MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 5.0
System Manager’s Guide
555-650-118
Issue 1
June 1997
Managing the System
Page 6-52Changing Coverage Delay Options
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A sender can also be part of a Coverage group whose calls are covered by
individuals, operators, or a calling group (an option is often used to provide voice
messaging system coverage). Table 6–9
summarizes the ways that coverage
calls are handled when Group and Individual Coverage are combined.
Table 6–8. Continued
Timer
Factory
Setting Range Description
Secondary Cover
Ring Delay
2 rings 1–6 rings Release 4.1 and later systems, programmable for
each extension. In addition to the fixed Secondary
Coverage Delay Interval (2 rings), this timer sets the
delay before a Secondary Cover button programmed
for Delay Ring begins to ring audibly. This setting
does not affect Primary or Group Coverage call
delivery.
Secondary
Coverage
Delay Interval
2 rings Fixed Delay before sending Individual Coverage calls to a
Secondary Cover button programmed for Immediate
Ring, when sender also has Individual Coverage to a
Primary Cover button.
In Release 4.1 and later systems, the delay (in
addition to the Secondary Cover Ring Delay setting
for the sender) before a Secondary Cover button
programmed for Delay Ring begins to ring audibly.
Retry Timing
Interval
5 sec Fixed Repetition interval for trying to send calls to group
coverage when no receivers are available; continues
until call is answered by sender or receiver (or caller
hangs up).