AT&T Merlin 1030, Merlin 3070 User Manual

AT&T
MERLIN
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM
User's Guide: Models 1030 and 3070 with Feature Module 4
Table of Contents
Outside Calls
Button Access and Dial Access to Line Pools Automatic Route Selection Line Request
Intercom Calls
Ringing Intercom Calls Announced Intercom Calls
Answering Calls Fixed Features
Hold Transfer
Transfer with Voice Announcement
Conference
Drop
Speaker
On-Hook Dialing Monitor-on-Hold
Group Listening Message Recall
Custom Features
Basic Programming Instructions Outside Auto Dial
Special Characters in Programmed Dialing
Sequences
Auto Intercom
Ringing Intercom Calls
Announced Intercom Calls
OneTouch Transfer Personal Speed Dial System Speed Dial
Using a System Speed Dial Button Saved Number Redial
2 3 4
4 5 6 7 8 8
9 10 11
11 12 12 13 14 15 15 16 16 17 17
18 19 20
20 22 22 23 23 24 25 25 26
Last Number Redial Manual Signaling Loudspeaker Page Group Page Auto Answer-All Auto Answer-Intercom Call Coverage
Coverage Inhibit Using Call Coverage and Coverage Inhibit to
Forward Calls Do Not Disturb Privacy Touch-Tone Enable Account Number Entry Call Park Call Pickup Line Pickup
Using a Single Line Pickup Button Using Buttons Programmed to Pick Up Specific Lines Using a Dial Code
Ringing and Line Selection Options
Ringing Options
Programmable Line Ringing Personalized Ringing Voice Announcement Disable
Automatic Line Selection
Simultaneous Voice and Data Calls Using PBX, Centrex, or Custom Calling Features Optional Equipment
Hands-Free Unit
Placing Calls Answering Calls
General Purpose Adapter
Index Feature Programming Chart
27 28 29 31 32 33 34 35
35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 42 43 43
44 44 44 45 46 47
48 50 51
51 51 52 52
53 54
Available Features
Use line buttons to call peo­ple who aren’t connected to your
MERLIN
system.
Touch
Intercom-Ring
or
Intercom-Voice
to use the
MERLIN
system Intercom
feature. Test your voice terminal and
program its features by sliding the T/P switch to T (Test) or P (Program).
Adjust the volume of your voice terminal’s speaker and ringing using the volume control.
Read on to learn how to use these features...and many more.
Tailor your voice terminal to meet your individual needs by programming available buttons with custom features.
Use Conference, Drop,
Transfer,
and
Hold
for effi-
cient call-handling. Touch
Speaker
for On-Hook Dialing and Group Listening.
Touch
Recall
to disconnect a call without hanging up your handset.
Call your
MERLIN
system attendant for messages when the light is on next to
Message.
Use
Message
(in program mode) to set your voice terminal for making data calls and voice calls simultaneously.
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Key to Symbols
The following symbols are used throughout this guide to illustrate the steps for using your
MERLIN
system voice terminal.
After you are familiar with the steps, use the symbols to remind you how to perform each procedure.
Lift your handset.
Don’t lift your handset.
Hang up your handset.
555-1234
Transfer
Touch a button.
(The symbols for buttons are shaded and labeled
to look like the buttons on your voice terminal.)
Dial a number.
(This can be an outside number, an intercom number, a feature code, or an account number.)
Slide the T/P switch to the P position.
Slide the T/P switch to the center position.
Since each symbol represents one action, a sequence of two or more symbols illustrates a procedure. For example:
+ +
Intercom
Ring
intercom
number
means lift your handset, touch
Intercom-Ring,
and dial an intercom number.
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Placing Calls
With your
MERLIN™
system, you can place two types of calls:
outside calls and intercom calls.
OUTSIDE CALLS
To call someone who is not connected to your
MERLIN
system:
Lift your handset.
The
MERLIN
system automatically selects an available outside
line.
Dial the number.
+
outside number
NOTE:
When the red light is on next to a line button, it means you are using that line or will get that line if you lift your hand­set. When you lift your handset to place a call, the green light goes on next to the red light to show that the line is busy.
To select a specific outside line:
Touch the button for that line.
555-1234
+
Lift your handset.
