Instruction manual

FEATURES AND SERVICES
Station Hunting
Description
This feature provides linear, circular, or combinational hunting sequences for calls to busy
single-line voice terminals and data terminals.
Calls to a busy terminal may hunt to (only) one other terminal; however, up to five terminals
may hunt to the same terminal.
Although hunting is not available to or from multiline terminals, single-line terminals may have
their calls covered by multiline terminals.
Station Hunting takes precedence over Coverage. Calls to a single-line
assigned both Station Hunting and Coverage will first hunt. If no
available, the call goes to coverage.
The following are examples of the three types of hunting allowed:
● Linear Hunting Example:
Terminals x, y, and z are arranged for linear hunting as follows:
voice terminal that is
hunted-to station is
(1) Terminal x hunts
to Terminal y; (2) Terminal y hunts to Terminal z, and (3) Terminal z does not hunt.
An incoming call to a busy terminal in the chain will hunt in one direction only.
Hunting will be toward the terminal that does not hunt.
● Circular Hunting Example:
Terminals x, y, and z are arranged for circular hunting as follows: (1) Terminal x
hunts to Terminal y, (2) Terminal y hunts to Terminal z, and (3) Terminal z hunts to
Terminal x.
An incoming call to a busy terminal in the chain hunts in one direction until it finds an
idle terminal and then rings at that terminal.
Any coverage options assigned to that
terminal will then be invoked. If the hunt finds all terminals busy, it will stop at the
called terminal. Any coverage options assigned to the called terminal will then be
invoked.
● Combinational Hunting Example:
Terminals w, x, and y all hunt to Terminal z.
An incoming call to a busy w, x, or y Terminal will ring at Terminal z, and any
coverage options assigned Terminal z will be invoked. If Terminal z is busy, the call
remains at the called terminal. Any coverage options assigned the called terminal will
then be invoked.
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