A Check-In request deactivates the outward-controlled restriction on the telephone in a guest/patient room. A Check-Out request deactivates any controlled restrictions and changes the controlled-restriction level to outward restriction, checks for any messages, clears the wakeup request, and deactivates Do Not Disturb.

If you do not use PMS or if the PMS link is down, the attendant can activate Check-In and Check-Out from an attendant console or a front-desk telephone with display capability and console permission. This requires two buttons, Check-In and Check-Out. Pressing either button places the display in the respective mode, and you can use the touch-tone or DTMF buttons for entering data (rather than for placing calls).

The attendant exits Check-In or Check-Out mode by pressing any other button associated with the display (for example, the Normal Mode button). This restores the display and the touch-tone or DTMF buttons to normal operation.

A Check-In/Check-Out request sends information for Names Registration to Communication Manager. This information includes the guest’s name, room extension, and call-coverage path. If the PMS link is down and check-in is done from an attendant console or display-equipped front-desk telephone, the guest’s name and coverage-path information is manually updated.

If a guest/patient room has both a voice and a data extension, the checkout request applies only to the voice extension.