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Button Access and Dial Access to Line Pools
Your
MERLIN
system may be “pooled,” meaning some or all of your outside telephone lines are grouped into one or more pools (for example, a pool of local lines, a pool of WATS lines, and a pool of Foreign Exchange lines). You make outside calls on pooled lines in one of two ways, depending on how your system is set up: either you touch a button for direct access to a line in a pool (Button Access), or you touch a button and then dial a code for access to a specific line pool (Dial Access).
Ask your system administrator if your system is pooled. If it is, find out whether you have Button Access or Dial Access to Line Pools. If you have Dial Access, ask for a list of codes for the pools.
To make an outside call with Button Access to Line Pools:
Touch the button for the line pool you want. Lift your handset. When you hear a dial tone, dial the telephone number you
want.
WATS
+ +
outside number
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To make an outside call with Dial Access to Line Pools:
Touch a Pool Access button.
Lift your handset. When you hear a dial tone, dial a code for the line pool you
want. When you hear another dial tone, dial the telephone
number you want.
Pool Access
+
+ +
NOTE: Ask your system administrator if your system has
Automatic Route Selection (ARS). If it does, follow the procedure for making outside calls in the next section, “Automatic Route Selection.” Neither of the above procedures works for you if your system has ARS.
Automatic Route Selection
If you have Pool Access buttons, your
MERLIN
system may have Automatic Route Selection (ARS). Ask your system admin­istrator if your system has ARS.
This feature automatically selects the best available route for each outside call you make using a Pool Access button. For ex­ample, if you touch Pool Access and dial a long distance number, ARS may select WATS as the least expensive route for your call. In this case, ARS automatically routes your call onto a WATS line.
line
pool
code
outside number
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To place an outside call using ARS:
Touch a Pool Access button.
This signals ARS to expect an outside call.
Lift your handset. Dial the outside telephone number you want.
You hear beeps instead of Touch-Tones or rotary clicks as you dial.
Wait a few moments.
Pool Access
If you hear a faster busy signal than normal:
Touch the same Pool Access button you used to begin your call.
If you hear a fast
MERLIN
system busy signal:
Hang up and redial in a few moments using the Pool Ac-
+ +
outside number
cess procedure or the Saved Number Redial feature (see page 26).
NOTE:
For ARS to work, you must dial a “1” before dialing a
long distance number, even if you do not normally do so.
Line Request
If you are waiting to use a line that is busy, you can have the
MERLIN
system signal you when the line is free:
Without lifting your handset, touch the button for the busy line.
555-1234
+
The red light next to the button goes on.
When you hear the voice terminal ring briefly, indicating the line is available, lift your handset.
You cancel your Line Request when you touch another line but­ton or when you receive or place another call.
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INTERCOM CALLS
Each voice terminal connected to your
MERLIN
system has a unique 2-digit intercom number. You dial intercom numbers to place either ringing or announced intercom calls to people con­nected to your
MERLIN
system.
Ringing Intercom Calls
Place ringing intercom calls when you want to have a two-way conversation with people connected to your
MERLIN
system. Your calls ring at their voice terminals, and your co-workers lift their handsets to hear you and to talk with you.
To place a ringing intercom call:
Touch
Intercom-Ring.
Lift your handset. Dial a 2-digit
MERLIN
system intercom number.
Intercom
Ring
+ +
intercom
number
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Announced Intercom Calls
When you place an announced intercom call, your co-worker hears your voice through the voice terminal speaker. If your co­worker wants to respond to your announcement, he or she speaks through the handset to talk with you. Your voice an­nouncements do not interrupt your co-workers’ outside calls, so if you need to, you can make an announcement to someone who is busy on another line.
To announce your call through another person’s voice terminal speaker:
Touch
Intercom-Voice.
Lift your handset. Dial the 2-digit
MERLIN
system intercom number.
Intercom
Voice
+ +
When you hear a beep, speak into your handset.
intercom
number
If you try to place an announced intercom call to a voice terminal that is programmed to prevent voice announcements (see “Voice Announcement Disable,” page 46), your call becomes a ringing intercom call.
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Answering Calls
To answer a call:
Lift your handset.
You are automatically connected to the incoming call.
You can tell what kind of call you’re receiving by the way your voice terminal rings.
Intercom
two short and one long ring
Outside
one long ring
Transferred
one short and one long ring
= = =
You may personalize these rings to distinguish the ringing of your voice terminal from that of others in your office (see “Per­sonalized Ringing,” page 45).
