridging user also a ppears as 
    though it was performed by the terminal user. 
    						
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    When a call originated from a bridged call appearance on a terminal 
    administered for zero primary call a ppearance is recorded by CDR, the 
    extension number associated with the appearance is recorded as the 
    calling party. A conference or transfer by a bridged call appearance on a 
    zero primary call appearances terminal also appears as though it were 
    performed by the extension associated with the appearance.
    nCall Forwarding All Calls
    Call Forward Busy/Don’t Answer
    Call Forwarding c an be activated or canceled for the primary extension 
    number from any bridged call appearance of that number; when 
    activated, calls to the primary extension number do not terminate at the 
    bridged call a p pearances, but go to the designated forwarding 
    destination. Bridged call appearances do not receive redirection 
    notification of the call to the primary extension when it is forwarde d unless 
    Ringing — Ab breviated and Delayed is administered.
    nCall Park
    When a call is parked from a bridged call appearance, it is parked on the 
    primary extension number associated with the bridged appearance.
    nCall Pickup
    If a voice terminal receives ringing on a bridged call appearance, the 
    incoming call can be picked up by members of that voice terminal’s Call 
    Pickup group. This causes all bridged call a p pearances to be dropped. 
    Calls ringing at a primary terminal can be picked up by members of the 
    terminal’s Call Pickup group. However, if the primary terminal and the 
    bridging user’s primary terminal are not in the same Call Pickup group, 
    then the bridging user cannot pick up calls to other memb ers of the 
    primary terminal’s Call Pickup group.
    Originating on a bridged ap pearance and dialing the Call Pickup FAC is 
    interpreted as an attempt to pick up a call from the primary terminal’s Call 
    Pickup group.
    A brid ging user can use Call Pickup to pick up a call that is alerting at a 
    bridged appearance, instead of selecting the bridged appearance button. 
    This causes the call to terminate on the brid ging user’s primary extension 
    button, and the primary terminal and all bridged appearances of the call 
    are dropped.
    If the bridging user has appearances of numerous terminals (for example, 
    Sales, Service, Warehouse, and so on), and it is not desired that the calls 
    be answered b y anyone other than the terminal user or the bridging users, 
    then the bridging user(s) should not be assigned to a pick up group.
    A terminal with zero primary call appearances can be assigned to a Call 
    Pickup group.
    nClass of Restriction (COR) 
    The COR assigned to a voice terminal’s primary extension also a p plies to 
    calls originated from a bridged call appearance. 
    						
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    nConference—Attendant
    Conference
    —Terminal
    Conferences can be set up on brid ged appearances using the usual 
    conference operations. Either a primary extension button or a brid ged 
    appearance button can be used to make the calls for a d ding to the 
    conference. With G3V3 and earlier releases, if the bridging user has at 
    least one available bridged appearance of the primary extension (other 
    than the one he or she is currently on), the system automatically selects a 
    bridged call a p pearance for the conference when the 
    Conference/Transfer button is pressed. If the bridging user has no other 
    available bridged appearances of the primary extension (other than the 
    one he or she is currently on), the brid g ing user, after pressing the 
    Conference/Transfer button, must select a call appearance (or the users’ 
    own primary extension) or a bridged appearance of some other extension 
    to be used for the conference, before dialing the number.
    With G3V4 and later releases, the system can be administered to 
    automatically select the first idle appearance if there is no idle 
    appearance with an extension matching the extension that is conferencing 
    the call.
    NOTE:
    When the user d epresses the Conference button (the second time) 
    to connect the parties together, the newly formed conference call 
    appears on the primary or brid ged a p pearance to which the user 
    was connected at the time of that last Conference button 
    depression. The other a p pearance is disassociated from the 
    Conference call.  Thus, if the original call was on a bridged 
    appearance, and the conference is formed on an appearance of the 
    bridged user’s own primary extension, the bridged extension 
    becomes d isassociated from the conference call and the principal 
    user of that bridged extension can no longer bridge onto the 
    conference.
    This d isassociation of the conference from the brid g ed extension 
    can be avoid e d by setting up the conference in the o p posite ord er. 
    To do so the user first uses the Hold button to hold the original call 
    on the bridged appearance, then selects a call appearance and 
    calls the party to be added, then d epresses the Conference (or 
    Transfer) button, then selects the held bridged appearance, then 
    depresses the Conference button (again).  When this procedure is 
    used, the conference is formed on the bridged ap pearance so the 
    primary user of the bridged extension can still brid ge onto the 
    conference call.
    NOTE:
    If the primary user and the brid ged user are both on the call when 
    one user transfers the call, the user performing the transfer becomes 
    the controlling user for the participation of both users on the  
    						
