Specifications
Voice Processing Features
INTER-TEL
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CS-5200/5400 ADMINISTRATOR GUIDE, ISSUE 1.0 – April 2005
Page 222 Automated Attendant Applications
• Dial the Voice Mail application’s extension number: The caller can reach the Voice
Mail main greeting by dialing the application extension number (access number)
assigned to the Voice Mail feature. The caller can then leave a message as a non-sub-
scriber or access any of the Voice Mail subscriber features. (See page 241 for Voice
Mail information.)
• Use the directory: If the caller does not know the extension or mailbox number of the
desired party, he or she can spell the name using the dialpad buttons and “look up” the
number in the directory. (This option can be disabled in the database. Or, if there are no
names recorded for the individual mailboxes or for the system’s extension IDs, this
option will not be provided.) Directory names can be sorted by first or last name. (Refer
to page 241 for information about using the directory.)
• Dial the operator access destination: If the caller needs further assistance, dialing 0
will access the voice processing system’s programmed operator destination. Or, if the
caller is on a rotary endpoint and cannot enter a digit, the call will be automatically
transferred to the operator destination. (The operator access destination is programmed
in the database. There can be separate destinations for day and night modes.)
Automated Attendant Applications
There are a number of different uses for this feature. Here are two examples:
• Direct ring-in calls to a busy Attendant could be forwarded to Automated Attendant
(using the Call Forward If Busy feature or system forwarding).
• Calls could ring in directly to Automated Attendant application’s extension number
when the system is in day and/or night mode.
NOTE
Due to the natural characteristics of the trunk, the volume level of DTMF tones
transmitted over the trunk may be substantially reduced before reaching the sys-
tem and voice processing system. This natural degradation in tone volume may
adversely affect the reliability of the Automated Attendant feature. Other factors
which can affect Automated Attendant performance are trunk noise and the
quality and strength of the DTMF tones generated by the off-premises endpoint
itself.