Remote Voicemail - How do you do it T7316

Before you can do anything you need a M7310. Programming a Nortel voice mail requires M7310. It uses the 3 soft keys under the display to program it. You can get one cheap on EBAY. Next you need to find out what type of Voice Mail System in connected to your Nortel phone system. Below is a link to a Older StarTalk manual. You may have a StarTalk, StarTalk Flash, or a Call Pilot.
http://www.myuserguides.com/Nortel_Norstar_Startalk.pdf#page=15&zoom=auto,-69,407

Below is a link that tells how to reset the System Manager Password.
Reset Admin Password Norstar Meridian and Nortel BCM Help Guides

The default code and password for System Admin is F983 and 1020000 or 1021111. The photo below shows a system admin programming tree. Hope this helps
Charlie

"Q: My Norstar Startalk, Flashtalk, or voice mail says my mailbox is not accepting any more messages. I deleted all my messages, but callers still cannot leave a message. Why?
A: Check with your voice mail administrator. Chances are another Mailbox on the system used up all the message storage space. Usually it's the general delivery mailbox that hasn't been checked for messages on a regular basis."
Frequently Asked Questions

The following discussion suggests that voicemail can be inactivated, and cab be re-activated by logging in and pressing '4'
Startalk Flash Won answer Nortel Phone System Tech Support

This says that the mailbox must be initialized.
http://www.uniquecomm.com/docs/Startalk_Flash_Quick_Reference_Guide.pdf

Did you mean "Line" in use?

Caller calling Voice Mail probably tied it up.

Tech needs to program Supervision Disconnect for the line/s and Carrier must do the same so they talk to each other.
So when callers hangs up a disconnect signal tells the system to hang up.
90 percent of the time the tech had it programmed but the carrier did not.

Buy a new phone

The M7310 will display "Message for you" on the LCD screen when you have a message, provided that the Voice Mail system is configured to provide indication to the phone.

The exact steps to do this will depend on what kind of Voice Mail system you are using on your Nortel PBX.

How do I reset a password on a Norstar Voice Mail mailbox?
Press Feature 983.
Enter the System Coordinator's Mailbox number (default is 12, 102, 1002, depending on length of extension numbers) followed by Password (default 0000).
Press MBOX.
Press CHNG.
Enter the mailbox number that is giving you troubles.
Press RESET. The password has been reset to default (0000).
Good Luck.

No, the T7316 set is digital, this is the reason why you cannot just take it home and have it work. Two different styles of signalling. The T7316 set only works with Nortel Systems.

It is telling you that the voice mail ports are busy and can not take another call in to the voice mail system. If the port the does not clear up after a min or two then reset the voice mail system . Unplug the power cord from the wall and let it set for a min , then plug it back in and wait about 5 min for the system to come back up , that should free up the ports .

It sounds like both phones are set to ring on incoming calls and both phones are set to call forward to voice mail box with the same amount of rings . you should turn off the ringing for both phones that way it will not jump between the to mail boxes . now when a call is trans it will go to the box .

The phone you have can go on several different Norstar phone systems and you can have several different types of voice mail. Your voice mail (and possibly the phone system) needs to have programming changes, not the telephone. Your first step is to determine which Nortel phone system you have and also what model voice mail. You will need manuals for the phone system and voice mail. Hopefully you already have a programming or administration manual for the voice mail. Someone should have gotten this information when the system was first installed but that could have been many years ago.

What happens when you are waiting for that time? Do you hear absolutely nothing? Instead of being sent directly to your voice mail box, it may be sending callers to a voice mail branch where you would normally have a recording "press 1 for this, 2 for that" If there is no recording the system will wait for a response that the caller has no idea of and usually replay the message 3 times before defaulting to your mailbox (in this case a blank message). That is my best guess with the information I have from you so far.