Placing intercom calls – Inter-Tel Axxess User Manual
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System Features
AXXESS
®
ADMINISTRATOR’S GUIDE – January 2004
Placing Intercom Calls
Placing Intercom Calls
When placing an intercom call, begin dialing before the Dial Initiation timer expires. If the
timer expires, the system drops the connection and sends reorder tones.
T
O
PLACE
AN
INTERCOM
CALL
:
NOTE:
In the procedure below, if you want to place a private (non-handsfree) call to an Inter-
Tel phone, press the pound (
) button before dialing the extension number.
1.
For all Inter-Tel phones:
To use the handset: Lift the handset. If the phone has a display it shows ENTER
EXTENSION NUMBER.
To use the speakerphone: Skip to step 2 (begin dialing). The Speaker button lights.
The display shows ENTER EXTENSION NUMBER.
Executive Display, Professional Display, and Model 8560 Phones: Lift the handset
or begin dialing as described above. The display shows ENTER EXTENSION NUM-
BER. You may press one of the following menu buttons:
— IC DIRECTORY: Press this button to use the Intercom Directory feature. Refer to
for instructions.
— OUTSIDE CALL: If you would rather make an outside call, press this button and
Single-Line Sets: Lift the handset. (If the DTMF decoders are busy, you hear silence.
Hang up and try again.)
2.
Dial an extension number. The number can be 0 for the attendant, a station extension
number, or a hunt group pilot number. Display phones show the number dialed. If you
dial too slowly, the Interdigit timer may expire and you will hear reorder tones. One of
the following will occur:
a. If calling a handsfree Inter-Tel phone, speak after you hear a double tone. The dis-
play shows IC TO (username).
b. If placing a private call or calling a single-line station, a hunt group, or an Inter-
Tel phone with handsfree disabled, you hear repeating double tones until the call is
answered. The display shows CALL RINGING FOR (username). When the call is
answered, the display shows IC TO (username). Executive Display, Professional
Display, and Model 8560 Phone users can press one of the following menu buttons
while the call is ringing:
— LEAVE MESSAGE: This button appears only if you have called a station.
Press this button to leave a message waiting indication at the station. Refer to
for details.
— LEAVE VOICE MAIL: This button appears only if the called station has a
voice mailbox. Press this button to call the station’s voice mailbox.
c. If you dial an invalid number, you hear reorder tones. Display phones show
INVALID NUMBER. If you do not have an assigned attendant and you dialed 0,
the display shows NO ATTENDANT PROGRAMMED. If you dialed a hunt group
number with no assigned stations, the display shows NO MEMBERS IN HUNT
GROUP.
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