ATT Merlin Classic Mail Issue 1 System Reference Guide

Table 4C. Message
Storage Capacities
CLASSIC MAILHARD DISKMESSAGE STORAGE
SYSTEM
SIZE/ SOFTWARECAPACITY
COM-CODE
40704192085 MB/1.5 SW6.5 Hours ( 4-port system)
40704191285 MB/1.5 SW3 Hours ( 2-port system)
407162866170 MB/1.6 SW13 Hours ( 4-port system)
407162916170 MB/1.6 SW6.5 Hours ( 2–port system)
Maximizing Telephone System Performance
If you have unused (vacant) outside line jacks on your Merlin Control Unit, you can
use them to maximize the overall performance of your telephone system. Consider...

Control Unit, thus eliminating the need to use real outside lines to gain access to the
CLASSIC MAIL system. You can use this option with either a two-port or four-port
installation.
Note: You should have at least two vacant outside line jacks on your Merlin Control Unit in order to follow
this procedure.
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Company’s
Central
Office
Merlin
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CLASSIC MAIIL
Vacant
Outside
Line
Jacks
To install the CLASSIC MAIL system so that it utilizes vacant outside line jacks,
follow the instructions...

Skip the instructions in that section. Instead, perform the alternative procedure that
follows:
To install the CLASSIC MAIL system with vacant outside line jacks:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
The CLASSIC MAIL system comes with two or four interposed line cables. Plug the
first interposed line cable into one of the vacant outside line jacks on your Merlin
Control Unit. See Figure 3D, or if you have a Merlin Plus Control Unit, Figure 3E.
Plug the other end of this cable into the interposed line 1 jack of the CLASSIC...

If you want to be notified of messages with a message waiting light, you have two
options:
l A CLASSIC MAIL System Message Light Panel. (See Figure 4E)
l The message light that is included on all Merlin telephones except
five-button models. (See Figure 4F)
The CLASSIC MAIL System Message Light Panel
The CLASSIC MAIL System Message Light Panel is an optional accessory that displays
the new message status of up to eighteen mailboxes. The panel consists of eighteen
lights; each light is associated with a...

Figure 4F Telephone
Message Lights
To install the CLASSIC MAIL System Message Light Panel, follow the instructions
included in the CLASSIC MAIL System Message Light Panel Kit.
Using the Message Waiting Light on Your Telephone
The CLASSIC MAIL system works with your Merlin Control Unit to turn on your
telephone’s message light whenever you have a message.
To use this feature, you must have the Merlin Send Message feature installed in your
Control Unit. If you have a Merlin system 206, 410 or 820 Control...

To Control Your Telephone’s Message Light:
1. During the Chapter 3 installation step, Connecting the Telephone Emulation Lines,
install the first telephone emulation cable between voice terminal jack 10 (or Jack 0
on a Merlin 206) of your Merlin Control Unit and the CLASSIC MAIL system’s
telephone emulation jack 1. See Figure 4G.
Telephone
Company’s
Central
OfficeCLASSIC MAILMerlinControlUnit
TelephoneVoice
EmulationTerminal
Jack #1Jack #10
Figure 4G: Installing the
CLASSIC MAIL system when
using Message...

2
3Reset the Line Configuration. See Chapter 9.
Perform Test 6. This test requires that you be familiar with the CLASSIC MAIL
system procedures for leaving and listening to messages. Refer to the CLASSIC
MAIL System Mailbox User Guide.
Note: Most Merlin systems are installed with the attendant’s or operator’s telephone cabled to voice
terminal jack 10 (or 0). Moving the voice terminal cable from jack 10 will essentially assign a new intercom
number to your attendants telephone. As a result, after moving...

Using CLASSIC MAIL System With WATS Lines, FX Lines, or 800 Numbers
If you have outside lines that are WATS lines, Foreign Exchange (FX) lines, or 800
numbers, do not connect these lines as access lines to the CLASSIC MAIL system. Due
to the special services that these lines often provide, they should not be used to gain
access to CLASSIC MAIL system messages. The CLASSIC MAIL system will still
answer incoming calls on these lines, even if they are not directly connected.
See the Chapter 9 sections,...

See Figure 4H. Use the installation instructions in Chapter 3, “Interposing the
CLASSIC MAIL System between your Outside Lines and Control Unit,” substituting
the PBX analog telephone lines for normal outside lines.
Figure 4H: Installing the
CLASSIC MAIL system behind
a PBX telephone system
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Companys
Central
OfficeMerlin
Control
Unit
CLASSIC MAIL System Reference GuidePart 1: Installing the CLASSIC MAIL System 

Part 2:
CLASSIC MAIL
System
Administration