Why won't my phone system ring over the intercom system as it should?

press intercom button

There are 2 things that would prevent you from being able to answer a ringing phone by picking up the handset. Your phone has to be ringing, and you need to set preferred line ringing on incoming calls.

The second part is easy. Press PROGRAM 99 and dial 22 STORE on your phone. Now when a call rings on your phone you can pick it up. If you can't, then your phone is not ringing.

Ringing is set in system programming.

Carl

That was a good solution to the problem. way to go.

Changing ringing on a Partner system is done on either ext 10 or 11.
At one of those ext's press the feature key and "00"
Next press the left hand intercom twice
The display should say system programming

Press the right hand intercom once. The display should say Centralized Programming.

Enter in the extension number that you want to program.

Press the line that you want to ring.
A solid light on the line means immediate ringing
A slow flashing light means delayed ringing (meaning the phone will wait 3 rings before starting to ring.)
A fast flashing light means no ringing.

When finished with that station press the right hand intercom and enter in the next extension to program and set ringing accordingly.

Press feature "00" to logout

I'm guessing this is connected to a TA series system.

There is a ringer switch on the left side of the phone. Does it ring on intercom calls with the Auto Answer button not lit?

The 2 things that control the ringer for outside calls is the ringer switch and programming. Intercom calls ringing is controlled by the switch, Auto Answer button, and programming. If the switch is set to medium or high and the phone doesn't ring, try it at another extension. If it still doesn't ring, it's broken, if it rings, then you have programming issues.

Carl

Changing ringing on a Partner system is done on either ext 10 or 11.
At one of those ext's press the feature key and "00"
Next press the left hand intercom twice
The display should say system programming

Press the right hand intercom once. The display should say Centralized Programming.

Enter in the extension number that you want to program.

Press the line that you want to ring.
A solid light on the line means immediate ringing
A slow flashing light means delayed ringing (meaning the phone will wait 3 rings before starting to ring.)
A fast flashing light means no ringing.

When finished with that station press the right hand intercom and enter in the next extension to program and set ringing accordingly.

Press feature "00" to logout
as to the automated message, Does your system have a messaging card in it? If so what kind?

I'm out in the field and not at my Partner system, but I think you can either program a button or dial 626 on the intercom.

To program a button, press FEAT 00, the button, Intercom 626 and when that phone rings, pick up your handset and press the button.

Carl

The telephone instrument you have can be used on the NEC Electra Professional Level I, and the Level II systems (and under some conditions the NEAX 2000 series). Codes for features are somewhat different based on the system. It is possible that your phone is in "Do-Not-Disturb" if other phones on your system actually ring when they are called via the intercom (on the Level I and Level II systems, initial intercom ring is a system wide setting). The cancel DND code is: Level I system: with telephone idle, press <FNC>, dial 60, press <FNC>. Level II system: with telephone idle, press <FNC>, dial 69, press <FNC>.
It is also possible that your ring volume is very low. To adjust, press <SPKR>, dial 601, then adjust volume using the up/down keys at the bottom of the phone (press <SPKR> when finished. If your system is programmed to access an outside line when you press <SPKR>, you will need to press the <INTERCOM> button first.)
If your system is set for voice intercom, people calling your phone can make it ring by dialing a "1" after your intercom number.
If you do all this and your phone still won't ring on incoming calls, let me know and we'll have to go into system programming to correct it.

go to programming section 5
You want Automatic Line Selection

Press feature00
left intercom button press twice (system program)
press right intercom once (central tel program)
enter # of extension to be programmed (intercom #)
press **
press line buttons in desired order line1 line 2 etc and
end with left intercom then press**
enter feature 00 to exit programming
Dave

I need to change how many rings it takes my system to answer . It is set for attendant , I need it to answer after 5 rings . I need this changed because I now have a answering service that is set up though my phone provider verizon to call forward after 4 rings Lucent partner 18d