Clear-Com TEL-14 - Manual (Page 13)

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If you are calling from an outside line in “self-service dial-in” mode, the audio
paths are normally preset and available as soon as the TEL-14 answers your call.
The TEL-14 will answer your call after either 1 or 4 rings, depending on how
you configure it.
If you are calling in on a "direct inward access" line with no preset audio paths,
you may need to enter passwords, selector codes, and/or control codes to activate
audio paths.
Note: When you call a TEL-14 with access prompt enabled if you then go on-hook
during or just after the Access Prompt is heard then the TEL-14 will remain off-hook.
If the incoming caller waits about a second after the access prompt is heard before
going on-hook then the TEL-14 will clear the call and go on-hook.
Without an access prompt then if the caller goes on-hook within 2 seconds of the last
answering beep (or during the answering beeps) the TEL-14 stays off-hook
MANUAL CALL-SCREENING MODE
In “manual call-screening” mode, incoming calls can be answered by a "master"
operator with physical access to the TEL-14 "hook" button. A standard
telephone, wired in series with the TEL-14, is used to initially pick up the call.
When the telephone has been wired in series with the TEL-14, picking it up will
not cause the interface to go off-hook, nor will this interfere with a call already in
progress.
Once the master station operator determines which station should receive the
incoming telephone call, he calls that station and informs them that a call is
waiting. The operator then presses the "hook" button on the TEL-14, bringing it
off-hook, disconnecting the telephone set, and making the incoming telephone
call available to any station that has the TEL-14 assigned to a key. The
destination then accesses the call by activating the listen or talk key to the
TEL-14. Once the Hook button has been activated, the operator hangs up the
standard telephone.
When the call is complete, the destination station operator can inform the master
operator, and the master operator can hang up the TEL-14 using the "hook"
button. If the "auto-disconnect" option switches are set, the TEL-14 will release
the telephone line automatically when the caller hangs up. The telephone line
will not be released if the talk path to the TEL-14 port is deactivated. This
prevents a station operator from inadvertently disconnecting an in-bound caller.
The destination station operator can also use the “remote telephone-line release”
feature to hang up the phone.
The operator can also originate outside calls on the standard telephone, and
make them available to destinations within the matrix.
INTERCOM-TO-INTERCOM MODE
The TEL-14 may be used to connect two remotely located intercom systems
through a telephone line. To set up the connection, one TEL-14 must originate a
call to the other. An intercom station equipped with a keypad can originate the
call by using the station's "dial phone" mode. If the operator of a station not