3Com 2102PE Phone Guide - Page 76

76 CHAPTER 7: GETTING MORE FROM YOUR TELEPHONE SYSTEM Delayed Ringing Pulse Dialing (NBX Business Telephone and Attendant Console only) The Delayed Ringing feature prevents a telephone on a shared line from ringing on a specific telephone until the incoming call rings on another telephone a specified number of times. A shared line can be a bridged extension or an incoming analog telephone line that is mapped to more than one telephone. Example: A telephone extension is programmed to appear on a manager's telephone and on the assistant's telephone. When a call comes in to the manager on that extension, the assistant's telephone rings a specified number of times (typically, 4 rings) before the call audibly rings on the manager's telephone. Even during the first silent rings, the line's status light on the manager's telephone flashes, allowing the manager to answer the calls if required. In some locations, analog telephone users must dial telephone calls using pulse dialing instead of tone dialing (also called Dual Tone Multi Frequency, or DTMF, dialing). Your administrator must configure the Analog Line Card ports for pulse dialing. Examples: ■ Some of your telephone lines are provided by a telephone company that supports only pulse dialing while other lines are provided by a different telephone company that support DTMF dialing. ■ Your organization's telephone service provider offers low-cost, pulse-dialing-only service. ■ In some situations, you must switch to DTMF dialing during a call. For example, if your call is answered by an automated attendant that requires that you enter information from your telephone keypad, you must typically enter the information using DTMF dialing.