Instruction manual

Page 1666 of 3156 Hunting
553-3001-306 Standard 10.00 January 2002
Feature packaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1687
Feature implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1687
Task summary list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1687
Feature operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1687
Feature description
Hunting allows calls encountering a busy Directory Number (DN) to route
automatically to another DN. Hunting continues along a predefined path,
known as the hunt chain, until reaching an idle DN, the end of the hunt chain,
or the maximum number of hunt steps. Hunting is specified on a DN basis.
DNs in the hunt chain can be consecutive or nonconsecutive numbers.
The four types of hunt chains provided by the Meridian 1 are:
• Circular hunting
• Linear hunting
• Secretarial hunting
• Short hunting
The following pages describe and illustrate each of these ways to hunt.
In addition, Data Port Hunting is described on page 1680, and Trunk Hunting
is described on page 1685.