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Managing phone features
This section provides generic instructions for adding any feature button. Because 
you may need more information to decide which feature buttons you want to 
assign to a user or group of users, we included the Telephone feature buttons
 table 
in this section. This table lists all of the feature buttons that are available on the 
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2. Press NEXT PAGE until you locate the Feature Button Assignment fields.
Some phones have several feature button groups. Make sure that you are 
changing the correct button. If you do not know which button on the phone 
maps to which button-assignment field, refer to your phone’s manual, or 
refer to ‘‘
Phone reference’’ on page 1065.
3. Move the cursor to the field...

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equipped with alphanumeric displays. Note that some buttons may require 1-lamp 
or 2-lamp buttons. Some buttons are not allowed on some systems and on some 
phones.
Table 1. Telephone feature buttons
Button nameButton 
label Description Maximum
abr-prog AbrvDial 
ProgramAbbreviated Dialing Program: allows 
users to program abbreviated dialing and 
autodial buttons or to...

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aca-halt Auto-Ckt 
AssureAutomatic Circuit Assurance (display 
button): allows users of display telephones 
to identify trunk malfunctions. The system 
automatically initiates a referral call to the 
telephone when a possible failure occurs.
When the user presses ACA Halt, the 
system turns off ACA monitoring for the 
entire system. The user must press ACA 
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ani-requst ANI 
RequestAutomatic Number Identification 
Request: allows the user to display the 
calling party’s number from incoming 
trunks during the voice state of call. The 
trunk must support this functionality.1 per 
station
assist
(Group: __)Assist Supervisory Assistance: used by an ACD 
agent to place a call to a split supervisor.
Group: specify the ACD split...

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auto-icom
(Group: __)Auto (name 
or ext #) Automatic Intercom: places a call to the 
station associated with the button. The 
called user receives a unique alerting 
signal, and a status lamp associated with a 
Intercom button flashes. Grp: Intercom — 
Auto-Icom group number. This extension 
and destination extension must be in the 
same group.1 per group 
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brdg-appr
(Btn: __
Ext: ___)(extension) Bridged Call Appearance: provides an 
appearance of another user’s extension on 
this telephone. For example, an assistant 
might have a bridged appearance of their 
supervisor’s extension. The bridged 
appearance button functions exactly like 
the original call appearance, for instance it 
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busy-ind
(TAC/Ext: __)Busy Busy Indication: indicates the busy or idle 
status of an extension, trunk group, 
terminating extension group (TEG), hunt 
group, or loudspeaker paging zone. Users 
can press the busy-ind button to dial the 
specified extension.
You can assign this button to any lamp 
button and must specify which Trunk or 
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cas-backup CAS 
Backup Centralized Attendant Service Backup: 
used to redirect all CAS calls to a backup 
extension in the local branch if all RLTs 
are out-of-service or maintenance busy. 
The associated status lamp indicates if 
CAS is in the backup mode. 1 per 
station
cdr1-alrm CDR 1 
Failure CDR Alarm: associated status lamp is 
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consult Consult The Consult button allows a covering 
user, after answering a coverage call, to 
call the principal (called party) for private 
consultation.
Activating Consult places the caller on 
hold and establishes a private connection 
between the principal and the covering 
user. The covering user can then add the 
caller to the conversation, transfer the call...