Lucent Technologies MERLIN LEGEND 6 - Manual (Page 285)

MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 6.0
System Manager’s Guide
555-660-118
Issue 1
February 1998
Managing the System
Page 6-55 Changing Coverage Delay Options
6
Planning Guidelines 6
When you plan cover delays, consider whether the sender is part of a coverage
group or not. If the sender is covered by only individuals, delays are fairly easy to
plan, depending on whether the sender never plans to answer calls or plans to
answer them when he or she is at the extension.
When Group Coverage is used in conjunction with Individual Coverage, calls
should ring first at receivers for Individual Coverage. Consider the following
factors before setting the Group Coverage Ring Delay for an extension:
■ If only Primary Coverage is programmed for the sender and any receiver’s
Primary Cover buttons are set to Delay Ring, make sure the value for each
sender’s Group Coverage Ring Delay (1–9 rings) is higher than the
Primary Cover Ring Delay (1–6 rings).
■ If both Primary and Secondary Coverage are programmed for a sender
and all the receivers’ Cover buttons are set for Immediate Ring, the Group
Coverage Ring Delay should be greater than the higher of these two
values: the Primary Cover Ring Delay or the 2-ring fixed Secondary Cover
Delay Interval.
■ If both Primary and Secondary Cover buttons are programmed for a sender
and any receiver’s Primary and/or Secondary Cover buttons are
programmed for Delay Ring, make the value higher than either the Primary
Cover Ring Delay or the fixed Secondary Cover Delay Interval (two rings),
plus the Secondary Cover Ring Delay (1–6 rings), whichever is greater.
NOTE:
Coverage senders can control the way calls are covered using
programmed buttons. For more information, see
“Covering Calls” on
page 4–34 , “Revising Night Service with Coverage Control” on page
6–81 , and the Feature Reference.
Valid Entries
Group Coverage Ring Delay: 1 to 9 rings
Primary Cover Ring Delay: 1 to 6 rings
Secondary Cover Ring Delay: 1 to 6 rings
Task List: Changing Coverage Ring Delays 6
o
Obtain Form 7c, Group Coverage, if necessary. As appropriate, obtain the
form(s) for individual telephones: Forms 4b, 4d, 4e, 4f, 5a, 5b, or 5c.
o
Read “Coverage” in the Feature Reference for detailed information about
these settings.
o
Plan changes using the planning guidelines above; record the new values
on the form(s).