ATT DEFINITY Communications System Generic 3 Instructions Manual

							Ringer Cutoff
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nCall Forwarding All Calls
If Ringer  Cutoff and  Call Forwarding All Calls are active, the user d oes not 
receive redirect notification, even if the ‘‘redirection notification’’ is 
administered for that extension.
nDistinctive Ringing
Activation of Ringer Cutoff only turns off the ringing of internal and external 
calls. Intercom ringing, Priority ringing and Manual Signaling are not 
turned off by the feature.
nIntercom (Automatic and Dial)
Even if the Ringer Cutoff feature has been activated, Intercom calls still 
ring the user’s voice terminal.
nManual Signaling
Even if the Ringer Cutoff feature has been activated, Manual Signaling still 
rings the user’s voice terminal.
nRingback Queuin g
Even if the Ringer Cutoff feature has been activated, the return call for 
Ringback Queuing still rings the user’s voice terminal.
nPriority Calling
Even if the Ringer Cutoff feature has been activated, Priority Calls still ring 
at the user’s voice terminal.
nSend All Calls
When Ringer Cutoff and Send All Calls are both active, the user does not 
receive redirect notification, even if the redirection notification is 
administered for that extension.
nCall Received with Ac tive Call in Progress
If a new call comes in on a station with an active call on it, and ring cutoff 
is enabled on the set (with single-ring or continuous-ring enabled for 
Active Station Ringing), ringing will stop. If the call is still alerting visually 
and the new call is still active when the ringer cutoff is disabled, ringing 
will 
not resume.
Administration
The Ringer Cutoff feature is administered on a per-voice terminal basis by the 
System Manager.  The only administration required is a Ringer Cutoff button, 
which can be assigned to any multiappearance voice terminal.
Hardware and Software Requirements
No a d ditional hardware or software is required. 
						

							Feature Descriptions
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Ringing — Abbreviated and Delayed
Feature Availability
This feature is available with G3V4 and later releases. It provides ringing options 
identical to those available with DEFINITY switches G2.
Description
What Is Ringing — Abbreviated and Delayed?
Ringing — Ab breviated and Delayed allows the System Ad ministrator to assign 
one of four ring types to each primary or bridged call appearance on a voice 
terminal. Ring types fall into two categories:
nThose that alert consistently either by ringing or silently alerting, and
nThose that transition from ringing to silent alerting or vice versa. The 
transition, known as the Abbreviated/Delayed Transition, can occur 
automatically based on a system-wide administered interval. Or, it can be 
manually forced, by pressing an administered Ab breviated Ringing 
button. The Ab breviated  Ringing button will only force the transition for 
calls that are alerting for the extension number assigned to the button. 
Calls to other extensions ringing at the terminal will not be affected.
For exam ple, a call ap p earance can be administered so that a call will initially 
alert the terminal by ringing. Then, after the Ab breviated/Delayed Transition, it 
will alert the station silently without ringing. The  Abbreviated/Delayed Transition 
occurs either when the Ab breviated Ringing button is pressed, or optionally 
when the administered Abbreviated/Delayed Transition Interval is reached.
For Ringing — Abbreviated and Delayed each call appearance must:
nBe assigned a ring typ e
nBe administered to transition either:
— When the Ab breviated/Delayed Transition Interval is reached or 
when the Ab breviated Ringing Button is pressed
— Only when the Abbreviated Ring Button is pressed regardless of 
the Ab breviated/Delayed Transition Interval.
See the 
DEFINITY Communications System Generic 3 Version 4 Implementation, 
555-230-655, or DEFI NIT Y Com munications System Generic 3 V2/V3 
Implementation
, 555-230-653, for c omplete instructions for administering Ringing 
— Ab breviated and Delayed. 
						

