You must customize an FCOS to give a mailbox its pager features and limits.
The Feature bits listed in the following table control paging:
| Feature Bit | Function |
|---|---|
| 070 | User Options Menu |
| 077 | Enable paging from a telephone; allow schedule changes from a telephone |
| 079 | Set message wait # 1 for urgent messages only |
| 080 | Set message wait # 2 for urgent messages only |
| 124 | Change paging number |
| 168 | Message wait 1, pager requeue |
| 169 | Message wait 2, pager requeue |
| 181 | Paging over message delivery, message waiting 1 over message waiting 2 |
| 182 | Use pri/alt as week/weekend for MWI (message waiting type) 1 |
| 183 | Use pri/alt as week/weekend for MWI (message waiting type) 2 |
| 212 | Send page upon answer, greeting-only mailbox |
Two that deserve special mention affect changes to the weekday/weekend schedule and pager re-queuing.
Users of the Pager application can be configured to perform the following tasks:
set schedules for weekdays or weekends, showing when they can be reached
change their paging number using their telephone.
To change a paging schedule, the corresponding mailbox must have an FCOS that includes feature bit 077 (Change pager schedule). To change a paging number, a mailbox owner’s mailbox must have an FCOS that includes bit 124 (Change paging phone number). Both these bits require bit 070 (User Options Menu) to work. The mailbox owner’s mailbox FCOS must contain bit 182 or 183 to change the schedule according to the weekday or weekend.
Mailbox owners whose pager number contains non-numeric characters (G,T, or +) will not be able to change these numbers correctly using the telephone key pad. We suggest you use Post-pager number field to enter the non-numeric values.
Scheduling is not available when TDD is enabled.
The pager re-queue feature is activated by feature bit 168 for schedule one and bit 169 for schedule two. If you have paging scheduled from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and receive a call at midnight, the server does not automatically page you at 9 a.m., and does not page until another message arrives during the scheduled time period. By including these feature bits in the FCOS you assigned to the paging mailbox, you are called as soon as the scheduled start time begins, instead of having to wait for another message.
For more information about FCOS and feature bits, see Features Class of Service.
The limits listed in the following table affect paging mailboxes:
| Limit | Unit | Default | Valid Values |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paging - phone, length | digits | 7 | 3-11 |
| Message Waiting Indicator Msg Length | seconds | 0 | 0-5 |
| Pages per billing period | pages | 0 | 0-999 |
| Receipt retention, regular | hours | 0 | 0-8760 |
This limit controls user modification of paging. The paging phone length determines the maximum number of digits users can enter for a paging number. The default is 7, the allowable range is 3 to 11 digits. It is useful for preventing long-distance calls.
This limit defines the minimum message length that activates paging or message delivery
This limit can control the number of pages allowed for a billing period. This allows server administrators to control the number of paging functions allowed a user per billing period, and can be used where a paging service is sold for a flat fee per month. A setting of 0 means no limit is set.
This limit is used in the Pager application to limit the amount of time regular receipts are kept. (The Receipt Retention, CTP limit is used with the Cut-through Paging optional feature.) The limit can be up to 8760 hours (1 year). Alternatively, you can specify unlimited receipt retention by entering 0.
For more information about LCOS and limits, see Other Classes of Service.