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ADMINISTRATION
PROGRAMMING
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Basic Telephones — During an electrical power outage, your MERLIN
Plus system will not function. However, you can plug a basic
telephone (not a MERLIN Plus system voice terminal) into the AUX
jack, and use it to place and receive calls .on Line A or Line E.
Facsimile Machines — You can also plug a facsimile machine into the
AUX jack. When calls come in on Line A or Line E, the FAX
machine will respond to them as it would if plugged into any other
outside telephone line.
Modems and Computers — You can plug a modem into the AUX line
and use it for transmitting and receiving data on Line A or Line E.
The modem will function on this line as it would on any other
outside telephone line. When using a modem, it is important that you
prevent other employees from using voice terminals connected to Line
A or Line E since this could interfere with data transmissions. You can
program Line A or Line E for privacy (see "Privacy on Lines A and
E"), thus preventing others from bridging onto calss on Line A. To
have the modem answer incoming calls automatically, simply set it up
for auto-answer as you would on any telephone line. You can place
outside calls with the modem either by connecting a basic telephone
and dialing manually, or by using the modem's autodial capabilities.
When a call comes in on Line A or Line E, it will ring both on the voice
terminals that are assigned to Line A or Line E and on any device connected
to the Line A or Line E auxiliary jack. If you are using the auxilary line for a
device such as a FAX or modem, you may want to use the No Ring option
(see "Ringing Options") to prevent calls from ringing on the voice terminals.
This will prevent employees from answering calls which should be going to the
accessory device connected to the auxiliary line.
If you do not want the accessory device to ring on incoming calls, you can
simply turn it off or set it not to ring, and program Line A or Line E for
normal ringing.
You cannot use a MERLIN Plus system voice terminal on the auxiliary line.
The system administrator can administer the Privacy feature for Line A and/or
Line E so that no one else in the system can bridge onto or monitor these
lines while a call is active on them. For more information, see "Privacy (on
Lines A and E)."
Decide the kind of device you want connected to the auxiliary jack. If you do
not want calls that come in on the device to ring at the voice terminal
plugged into Line A or Line E, program that voice terminal not to ring on
Line A or Line E. (See "Ringing Options.")
If you want the device connected to the auxiliary jack not to ring and Line A
or Line E to ring immediately when calls come in, or vice versa, use the
Ringing Options feature. (See "Ringing Options.")
MERLIN Plus System Features
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