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What Ring Options Are Available?
One of the following ring typ es can be assigned to each line button.
Abbreviated Ring
A call will ring the terminal until the automatic or manual Ab breviated/Delayed 
Transition occurs. The  call will then silently alert the terminal.
Delayed Ring
A call will silently alert the terminal until the automatic or manual 
Abbreviated/Delayed Transition occurs. The call will then ring the terminal.
No Ring
A call will silently alert the terminal regardless of the Abbreviated/Delayed 
Transition.
Ring
A call will ring the terminal regardless of the Abbreviated/Delayed Transition.
Sample Operation
Consider the following sc enario. The system is administered with an 
Abbreviated/Delayed Transition Interval of two rings and with a coverage 
Number of Rings interval of four rings. Two terminals on the system are set up as 
follows.
Table 3-75. Ring Types
Ring Type When Alerting StartsAfter Abbreviated/Delayed 
Transition
Abbreviated Ring Ringing Silent Alerting
Delayed Ring Silent Alertin g Ringing
No Rin g Silent Alertin g Silent Alerting
Ring Ringing Ringing 
						

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Figure 3-29. Ringing—Abbreviated and Delayed Sample 
Terminal Configuration
When a call arrives at extension 2375 at the first call a p pearance it will begin 
ringing at Terminal 1 and will silently alert Terminal 2. If it is not answered after 2 
rings (the Ab breviated/Delayed Transition Interval) it will continue ringing at 
Terminal 1 and will begin ringing at Terminal 2. If it is not answered after 4 rings 
(the coverage Number of Rings interval) it will route to coverage.
When a call arrives at extension 2375 at the second call ap p earance it will begin 
ringing at Terminal 1 and will silently alert Terminal 2. If it is not answered after 2 
rings (the Abbreviated/Delayed Transition Interval) it will stop ringing at Terminal 
1 but will continue to alert silently. It will begin ringing at Terminal 2. If it is not 
answered after 4 rings (the coverage Number of Rings interval) it will route to 
coverage.
If a call arrives at extension 2375 at the second call appearance and the 
Abbreviated ringing button is pressed, the call will immediately begin ringing at 
Terminal 2 and will silently alert Terminal 1. If a call were to arrive at extension 
2376 at Terminal 1 at the same time, it would continue to ring Terminal 1 until the 
Abbreviated/Delayed Transition Interval was reached despite the fact that the 
Abbreviated Ringing Button was pressed. The ringing for the call to extension 
2376 would not change because the Ab breviated Ringing Button is assigned 
only to extension 2375 calls.
Terminal 1
Primary Appearance Ext 2375
Primary Appearance Ext. 2375
Bridged Appearance Ext. 2376
Abbreviated Ringing ButtonAutomatic Abbreviated/Delayed Ringing
is set to yes
Ring Type is set to Ringing
Automatic Abbreviated/Delayed Ringing
is set to yes
Ring Type is set to Abbreviated
Automatic Abbreviated/Delayed Ringing
is set to yes
Ring Type is set to Abbreviated
is Assigned to
Ext. 2375Terminal 2
Primary Appearance Ext 2451
Bridged Appearance Ext. 2375, button 1
Bridged Appearance Ext. 2375, button 2
Abbreviated Ringing ButtonAutomatic Abbreviated/Delayed Ringing
is set to no
Ring Type is set to Abbreviated
Ring Type is set to Delayed
Ring Type is set to Delayed
is Assigned to
Ext. 2451 
						

