Instruction manual

Features
Message Status Operation
Message status operation is in effect when the user presses the Message
Status button (the lower left feature button on the first DSS) while in normal call
handling operation, Calling Group, CMS Supervisory Operation, or Extension
Status operation. The green LED next to the Message Status button is on
when Message Status operation is active.
In normal call-handling operation, while the position is in Message Status
operation, the red LEDs next to the DSS buttons for user extensions indicate
whether or not the message-waiting LED was turned on by a system operator
and do not indicate whether or not a message-waiting LED was turned on by
another source, such as a fax machine or another user. An LED associated
with a Calling Group extension or a pool dial-out code is always off while the
position is in the Message Status operation.
If a system operator wants to turn on the message-waiting LED to indicate that a
message is waiting, the system operator first checks the LED next to the
recipient’s DSS button to determine whether or not the Message LED is on. To
turn the message LED on or off, the system operator presses the programmed
Send/Remove Message button followed by the DSS button for the message
recipient. The display shows that the message was sent. The operator presses
the Message Status button to return to normal call handling.
MLX DLC operators can also use the Send/Remove Message feature to light
message-waiting LEDs at extensions that are busy, ringing, or have Do Not
Disturb active by pressing the Feature button and selecting Leave Msg from
the display. See Messaging for more information on sending and receiving
messages.
For Calling Group or CMS Supervisory operation or for hotel Extension Status,
while the position is in Message Status operation, the red LED next to a DSS
button for a user extension indicates whether or not a message has been sent
by any of the operator positions. On a button for a Calling Group extension, the
red LED indicates the status of the queue. For a DSS button for a pool dial-out
code, the red LED indicates trunk availability. The meanings of the red LEDs
next to the DSS buttons while the system operator position is in the Message
Status operation are shown in Tables 13 and 14.
Direct Station Selector—MLX 139