Initial Settings

In the first cycle of calls, you can expect to get other telco messages that will indicate that there is no point retrying the dialed number. e.g. a message saying that incoming calls are barred.

This percentage is used to reduce the other telco all outcomes (except faxes and modems) from Cycle 2 onwards. Thus if you enter a figure of 10%, you can expect the incidence of this call outcome to drop to 10% of what it was in the first cycle.

This adjustment follows the same logic as described for the other telco adjustment above. It is likely to have a low value, but don't rule out those cases, especially in the home, where you may have dialed a temporary fax setting, and a retry could yield a live call.

This figure shows answering machines as a percentage of answering machines and no answers combined.

Oceanic® bases this calculation on the figures you entered on the Call Outcome Properties page. You may change it if you wish, to reflect a different ratio between them, after the first cycle.

In the very unlikely event that you didn't specify values for either of these call outcomes for the first cycle, then you must enter a value here.