| Field Name |
Valid Input |
Description/Procedure |
| LOG-IN PARAMETERS |
| Login Retries |
3 |
The number of sequential login attempts allowed before the
messaging system disconnects the caller. |
| Consecutive Invalid Login Attempts |
Default: 18
Valid input: 0–999
|
The maximum number of consecutive unsuccessful login attempts
allowed before the caller is locked out of the system.
For example, if the field is set to 9 and a subscriber unsuccessfully
attempts to log in to the messaging system nine consecutive
times (3 calls with 3 login attempts with an incorrect password
per call), the subscriber is locked out of the system. If
a subscriber is locked out of the system, see Unlocking
a subscriber's mailbox for information about unlocking
a mailbox.
|
| System Guest Password |
Default: blank
Valid input: 1–15 numeric characters
|
A password that guests (non-subscribers) can use to leave
messages for local subscribers.
Leaving this field blank means there is no quest password.
If a value is entered in this field, a guest may leave a message
for a subscriber by logging in with that subscriber's extension
and this guest password.
Subscribers must not have the same password as the guest
password. The system does not allow subscribers to create
a password that is the same as the guest password. |
| Minimum Password Length |
Default: blank
Valid input: 0–15 |
The minimum number of characters required for a subscriber
password. Passwords need to have at least 5 digits and must
exceed by at least 1 digit the number of digits in an extension
number. If limitations are not in place, many subscribers
then choose easily guessed numbers for their password.
If an administrator enters a shorter password on the Add
Local Subscriber web-based administration page than what is
indicated in this field, the subscriber must change it to
meet the this field's setting when logging in to the system. |
| INPUT TIME LIMITS (SECONDS)
|
| Normal |
Default: 60
Valid input: 1–99 |
The number of seconds that the system waits for a subscriber
to enter a command before voicing a time-out warning. |
|
Full Mailbox
Timeout |
Default: 5
Valid input:
1–9
|
The number of seconds that the system
waits for a touchtone entry from a caller after informing
the caller that the called subscriber's mailbox is full. After
the specified time has passed, the system will transfer the
call to the covering extension (if defined) or disconnect. |
| Wait (*W) |
Default: 180
Valid input: 1–999 |
Enter the number of seconds that the system waits after a
subscriber enters the wait command (* W or * 9) before voicing
a time out warning. |
| Between Digits at Auto-attendant or
Standalone Menu |
Default: 3
Valid input: 3–12
|
The maximum number of seconds the system waits between
touchtone signals before timing out. If a caller does not
press another key, the system is disconnected. This maximum
applies both to interaction with an automated attendant
menu and to touchtone signals during a call-answer session,
for example, during the time a caller is to enter a destination
extension.
The default value is 3. This is the optimal value for normal
operation and should not be changed unless pulse-to-tone
converters are used in conjunction with the messaging system
to accommodate users of rotary phones. To accommodate users
of rotary phones, the timeout might be increased to about
5 or 6 seconds. The best value will be determined through
actual use.
|
| Disconnect options |
|
Quick Silence
Disconnect? |
n = no
|
Enables or disables quick silence disconnect the quick
silence disconnect option, which allows the messaging system
to disconnect a call after a certain amount of silence is
detected.
The DEFINITY switch is able to detect the following types
of disconnect signaling employed in several countries:
- Open loop (analog trunks)
- Polarity reversal (analog trunks)
- Bit-oriented signaling (digital trunks)
In some telephone systems, however, there is no disconnect
signaling. When the system does not receive reliable disconnect
information, valuable storage space might be used needlessly
because the system continues recording longer than is necessary.
Quick silence-disconnect signaling enhances system operation
for calls in which there is no disconnect signaling and
the line simply goes silent after the caller hangs up. When
quick silence disconnect is administered, the system is
disconnected as follows:
- During a call-answer recording, upon
detecting silence for a period that exceeds the silence
limit administered on this screen.
- At all other times, after two expirations
of the Input time limit—see the INPUT TIME LIMITS
(SECONDS) section in this table. The system provides a system
prompt and a help message after the first expiration.
When recording a message in a voice mail session (as opposed
to a call-answer session), the system is not disconnected
upon detecting silence but rather after two expirations of
the input time limit. If you use quick silence disconnect,
there are long periods of silence at the end of call-answer
messages. If subscribers report problems with the silence
in messages, consider changing this setting. |
| Silence Limit? |
Default: 30
Valid input: 5–30 |
The time in seconds that the system waits for caller input
before dropping call-answer recordings, if quick silence disconnect
is enabled. If quick silence disconnect option is disabled,
call-answer calls are disconnected after 30 seconds of silence. |
