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Manual Signaling (F13XX or F13*XX)
Description
This feature lets you program a button that you can use to signal a co-worker’s
extension with a beep. It is typically used by a receptionist to alert a user when
the user is busy on another call. In addition to beeping, you can use a Manual
Signaling button to intercom ring or voice signal the user at the destination
extension.
Related Features
Voice Interrupt on Busy (#312) is an alternative feature that lets a user
signal then speak to a user who is active on a call.
You can use the Manual Signaling button instead of dialing the two-digit
extension number required for these features: Call Forwarding/Call
Follow-Me, Message Light On, Message Light Off, and Voice Mailbox
Transfer.
Considerations
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You must program the Manual Signaling feature code on a button along with
the destination extension. Use a button with lights if you want to view the
status of the destination extension, similar to Auto Dial buttons.
You can have only one button—either on the system phone or on the
MLS-CA24 autodialer—for a destination extension per extension. The
button can be programmed as a Manual Signaling button or as an Auto Dial
button for intercom ringing or voice signaling. The lights next to the button
show calling activity—see “Lights” in Chapter 3 for more information.
System phones (other than MLC-6 phones) are required at both extensions
to use this feature.
If you signal an extension that has an Auto Dial or Manual Signaling button
programmed for your extension, the green light next to that button flutters to
identify your extension as the signaling extension.
You can signal the destination extension while you are on an outside call
(This does not initiate a one-touch transfer.)
To transfer a call to an extension for which you have a Manual Signaling
button, press [
Transfer ] before pressing the Manual Signaling button.
A Manual Signaling button does not initiate an intercom call unless you lift
the handset and press [
Intercom ] first.
To respond to a signal, the destination extension must place an intercom
call to the person signaling.
This procedure does not apply to MLC-6 or standard phones.
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Manual Signaling (F13XX or F13*XX)