Managing Calls
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CALL FORWARD CONFIGURATION
Call Forward on the IP phone allows incoming calls to be forwarded to another destination.
On the 6873i, you can set Call Forward on the phone-side for a specific account or for all
accounts on the phone. You can set a Call Forward mode using the Mitel Web UI at the path,
Basic Settings > Preferences > General > Call Forward Key Mode
:
Account
(default),
Phone
,
and
Custom
. Call Forward behaves according to the mode you set.
You can configure Call Forward using the Mitel Web UI at the path,
Basic Settings > Account
Configuration
, or you can configure Call Forward using the IP phone UI at the path,
Options >
Call Forward
.
Using the Mitel Web UI at the path,
Operation > Softkeys and XML,
you can also configure a
Call Forward
key for the phone (or for an expansion module) to use as a shortcut for accessing
the Call Forward menu on the phone.
The following describes the behavior for each Call Forward mode.
•
Account (default): The Account mode allows you to configure Call Forward on a per account
basis. Pressing a configured
Call Forward
key applies to the account in focus.
•
Phone: The Phone mode allows you to set the same Call Forward configuration for all
accounts (All, Busy, and/or No Answer). When you configure the initial account, the phone
applies the configuration to all other accounts. (In the Mitel Web UI, only the account you
configured is enabled. All other accounts are greyed out but set to the same configuration.)
Using the Mitel Web UI, if you make changes to that initial account, the changes apply to
all accounts on the phone.
•
Custom: The Custom mode allows you to configure Call Forward for a specific account or
all accounts. You can configure a specific mode (All, Busy, and/or No Answer) for each
account independently or all accounts. On the 6873i, you can set all accounts to
All On
,
All Off
, or copy the configuration for the account in focus to all other accounts using a
CopytoAll
softkey.
You can enable different Call Forward rules/modes independently (for example, you can set
different phone numbers for Busy, All, and NoAnswer modes and then turn them on/off
individually).
The following describes the key and Message Waiting Indicator (MWI) LEDs when you enable
Call Forward on the IP phone:
•
MWI LED
on
if any Call Forward mode is enabled for the account in focus.
•
MWI LED
off
if all Call Forward modes are disabled for the account in focus.
Note:
If there is only one account configured on the phone, then the mode setting is
ignored and the phone behaves as if the mode was set to Phone.
Note:
If you make changes to the configuration for Call Forward via the IP phone UI,
you must refresh the Mitel Web UI screen to see the changes.