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Advanced Communications System Installation, Programming, and Use
Group Calling—Ring/Page (I7G/I*7G)
8-40
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If you leave the microphone on for hands-free answer on intercom (HFAI), the microphone is
turned off when that telephone receives a group page; you must lift the handset or
press
!
to answer the page.
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Calls can be transferred to a Calling Group manually or by using a button programmed to ring
the Calling Group.
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You can program a Group Calling button on a system telephone to ring or page a specified
Calling Group or to transfer a call to a Calling Group with one touch.
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When a call is transferred to a Calling Group and the call is not answered, it goes back to the
specified Transfer Return Extension (#306). The call must be ringing, not a voice page.
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Extensions assigned to Calling Group 1 can receive Simultaneous Paging.
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DID calls can be routed to calling groups to ring all available members.
Programming
8
To program a Calling Group button:
1. Press
f00
.
2. Press a programmable button.
3. Do one of the following:
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If you want calls to ring the group, press left
i7
.
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If you want calls to page the group, press left
i*7
. (Buttons programmed for
paging a Calling Group cannot be used to transfer a call to that Calling Group.)
4. Dial a Calling Group number (1–4).
5. Program another button for this extension, or exit programming mode.
Using Group Calling—Ring/Page on a System
Telephone
8
To use the programmed button:
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To ring or page the Calling Group, press the programmed button first; then lift the handset.
— If you ring the group, all available extensions in the Calling Group ring.
— If you page the group, start talking after the beep.
Your voice is heard through the speakers of all system telephones that are idle or have Do
Not Disturb turned off in the Calling Group. If someone answers the page, you are
connected to that person and the rest of the Calling Group no longer hears the page.
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To transfer a call to the Calling Group, while on a call, press the button programmed for
ringing a Calling Group. You can hang up or stay on the line to announce the call.
All available extensions in the Calling Group ring.