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Message Waiting Indicator

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Each Telephone is equipped with a message waiting indicator to let the user know when they have a voicemail message. 

Every once in a while, message waiting indicator becomes out of sync with the voicemail server and needs to be manually reset.

To see if a telephone has a message

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  1. Enter the command "status station" followed by the 5-digit extension
  2. Look for the "Message Waiting" field.
    • It the field is blank, there is no message
    • If the field says "VM Server" there is a message

 

To clear the message waiting indicator from a telephone:

  1. Enter the command "clear amw all" followed by the 5-digit extension.
    • e.g. "clear amw all 26900"

 

To verify that the message waiting indicator has been cleared:

  1. Enter the command "status station" followed by the extension
  2. Ensure that the "Message Waiting" field is blank.

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