Emergency Services - Local Notification Description

The Local Notification feature allows you to program the system to send emergency call notifications to one or more attendant consoles, display-equipped DNIC and IP sets, or ONS CLASS/CLIP sets when an emergency call is detected. When an emergency call is made, a local notification record (emergency call notification) is generated. A designated attendant or display-set user can then use a softkey button or feature access code to view the following details:

For information about which consoles and sets support the Local Notification feature, see Emergency Services - Local Notification Conditions.

In a clustered environment, local notification is triggered on each system where the call travels using a predetermined Emergency route. Attendants, display sets, or ONS CLASS/CLIP sets that are connected to each triggered system and that have the appropriate COS options enabled, receive the local notification. Local notification details can be accessed by one designated attendant or display set user connected to each triggered system. An emergency call follows the established route assigned in the ARS Routes form. If the call passes through a system using a route that is not designated as an emergency route, no local emergency call notification is generated, and the designated attendants, display-set users, or ONS CLASS/CLIP set users are not notified of the emergency call.

A CLASS/CLIP set displays local notification details regardless of whether or not a designated attendant or display-set user is accessing the current notification data. In a multiple emergency call notification situation, if a non-busy CLASS/CLIP set goes off-hook to acknowledge receiving a local notification, it will automatically be presented with the next local notification in the queue when it goes back on-hook.

The local notification must be cleared from each triggered system.

Every emergency call that is made is supported. A maximum of 32 local notification records can be buffered and saved for viewing. If all 32 records are occupied, the next emergency call notification overrides the oldest notification record. If this occurs, a maintenance log is generated. Notifications must be cleared on each triggered system.

Maintenance Logs

Maintenance Logs are generated when