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    conference. To disassociate the appearance from the call, the 
    controlling user must be the latter of the two users to hang up from 
    the call. If the controlling user hangs up first, the appearance goes 
    on soft hold when the non-controlling party hangs up. In this case, 
    one of two things must occur to disassociate the appearance from 
    the c all: (1) all other p arties on the call hang up, or (2) the controlling 
    user rejoins the call and hangs up again.
    The display shows the number of other active parties in a call, including 
    active bridged appearances.
    nConsult
    Brid ged call appearances of the primary extension do not ring on a 
    consult call to the primary extension.
    nCoverage Answer Group (CAG)
    Brid ged call appearances of a p rimary extension d o not ring when there is 
    a CAG call to the primary. Brid g ed call appearances cannot bridge onto 
    the call.
    nData Privacy
    Data Restriction
    When Data Privacy is activated or Data Restriction is assigned to a station 
    involved in a b rid ged call and the primary terminal and/or brid ging user 
    attempts to bridge onto the call, Data Privacy and Data Restriction are 
    automatically overridden.
    G3V4 and later releases provide a system option that prohibits brid ged 
    terminals from bridging on to a call when the c all has Data Privacy or Data 
    Restriction enabled.
    nFacility Busy Indication
    With G3V3 a n d earlier releases, when the user presses the busy-ind 
    button, a call is placed to the resource from an idle primary call 
    appearance. With G3V4 a n d later releases, for zero primary call 
    appearance voice terminals, the call is placed to the resource from the 
    first available bridged call appearance.
    nHold—Automatic
    Any user (primary or bridged appearance) can place an active call on 
    hold. If only one user is active on a call and places that call on hold, then 
    the indicator lamp at both the principal’s appearance button and the 
    bridged party’s a p pearance button shows that the call is on hold. If more 
    than one user is bridged onto the active call, and one of the users 
    activates Hold, the activator receives ‘‘hold’’ indication for the call and 
    status lamp of all other bridged users remain ‘‘active.’’
    nHunt Group (DDC or UCD)
    Brid ged call appearances cannot be used in conjunction with DDC or 
    UCD hunt groups. 
    						
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    Although a bridged extension can be assigned to a hunt group, such 
    assignment is not recommended because DDC/UCD calls do not 
    terminate at any bridged appearances of that extension on other stations.
    If a member of a UCD group is off-hook on a bridged appearance, and 
    that user’s primary extension numb er (which is in the UCD group) is idle, 
    then a UCD call will not terminate on that user’s p rimary extension number 
    unless it is administered for Multiple Call Handling.
    nIntercom—Automatic
    Automatic and/or intercom calls to the primary extension d o not ring at the 
    associated bridged appearances.
    nInternal Automatic Answer (IAA)
    Calls terminating to a bridged appearance of an IAA-eligible station are 
    not eligible for IAA.
    nLast Number Dialed
    Activation of the Last Numb er Dialed feature causes the last numb er 
    dialed from the voice terminal to be redialed, regardless of whether its 
    own call appearance or a bridged call a p pearance is used.
    nLeave Word Calling (LWC)
    A LWC message left by a user on a bridged call appearance leaves a 
    message for the called party to call the primary extension number 
    assigned to the bridged call appearance.
    When a user c alls a p rimary extension, and activates LWC, the message is 
    left for the primary extension, even if the call was answered at a bridged 
    call appearance.
    LWC messages left by the primary user can be canceled by a bridged 
    appearance user (for example, a secretary can cancel a LWC message 
    left by a boss).
    nPersonal Central Office Line (PCOL) 
    If a user is active on his or her primary extension number on a PCOL call, 
    bridged call a p pearances of that extension numb er cannot be used to 
    bridge onto the call. The call can only be bridged onto if another voice 
    terminal is a member of the same PCOL group and has a PCOL button.
    nPriority Calling
    The primary terminal user or the bridging user can make a priority call. If a 
    priority call is made to an idle terminal, the primary terminal and all 
    bridging users are alerted by priority alerting.
    nPrivacy-Manual Exclusion
    Exclusion prevents any other user from bridging onto the c all. Activation of 
    exclusion by any user (primary or bridged appearance) prior to placing a 
    call, prevents any other user from bridging onto the call. Activation of 
    exclusion by any user active on a call, while the primary user and/or any  
    						
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    other bridging users are active on the call, drops all other users from the 
    call (including the primary user), leaving only the activator and the 
    calling/called party on the call.
    nRedirection Notification
    Redirection Notification is not provided at stations with a brid ged 
    appearance of a primary extension number unless Ringin g — 
    Abbreviated and Delayed is administered to give notification.
    nRingback Queuing
    Ringback Queuing is not provided on calls originate d from a bridged call 
    appearance. However, after the principal user of the bridged extension 
    has activated ringback queueing, the resulting Callback call alerts at 
    bridged appearances as well as at the principal user’s station.  The call 
    can be answered from the primary user’s station or from any bridged 
    appearance.
    nRinger Cutoff
    When activated at a multi-a p pearance station, Ringer Cutoff prevents any 
    nonpriority (or non-intercom) incoming call from ringing at that station. This 
    is independent of whether the c all is to the station’s primary extension or to 
    any of the bridged appearances’ extension(s).
    nService Observing
    The terminal user or bridging user can brid ge onto a Service O bserved 
    call at any time. If the terminal is being Service Observed and an incoming 
    call is answered by the bridging user, the call is not observed unless or 
    until the terminal user bridges onto the call. Conversely, if the bridging 
    user is b eing Service Observed and an incoming call is answered by the 
    terminal user, the call is not observed unless or until the bridging user 
    bridges onto the call.
    If the bridging user activates Service Observing, using a bridged 
    appearance, Service Observing is activated for the bridging user.
    nTerminating Extension Group (TEG)
    TEG c alls to the primary extension do not ring at the associated bridged 
    appearances. TEG calls cannot be answered or bridged onto from a 
    bridged appearance of the TEG Member’s p rimary extension. The primary 
    terminal should not be assigned to a TEG.
    nTransfer
    With G3V3 and earlier releases, if the bridging user has no other available 
    bridged appearances of the primary extension (other than the one he or 
    she is currently on), the bridging user, after pressing the 
    Conference/Transfer button, must select a call appearance to be used for 
    the transfer, before dialing the number. 
    						
