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Automatic System Answer Button (#111)
This System Programming procedure identifies a button on the system phone at
extension 10 to be used to turn Automatic System Answer on and off. This
feature helps the receptionist answer calls during busy periods. When an
outside call rings on a line programmed with Automatic System Answer (ASA),
the system answers it after a specified number of rings, plays a short greeting to
the caller, and then places the call on hold until the receptionist or another
extension can retrieve it.
Related Features
Automatic System Answer affects incoming calls only on lines identified
using Automatic System Answer Lines (#204).
Calls that ring on lines programmed with Automatic System Answer are
picked up after 2 rings, as a default. To change this number, use
Automatic System Answer Delay (#110).
You must use Automatic System Answer Record/Playback to record the
greeting callers hear when the system answers an incoming call.
Direct Extension Dial is an alternative system answering feature that lets
outside callers dial an extension or Hunt Group number directly, without the
aid of the receptionist.
Considerations
An Automatic System Answer button must be programmed on a button with
lights on the system display phone at extension 10. (This feature will not
work if it is programmed on a button without lights.)
Automatic System Answer can handle up to three outside calls
simultaneously.
This feature is not available on standard phones.
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Valid Entries
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Assigned
Not Assigned ✔
Select button (and then press a programmable button to assign Automatic
System Answer to that button)
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