
Call Forward Outside System
The Call Forward Outside System (CFOS) feature allows the system to forward incoming or transferred line
calls or intercom calls to telephone numbers that are outside the system. The CFOS feature forwards calls over
any available outbound lines or line groups and does not use any conference circuits. Since CFOS involves
outbound calls, those calls are subject to all line access, toll restriction, and automatic route selection
restrictions normally imposed on the users. Any calls that CFOS cannot service (no outbound line available, toll
restricted, and so forth), ring the system as normal calls. Note also that CFOS will not forward calls associated
with group intercoms and hunt groups. The CFOS feature is useful for after-hours forwarding of business calls
to alternate sites such as a home or cellular telephone. Ring no-answer (RNA) capability also applies to both
line and personal intercom calls. With this RNA capability, the system rings a station a programmed number of
rings and then forwards the call outside the system based upon the programmed CFOS setting. To help system
managers keep account of CFOS activity , the system marks CFOS calls with an F in the SMDA records
printout.
Users activate or deactivate CFOS by dialing a feature code, pressing a preprogrammed button or pressing an
interactive button on an LCD speakerphone. Once users activate CFOS, they select the outbound line or line
group in any of the normal line selections methods available to them. They also designate the forward
destination by dialing the number or pressing a speed dial button. (If users do not make a line and destination
choice, the system uses the most recently used selections.) DISA callers can activate and deactivate CFOS
remotely. When DISA callers activate CFOS, they receive several quick tone bursts and the system awaits any
program changes. When they deactivate CFOS, the system returns dial tone. After they gain access to the
system, they can dial the CFOS code, dial an outbound line or line group selection, and dial the destination
number. Once a user activates CFOS, it remains active and neither system resets nor power outages will
deactivate it. After activation, incoming or transferred calls to an idle CFOS-enabled station forward outside the
system to the CFOS destination over the selected outbound line or line group. CFOS-forwarded calls are subject
to the line-to-line disconnect timer action. If time-out occurs, the system alerts the system operator. He or she
can join the call as a conference member.
Before CFOS can occur for calls on incoming lines, installers must enable those lines for CFOS capability.
Before a CFOS-enabled station can forward a call outside the system, the system must be able to associate the
call receiving line with the station.
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Installers can take action to associate a CFOS-enabled line with an individual CFOS-enabled station. With
this arrangement, this station is the only one that can forward to an outside destination for a call received
on that line.
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At sites served by DID line blocks, installers must enable those lines for CFOS capability but they do not
associate the individual lines with specific CFOS-enabled stations. The system uses the DID translated
station extension to check for the station’s CFOS forwarding ability.
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When another station transfers a call to a CFOS-enabled station, the feature does not require a line
association with the CFOS-enabled station for it to forward the transferred call outside the system. In this
case, the system identifies the CFOS-enabled station before it makes the transfer.
In addition to the line programming action discussed previously, installers enable CFOS system-wide with a
system programming choice. They then enable the feature in both station class of service and individual station
programming, and may map a CFOS button on the applicable telephones. When mapping the button using
VMMI, installers can also select CFOS options for the station CFOS button along with a destination number;
however, any user selected destination number overrides this selection.
Comdial has taken reasonable steps in the design of all product features, including CFOS, which protect against
unauthorized or fraudulent access to, or use of, a system, or which protect against unauthorized, fraudulent or
unaccounted-for access to, or use of, long distance lines. However, no system is entirely invulnerable or
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