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Fixed Features
Fixed features are the features assigned to the permanently labeled buttons on your voice terminal.
HOLD
To put a call on hold:
Touch
Hold.
Hold
Pause
When you put a call on hold, the green light next to the call’s line button flashes rapidly. If someone else puts a call on hold from another voice terminal, the green light flashes slowly next to the call’s line button on your voice terminal.
To take a call off hold:
Touch the held call’s button.
555-1234
When you leave a call on hold for more than a minute, your voice terminal rings to remind you the call is still on hold.
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TRANSFER
To transfer an outside call from your voice terminal to another
MERLIN
system voice terminal:
Touch
Transfer.
Dial the other voice terminal’s intercom number. Hang up.
Transfer
+ +
intercom
number
If the call is not answered within a few rings, it rings at your voice terminal again.
Transfer with Voice Announcement
To announce a transferred call:
Touch
Transfer.
Touch
Intercom-Voice.
Dial the intercom number of the voice terminal to which you want to transfer the call.
Announce the call through your handset. Hang up.
Transfer
+ +
Intercom
Voice
+
intercom
number
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CONFERENCE
You can place a call that includes up to two people outside your
MERLIN
system, two people inside, and you. To set up a con­ference call when you already have one of the participants on the line:
Touch
Conference.
Touch a line button (or
Intercom-Ring,
or
Intercom-Voice).
Dial an outside number (or an intercom number). When the other person answers, announce the conference
Conference
+ +
555-1234
outside number
call.
Repeat this procedure for each person you intend to include in the conference.
If you don’t want a participant to listen as you set up the rest of the conference call, touch
Hold
before repeating this procedure.
To take the person off hold:
Touch
Conference.
Touch the button for the line you put on hold.
Conference
+
555-1234
If you have several lines on hold, repeat this procedure for each one.
To remove yourself from a conference call without ending the call:
Touch
Hold
Hold
Pause
To rejoin the call:
Touch a button associated with a line active in the call.
555-1234
13
Drop
To disconnect a busy or unanswered line when you’re trying to set up a conference call, or to disconnect one person at a time from a conference call:
Touch
Drop.
Touch the button of the line to disconnect.
Drop
Stop
+
555-1234
If you’re setting up a conference call, remember to touch
Con-
ference again before trying to add another call to the
conference.
NOTE:
You must use the Drop feature when you want to discon­nect one person from a conference call. If you press the switch­hook, you end the call.
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SPEAKER
You can use your voice terminal’s speaker to monitor a call as you dial it, to monitor a call on hold, and to let a group listen to your conversation.
On-Hook Dialing
Instead of using your handset to listen while you place a call, you can use your voice terminal’s built-in speaker.
Touch
Speaker.
The green light next to
Speaker
goes on, and you hear a dial tone
throught your voice terminal’s speaker.
Dial the number. When you hear the other person answer, lift your handset.
Speaker
+ +
outside number
If the line is busy, or if you get no answer:
Touch
Speaker
to cancel the call.
Speaker
You can use On-Hook Dialing any time instructions tell you to lift your handset before dialing. Simply touch
Speaker
instead
of lifting your handset.
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Monitor-on-Hold
When you’ve been put on hold, you can hang up and continue working while you wait for the person to return to the call:
Speaker
+ +
handset.
Touch
Speaker.
Hang up. When you hear the other person return to the call, lift your
Group Listening
To let others in the room hear your telephone conversation:
Without hanging up your handset, touch
Speaker.
You can speak to the other person only through your handset unless you have a Hands-Free Unit (see “Hands-Free Unit,” page 51).
Speaker
NOTE:
Before hanging up, touch
Speaker
again. This prevents
a squeal from the speaker as your handset comes close to it.
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MESSAGE
Your MERLIN system attendant can let you know that a message is waiting for you by turning on the light next to
Message.
If you have a 5-button voice terminal, you do not have a Message button. However, you can program a button to act as a Message button (see “Basic Programming Instructions,” page 19, and the Feature Programming Chart on page 56).
To turn off the message light:
Touch
Message.
Message
RECALL
To disconnect a call without hanging up your handset:
Touch
Recall.
Recall
NOTE:
If you have PBX, Centrex, or Custom Calling features,
touch
Recall
any time instructions call for a switchhook flash.
If you press the switchhook, you disconnect your call.
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