Instruction manual

Automatic Intercom

Description

This feature allows a multiline voice terminal user including ATL cordless telephone (or

attendant) to place and answer calls to and from another station by use of a dedicated

button appearance.

Automatic Intercom provides a private path between two designated multiline voice terminals.

To place an Automatic Intercom call, the calling party presses the Automatic Intercom (AUTO

ICOM) button and goes off-hook. The calling party hears ringback tone and the called party

receives standard ringing. The status LED associated with the button is steadily lit at the

calling voice terminal and flashing at the called voice terminal. To answer an Automatic

Intercom call, the called party presses AUTO ICOM (not necessary with Ringing Line

Preference) and goes off-hook.

The AUTO ICOM status LED lights steadily whenever the other party is off-hook. This

provides each party with a station-busy indication for the other. To activate the busy-to-idle

reminder, the user can press AUTO ICOM (remaining on-hook). A short burst of tone is

provided when the other party goes on-hook. The user can then go off-hook, and the call

will be placed; the user does not press the AUTO ICOM button again.

Pressing AUTO ICOM to invoke the busy-to-idle reminder overrides Prime Line Preference.

Once activated, the feature can only be canceled by preselection of another button or

answering an incoming call. See the “Busy-to-Idle Reminder” feature description for more

information.

At a Switched Loop Attendant Console, operation of an AUTO ICOM button seizes an idle

loop button for the outgoing call. An incoming Automatic Intercom call arrives on a loop

button and does not flash at the AUTO ICOM button of the console.

Considerations

The intercom feature should not be confused with ordinary station-to-station calling inside

the system using dialed PDCs.

With Automatic Intercom, users who frequently call each

other can do so by pressing one button instead of dialing the extension number. In addition,

the station-busy indication and busy-to-idle reminder provide additional utility to users.

This feature is similar to Direct Station Selection (DSS), except that the buttons must always

be assigned in pairs (i.e., between two sets.) Hence, an AUTO ICOM button cannot point to

a single-line telephone.

Also, Automatic Intercom calls arrive at the AUTO ICOM button,

thereby providing calling party ID; DSS calls arrive on System Access buttons.

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