For multiappearance telephones, you can administer the system-wide distinctive-ringing cycles. You cannot administer system-wide distinctive-ringing cycles for single-line analog telephones. For single-line analog telephones, you must administer the ringing cycle for the user on a Station screen. For more information, see the Personalized Ringing feature.
Most installations use a one-burst ring for internal calls, a two-burst ring for external calls, and a three-burst ring for priority calls.
The system controls the ringing cycles for the following types of calls. You can administer ringing for:
If the user of an internal telephone transfers an external call, the call usually rings as an internal call. You can administer the system so that the transferred call rings as an external call.
The alerting patterns of the stations depend on the administration of Distinctive Audible Alert. When Tenant Partitioning is disabled, the system parameters-features screen displays Distinctive Audible Alert. When Tenant Partitioning is enabled, the Tenant screen displays Distinctive Audible Alert.
