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Setup Checklist
Before expanding your system or installing for Centrex, review the
installation checklist. If you have Centrex, contact your local telephone
company for further information about Centrex service.
• The phone number for Line 1 must be the same on all phones
in order for the Intercom and Page features to work.
• Determine the number of phones that will be on the system.
• Identify the phone that will be the Console phone.
• Identify the private line for the Console phone. The Console
phone must have its own private line. This line is not shared
with any other phone.
• Follow the regular installation instructions in this manual.
• Enable the Console phone.
• Store the Centrex pickup codes and the seven-digit phone
numbers in the directory. See DIRECTORY OPERATION in this
manual.
Enabling the Console Phone
Determine which phone will be the Console phone for your system and
program the Console following the directions to “Set Your Phone to be the
Centrex Console Phone” in SET UP SYSTEM FEATURES. It is recommended
that Line 4 of the Console be programmed as a private line, to be sure a
line is available for Centrex access.
Console Operation
Once another 955 phone has enabled its delayed ring, the Console phone
will receive those calls. All the 955 features work in the same manner as
described in this manual.
The Console phone can pick up other Centrex lines through Centrex
switching. The Console can store the Centrex pickup codes and the
seven-digit phone number of each station, except for the Console phone,
in the directory.
Setting Ring Delay Duration
This feature allows other 955 telephones’ calls to ring at the Console
phone. After a specified ring delay, the calls will ring at the Console phone.
See “Program the Centrex Console Delayed Ring Time” in SET UP SYSTEM
FEATURES for directions.
Answering a Delayed Ring
The Console phone rings and the screen displays the station number of the
intercom sending the delayed ring.
1 Select a free line.
2 Enter the Centrex pickup code.
3 Enter the seven-digit phone number of the station sending the
delayed ring.
NOTE: If the Console is using another line and receives a delayed ring,
the Console phone can put the other line on hold and follow Steps 1– 3.
If the Console is on an intercom call, the intercom call should be ended
before picking up the ringing phone.
Picking Up Another Station’s Line
1 Choose a free Centrex line.
2 Enter the Centrex pickup code.
3 Enter the seven-digit phone number of the line you want.