3-4 DBS 576 (USA) issued September 2001 576-50-700Chapter 3. System Features Section 700 - OperationAEC DisconnectDescriptionThis feature allows the System to send a disconnect signal of 1 second to an analog device indicatingthat the calling party has hung up (terminated the call). This feature is useful with a Third-party VoiceMail or an Answering Machine. By default this feature is disabled.Hardware Requirements• AEC portRelated Programming• FF3-0: Loop Disconnect SignalConsiderations• The 1 second time duration of the disconnect signal is fixed. (It cannot be changed.)Attendant GroupsDescriptionAn attendant phone is often used as a central answering point for other extensions. In addition,attendant phones frequently have special capabilities for monitoring and programming extensions.You can reach the assigned attendant group by dialing the feature access code for Attendant Calls(usually 0). If an attendant phone is available but does not answer within a set time, the call will moveto the next available attendant phone. If all members of the attendant group are busy for a specifiedtime, the call can be forwarded to other extensions or another hunt group. The system allows up to 20extensions to be included in an attendant group.Hardware Requirements• N/ARelated Programming• FF5-0-01: Attendant Hunt Pilot Number• FF5-0-02: Day 1 Attendant Hunting• FF5-0-03: Day 2 Attendant Hunting• FF5-0-03: Night Attendant Hunt• FF2: Ring TypeConsiderations• The System allows one attendant group for each system mode (Day 1, Day 2, and Night).• An attendant group can contain both real extensions and virtual extensions. If virtual, severalphones can be made to ring at the same time.• Attendant groups can use only Pilot Terminal Hunt Group or Pilot Distributed Hunt Group. Formore information, see “Hunting Groups” on page 3-34.