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    If the bridging user has at least one available brid ged appearance of the 
    primary extension (other than the one he or she is currently on), the 
    system automatically selects a bridged call appearance for the transfer 
    when the Conference/Transfer button is pressed.
    With G3V4 and later releases, the system can be administered to 
    automatically select the first idle appearance if there is no idle 
    appearance with an extension matching the extension that is transferring 
    the call.
    NOTE:
    If the primary user and the brid ged user are both on the call when 
    one user transfers the call, the user performing the transfer becomes 
    the controlling user for the participation of both users on the 
    conference. The controlling user is immediately dropped from the 
    call. When the non-controlling user hangs up, the appearance goes 
    on soft hold. In this case, one of two things must occur to 
    disassociate the appearance from the call: (1) all other p arties on the 
    call hang  up, or (2) the controlling user rejoins the call and hangs up 
    a gain.
    nVoice Message Retrieval
    A voice message to the primary extension can be retrieved on a bridged 
    appearance by the bridged appearance user. If a security code is 
    required to retrieve the messa ge, the bridging user must use the security 
    code of the primary terminal.
    nVoice Paging
    The use of Voice Paging automatically invokes exclusion; therefore, 
    interactions for this feature is the same as for Privacy-Manual Exc lusion.
    Administration
    The Brid ged Call Ap pearance — Multi-Ap pearance Voice Terminal feature is 
    administered on a per-voice terminal b asis b y the System Manager. See 
    “Bridged Call Ap pearance — Multi-Ap pearance Voice Terminal” in 
    DE FI NITY  
    Communications System Generic 3 Version 4 Implementation
    , 555-230-655, or 
    DEFI NI TY Com munications System Generic 3 V2/V3 Implementation, 
    555-230-653, for instructions.
    Hardware and Software Requirements
    No a d ditional hardware or software is required. A Call Coverage module or 
    expansion module c an be used to provide up to 20 bridged call appearances. 
    						
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    Bridged Call Appearance—
    Single-Line Voice Terminal
    Feature Availability
    Brid g ed Call Ap pearance—Single-Line Voice Terminal is available with all 
    Generic 3 releases. Other bridging enhancements available only with G3V4 a n d 
    later releases are identified throughout this feature description.
    Description
    Allows a multi-appearance terminal to have an appearance of a primary 
    terminal‘s extension number. The appearance of the primary terminal’s extension 
    number at a multi-appearance terminal is called a bridged call appearance.
    G3V4 and later releases also allow an analog voice terminal to have a single 
    bridged appearance of a multi-appearance voice terminal primary call 
    appearance.
    The b rid ged call a p pearance can be used to originate, answer, or bridge onto an 
    existing call to or from the primary terminal user’s extension number.
    The multi-appearance terminal user can use the bridged call appearance by 
    lifting the handset and pressing the bridged appearance button or by pressing 
    the bridged ap pearance button and lifting the handset. The user is then bridged 
    onto the primary terminal’s extension numb er and can handle calls on that 
    extension number.
    The bridged single-line voice terminal user brid ges onto a call by going off-hook.
    When the p rimary terminal is a single-line voice terminal, the user can also bridge 
    onto an existing call originated, answered, or bridged onto b y the associated 
    multi-ap pearance terminal(s) by just going off-hook.
    An incoming call alerts at the primary terminal, and at all voice terminals that 
    have a bridged call appearance of the primary terminal’s extension number. 
    Each multi-appearance bridging voice terminal has visual alerting with the o ption 
    of audible ringing for the bridged appearance of the primary terminal.
    When the primary terminal user answers the call, the audible ringing stops at the 
    primary terminal and at all the bridging user’s terminals, and the status lamps at 
    all the multi-appearance bridged appearance buttons light steadily. The call can 
    then be bridged onto by any of the brid ging users.
    When a bridging user answers the call, the audible ringing stops at the primary 
    terminal and at all of the brid g ing user’s terminals, and the status lamp s at all of 
    the multi-appearance bridged appearance buttons light steadily. The call can  
    						
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