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Manual Signaling (F13XX or F13*XX)
Description
This feature applies only to PARTNER- and MLS-model phones.
This feature lets you program a button on your PARTNER- or MLS-model phone
that you can use to signal a predetermined co-worker’s extension. It typically is
used by a receptionist to alert a user when the user is busy on another call. You
can use a Manual Signaling button to beep, ring, or voice signal the user at the
target extension.
Related Features
■ Voice Interrupt on Busy (#312) is an alternative feature that lets a user
signal, then speak to, a user who is
active
on a call.
■ You can use the Manual Signaling button instead of dialing the two-digit
extension number required for these features: Call Coverage, Call
Forwarding/Call Follow-Me, Message Light On, Message Light Off,
Station Lock, and Voice Mailbox Transfer.
■ To transfer a call to an extension for which you have a Manual Signaling
button, press
& before pressing the Manual Signaling button. See
Transferring Calls.
Considerations
■ A PARTNER- or MLS-model phone is required at both extensions to use
this feature.
■ You must program the Manual Signaling feature code and the target
extension number on a button. Use a button with lights if you want to view
the status of the target extension, similar to an Auto Dial button.
■ You can have only one button per extension—either on the system phone
or
on the Intercom Autodialer—for a target extension. The button can be
programmed as a Manual Signaling button or as an Auto Dial button. The
lights next to the button show calling activity—see ‘‘Lights’’ on page 3-4 for
more information.
■ If you signal an extension that has an Auto Dial or Manual Signaling button
programmed for your extension, the green light next to that button flutters
to identify your extension as the signaling extension.
■ You can signal the target extension while you are on an outside call. (This
does not initiate a one-touch transfer.)