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If a call arrives at extension 2451 at Terminal 2 it will be gin ringing. Because 
Automatic Abbreviated/Delayed is set to no, the call will continue to ring at 
Terminal 2 until the Ab breviated Ringing Button is pressed.
End-User Operation
As state d, Ringing — Ab breviated and Delayed can be administered per call 
appearance to transition automatically or manually. Automatic transition is 
caused by the administered Ab breviated/Delayed Transition Interval and 
requires no user action.
To cause a manual transition the user presses the Ab breviated Ringing b utton on 
their terminal. Pressing the button forces the Ab breviated/Delayed Transition to 
occur for all calls to the administered extension. Calls to other extensions alerting 
the terminal are not affected.
Sample Application
In a typical arrangement, for example with an executive and secretary, the 
primary call ap pearance is assigned a ring type of abbreviated ringing while the 
bridged call appearance is assigned a ring typ e of delayed ringing. In this way, if 
the primary user does not answer the call after a certain number of rings, the 
bridged appearance user is audibly alerted to answer the call.
In the same scenario, if the primary user is on a call, other calls to that same 
extension may alert on other call appearances and disturb the conversation 
taking place. If an Abbreviated Ringing button is administered for the extension, 
the primary user can press the button and in so doing force the alerting calls to 
stop ringing at his or her station and start ringing at the brid g ed a p pearance.
The feature also allows certain bridged appearances to audibly alert at a terminal 
while other bridged appearances only alert visually.
Considerations
If a call appearance is administered for d elayed or abbreviated dialing and is not 
administered for the automatic Abbreviated/Delayed Transition, an Ab breviated 
Ringing button must be assigned to the call ap p earance extension on that 
terminal.
Ringing — Ab breviated and Delayed c an b e assigned to analog stations whether 
they are administered as primary or brid ged call appearance sets. However, 
since analog stations cannot visually alert, a user may unexpectedly answer an 
incoming call while intending to originate a call. 
						

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Interactions
With the following features, when the feature attempts to alert a station, the 
ringing presented to the user is influenced by the ring type translations made for 
the Ringing — Ab breviated and Delayed feature. Undesirable feature operation 
may result if these translations are set inappropriately. For exam ple, a ring type 
of no ringing would result in the station not being alerted audibly.
nAutomatic Call Distribution (ACD)/Huntin g
nAutomatic Callback
nAutomatic Circuit Assurance (ACA)
nBusy Verification of Terminals
nConsult
nNight Service (Unattended Console Service)
nPersonal Central Office Line (PCOL)
nPriority Calling
nRingback Queuin g
nSecurity Violation Notification
nTerminating Extension Group
The following features have a d ditional interactions with Ringing — Abbreviated 
and Delayed.
nActive Station Ringing
Ringing — Ab breviated and Delayed administration determines when a 
station is au dibly alerted. Active Station Ringing administration determines 
if the ring is to be p ermitted, shortened to a single ring  cycle, or 
suppressed. Single Ring timing begins when the call begins to ring at 
each station that has access to the appearance. In this way, even though 
a call has been alerting other ringing or abbreviated ringing stations for 
more than one ring cycle, the delayed ringing stations will have a full cycle 
of ring in cases where full ringing would normally be applied to an idle 
station.
nAdministration Without Hardware
It is possible to assign Ringing — Abbreviated and Delayed to stations 
administered without a specified port.
nAttendant Console
Ringing — Ab breviated and Delayed c annot be assigned to an attendant 
console. 
						

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nCall Coverage
When an alerting c all redirects to coverage, Call Coverage may c ause the 
call appearance to no longer alert the call a p pearance. In this case the 
call would not be affected by the Ringing — Ab breviated and Delayed 
feature. However, timing continues for the Automatic Transition Interval in 
case no coverage point is available and the call continues to alert at the 
station.
If the coverage Number of Rings interval is shorter than the Automatic 
Transition Interval, the c all will redirect to coverage b efore ringing a station 
with a ring type of delayed ringing.
When a call is immediately redirected to coverage (due to Cover Active, 
Cover All, Cover Busy or Send All Calls), the Ringing — Ab breviated and 
Delayed feature has no affect.
nCall Forwarding—Busy/Don’t Answer
When a call is forwarded because it is not answered in the specified time, 
the call sto ps alerting the station and so is not affected by the Ringing — 
Abbreviated and Delayed feature. However, timing continues for the 
Automatic Transition Interval in case forwarding fails and the call 
continues to alert at the station.
If the Call Forward  Don’t Answer Interval is shorter than the Automatic 
Transition Interval, the call will redirect to the forwarded-to extension 
before ringing a station with a ring type of  delayed ringing.
nCall Vectoring—Expert Agent Selection—Logical Agents
Calls routed to a Logical Agent will use the translations for the Ringing — 
Abbreviated and Delayed feature of the station being used by the agent.
nData Extension Calls
Data Extension calls are not affected by the “Ring” values, but will 
continue to be directed by the “Bridged Call Alerting?” administration.
nOPS/OPX Lines
The ring type assigned to an Off-Premises Extension is forced to a value of 
ring.
nDistinctive Alerting (Ringing)
The Ringing — Ab breviated and Delayed feature will affect all audible 
alerting using the 1-burst, 2-burst or 3-burst pattern.
nHospitality Features—Do Not Disturb
The Do Not Disturb feature takes precedence over the Ringing — 
Abbreviated and Delayed feature in blocking ringing to the station.
nIntegrated Services  Digital  Network (ISDN)—World Class Core BRI 
						

