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MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 6.0
System Programming
555-660-111
Issue 1
February 1998
Programming Basics
Page 1-73Product Enhancements
1
Delay Announcement Devices 1
The system manager can designate as many as ten primary delay announcement
devices per group rather than the single device for each group that is available in
Release 4.2 and earlier systems. Furthermore, an additional secondary delay
announcement device can be specified, for a total of ten primary device
extensions and one secondary device extension per group.
A primary delay announcement device operates in the same fashion as a single
delay announcement device, playing once, as soon as it is available, for the caller
who has waited the longest for a calling group agent and has not heard a primary
delay announcement. If a secondary announcement device is used, it can use the
factory setting, which plays the announcement once, or it can be set to repeat the
announcement after a certain amount of time. The system manager programs the
time (0–900 seconds) between announcements. This setting controls both the
interval between primary and secondary announcements and the interval
between repetitions of the secondary announcement if it is set to repeat. (See
“Optional Group Features” on page –300
for guidelines on setting the delay.)
The primary and secondary announcement options, when used together, allow an
initial message to play for callers, followed by a repeating announcement that, for
example, urges callers to stay on the line and wait for a calling group member.
Two or more groups may share an announcement device.
A primary delay announcement device can be administered as a secondary delay
announcement device.
Enhanced Calls-in-Queue Alarm Thresholds 1
Three Calls-in-Queue Alarm thresholds can be set to more clearly indicate the
real-time status of the calls waiting in the queue according to the behavior of
programmed Calls-in-Queue Alarm buttons. In earlier releases, only one Calls-in-
Queue Alarm Threshold setting is available to activate the LEDs at programmed
Calls-in-Queue Alarm buttons for a calling group.
Using all three levels, the system manager sets Threshold 3 to the highest value,
Threshold 2 to a middle value, and Threshold 1 to the lowest value. A
Calls-in-Queue Alarm button indicates the severity of the alarm conditions in the
following ways:
■ If the number of waiting calls is less than the value programmed for
Threshold 1 or drops below that level, the LED is unlit.
■ If the number of waiting calls is greater than or equal to the Threshold 1
value but less than the Threshold 2 value, the LED flashes.
■ If the number of waiting calls is greater than or equal to the Threshold 2
value but less than the value for Threshold 3, the LED winks.