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Button-Free Line Operation
DESCRIPTION Button-Free Line Operation allows people with 5-button or 10-button voice
terminals to access lines, even though the lines do not appear on the voice
terminal buttons. Therefore, those voice terminals have additional free
buttons for needed programmed features. This feature is ideal for people who
need several lines, but who rarely handle more than one call at a time. To
place or answer a call, they just lift their handset, and the MERLIN Plus
system selects a free line for outgoing calls or the ringing line for incoming
calls.
CONSIDERATIONS
The system administrator can assign a maximum of eight lines to a button-free
voice terminal. However, if the administrator again wants lines assigned to
buttons on a voice terminal, he or she can assign only the number of lines for
which the voice terminal has line buttons. For example, if the administrator
has assigned eight lines to a 5-button voice terminal with Button-Free Line
Operation and decides to assign lines to voice terminal buttons, only four of
those eight lines appear. The features that the administrator or user has
programmed onto the voice terminal buttons will be replaced by lines.
With Button-Free Line Operation, the system administrator can administer the
individual voice terminals so that they ring or do not ring when calls come in.
(See "Ringing Options.") Button-Free Line Operation with the no ring option
is appropriate for voice terminals in public places, such as lobbies.
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There are no red and green lights associated with lines to keep track of
call-handling features, such as Transfer or Hold.
The person with Button-Free Line Operation can answer transferred
calls and ringing lines by picking up the handset.
There is no way of knowing which line the system has selected for an
outgoing call. Therefore, make sure that all lines assigned to these
voice terminals are of the same type. Do not mix regular lines, WATS
lines, and Foreign Exchange lines.
You cannot program an Automatic Line Selection sequence on voice
terminals with Button-Free Line Operation. In this case, only your
system administrator can assign the sequence of lines for your voice
terminal.
You can use the Intercom. Hold, Transfer, and Call Pickup features,
ADMINISTRATION
but you cannot use the Bridging or the Conference feature.
If your responsibilities do not include system administration, skip this
information.
To make one or more lines on a voice terminal button-free:
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Enter administration mode by sliding the T/P switch to P and touching
Administer.
MERLIN Plus System Features 5-17