Lucent Technologies MERLIN LEGEND 6 - Manual (Page 171)

MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 6.0
System Manager’s Guide
555-660-118
Issue 1
February 1998
Features and Applications
Page 4-39 Features
4
Beginning in Release 4.1 the system manager can coordinate voice mail
coverage and Night Service. When an operator turns on Night Service for a Night
Service group, Night Service with Coverage Control automatically deactivates the
programmed Coverage VMS Off buttons at members’ extensions. When the
operator turns Night Service Off, the Coverage VMS Off buttons are activated,
and the voice messaging system stops taking messages. The user at an
extension can manually override this system setting by pressing the button on his
or her telephone. When Night Service status changes, the button is again set
centrally; the most recent action, whether a change in Night Service status or a
user pressing the button, determines the button’s setting. For example, a person
might leave work early and forget to press his or her lit Coverage VMS Off button.
When Night Service goes on, his or her extension is covered by voice mail. If the
button at an extension is already set properly when there is a change in Night
Service status, the setting remains. (For more information about Night Service,
see
“Night Service with Outward Restriction” on page 4–47 and “Night Service
Groups” on page 4–55 .)
Table 4–9 summarizes coverage control options for senders.
Table 4–9. Selective Coverage Features
Selective
Coverage
Feature
Description Comments
Coverage Off Turns off only Individual
Coverage; if sender is in a
coverage group, Group
Coverage remains in effect. User must have a programmed
Coverage Off button.
Coverage
Inside Prevents/allows coverage of
inside calls. For example, with
Coverage Inside off, only
outside calls are covered. User must dial the feature code
or select the feature from the
display of a display telephone.
Cannot be programmed on a
button.
Coverage
VMS Off Prevents or allows voice mail
coverage of outside calls.
With Coverage VMS Off
active (the button is lit), only
inside calls are covered by
voice mail. User must have a programmed
Coverage VMS Off button; can
use this in combination with
Coverage Inside to turn all
Individual Coverage off. In
Release 4.1 and later systems,
can be set centrally to
coordinate with Night Service.