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Several of the protocol variations supported by the World Class BRI 
feature d o not permit the messaging required for control of the station’s 
ringer by Ringing — Ab breviated and Delayed. In this case, ring type is 
forced to a value of ring.
nMulti-Appearance Preselection and Preference
The system will automatically select any alerting call on a station whether 
or not it is ringing if the “Per Button Ring Control?” field is set to n. If the 
field is set to y, it will select only ringing calls.
nPCOL Calls
PCOL calls are not affected by the “Ring” values, but will continue to be 
directed by the “Bridged Call Alerting?”  administration.
nRedirection Notification
If Redirection Notification is enabled, terminals will only receive redirection 
notification if the alerting button or first call appearance has an assigned 
ring value of ring or abbreviated ring. Bridged terminals will only receive 
redirection notification for a forwarded call if the “Per Button Ring 
Control?” field is set to y and the call ap pearance has an assigned ring 
value of ring or abbreviated ring.
nRinger Cutoff
Ringer Cutoff takes precedence over Ringing — Ab breviated and 
Delayed. Pressing the Ringer Cutoff button will turn off audi ble alerting at 
all call app earances and bridged appearances on the terminal.
nTEG  C a l l s
TEG calls are not affecte d by the “Ring” values, but will continue to be 
directed by the “Bridged Call Alerting?”  administration.
nTemporary Bridged Appearances
Temporary Bridged Appearances are not affected by the Ringing — 
Abbreviated and Delayed feature. They always silently alert a station.
nVoice Mail Systems
Voice mail systems may look for ringing applied to a port to trigger call 
answer. Undesirable adjunct operation may result if ring type translations 
are inappropriately set for ports serving these adjuncts.
Administration
See “Ringing — A bbreviated and Delayed” in the DEFI NI TY Com munications 
System Generic 3 Version 4 Implementation
, 555-230-655, or DE FI NITY  
Communications System Generic 3 V2/V3 Implementation
, 555-230-653, for 
complete instructions for administering this feature. 
						

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Hardware and Software Requirements
Ringing — Ab breviated and Delayed is available for both multi-appearance and 
analog terminals. 
						

							Feature Descriptions
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Rotary Dialing
Feature Availability
This feature is available with all Generic 3 releases.
Description
Allows rotary dialing voice terminals to b e used with a system.
When a number is dialed at a rotary dialing voice terminal, the voice terminal 
outpulses at a rate of 10 pulses per second. Each digit dialed sends out the 
corresponding number of pulses.  For example, dialing a seven results in seven 
pulses being sent from the voice terminal. The DEFINITY system Generic 3 
software recognizes that the voice terminal is rotary when the user lifts the 
handset, and expects to receive dial pulses instead of tones.
Considerations
With Rotary Dialing, existing rotary dialing voice terminals can be use d in 
situations where very simp le call processing functions are required.
Any functions requiring the * and # symbols cannot be performed on a rotary 
dialing voice terminal.
Interactions
None.
Administration
Rotary Dialing voice terminals must be administered as a 500 set.
Hardware and Software Requirements
No a d ditional hardware is required.