Additional Features
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PREFERRED LINE AND PREFERRED LINE TIMEOUT
The 6873i has two parameters called preferred line and preferred line timeout. If you enable
the preferred line parameter on your phone, after a call ends (incoming or outgoing), the display
switches back to the preferred line. Next time you go off-hook to make another call, you pickup
on the preferred line. You can enable the
Preferred Line
parameter using the Mitel Web UI at
the location,
Basic Settings > Preferences > General
.
You can also set a
Preferred Line
Timeout
parameter that specifies the number of seconds it takes for the phone to switch back
to the preferred line.
The following table provides the behavior of the preferred line focus feature with other features
on the phone:
PHONE FEATURE
PREFERRED LINE BEHAVIOR
Last Call Return
The phone switches back to the focused line immediately after the call ends.
Speed Dial
The line is already specified when the speed dial is created. The phone
switches back immediately after the call ends.
Conference
For incoming calls, the phone switches back immediately after the call ends.
Transfer
For incoming or outgoing calls, the current behavior is that the same line
used to transfer the call does not change. For incoming calls, the phone
switches back immediately after the call transfers.
Park
The phone switches back immediately after the call ends.
Voicemail
The phone switches back immediately after the call ends.
Outgoing Redial
The phone switches back immediately after the call ends.
Dialing
For incomplete dialing on a non-preferred line, the focus does not change if
some digits are entered.
If no digits are entered or digits were cleared, the focus changes to preferred
line after the time out has passed without activities.
Caller ID
If the Switch UI Focus To Ringing Line parameter is disabled, the User is
able to see the Caller ID when the phone switches the focus to the ringing
line.
Factory Default
Factory default and recovery mode clears the preferred line and preferred
line timeout parameters, and the phone operates in a non-preferred line
mode.
Notes:
1.
If you specify a value of 0 for the
Preferred Line
parameter, it disables the preferred
line focus feature.
2.
If you specify a value of 0 for the
Preferred Line Timeout
parameter, the phone
returns the line to the preferred line immediately.
