Feature Reference
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Example
A supermarket installs a hotline phone at its meat counter. When a customer uses
the hotline phone, the butcher’s phone rings. Alternatively, if the loudspeaker
paging system is programmed as the alert extension, a sales clerk could request
a “price check” over the loudspeaker simply by lifting the handset of the hotline
phone.
Programming
(See Figure 2-3 on page 2-22 for the location of special programming buttons such
as
s and e on system phones.)
To identify a hotline extension and its alert extension:
1. Press
f 0 0 s s # 6 0 3 at
extension 10 or 11
.
2. At the
Extension:
prompt, enter the hotline extension number—see
“Valid Entries” on the previous page. For example, to program extension 33
as the hotline, press
3 3.
3. At the
Data
- - - - - - - - - - - - prompt, enter the alert extension number—
see “Valid Entries” on the previous page. For example, to program
extension 32 as the alert extension, press
3 2. A display similar to the
following appears:
Internal Hotline Ext 33
Data 32
4. At this point:
■ To change the hotline and alert extension numbers you just entered,
repeat Steps 2 and 3.
■ To delete the existing hotline and alert extension numbers, press
r.
■ To identify another hotline and alert extension pair, press n or
p until the new hotline extension number shows on the
display. Then repeat Step 3.
5. Select another procedure or exit programming mode.
Using
To use the hotline phone:
1. Lift the handset of the hotline phone.
The designated alert extension rings.
2. When the call is answered, speak into the handset.