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Conference
Description
Conference lets an extension user add additional inside and outside callers to their conversation. With
Conference, a user can set up a multiple-party telephone meeting without leaving the office. The CPU
provides 32 conference ports, allowing any number of internal or external parties to be conferenced
together for a limit of 16 parties. This means that one extension can conference up to 31 internal
and/or external parties together (the originator would be the 16th party reaching the maximum of 16).
While this Conference call is active, another user can initiate a separate Conference also for a limit of
16 parties, or any number of conferences can be initiated with any number of parties (up to 16) until all
32 Conference ports are busy.
Conditions
• Split allows a user to alternate (i.e., switch) between their callers in Conference. This allows a dis-
patcher, for example, to control a telephone meeting between themselves, a customer and a service
technician. The dispatcher can meet together with all parties, privately set up a service strategy with
the technician and then meet again to set the schedule.
• Split cycles through the Conference in the same order in which the Conference was initially set up. If
a user places an outside call, conferences extension 200 followed by extension 201, Split cycles from
the trunk, to 200 and finally to 201. The Split cycle then repeats.
• If a user’s extension has Barge-In ability enabled, they can also Barge-In on an established Confer-
ence. This permits, for example, an attendant or supervisor to join a Conference in an emergency. It
also allows a co-worker to leave a conference - and then rejoin the telephone meeting when it is con-
venient to do so.
If a user’s extension has Barge-In monitor enabled (Program 20-13-10), they can Silent Monitor a conference
already in progress (Program 99-01-49 option 49 must be set to 1).
• A Class of Service option is available which allows or denies an extension user from automatically
setting up a Conference/Tandem Trunking call upon hanging up the telephone.
• An extension with Barge-In ability can Transfer a call into an existing Conference. This allows, for
example, an attendant to locate co-workers and then Transfer them into an existing telephone meet-
ing. There is no need for the attendant to locate all the parties at the same time and sequentially add
them into the Conference. Transfer Call Into Conference Code (PRG11-12-58 ).
• An option is available which allows an extension Conf key (SC 851 : 07) to be programmed for Con-
ference or for Transfer. When set for Transfer, the user places a call on hold, dials the extension to
which it should be transferred, and presses Conf. The call is then transferred. When set for Confer-
ence, with an active call, the user presses Conf, places a second call, then presses Conf twice. All
the calls are then connected.
• Users can Barge-In on a Conference call if allowed in programming.
• Define the outgoing call options for each trunk and user.
• Set up a Conference with a co-worker in your immediate work area.
• DISA users may use the Barge-In feature on a Conference call if they know the service code and are
permitted in their DISA Class of Service.
• Meet Me Conference lets an extension user set up a Conference via Paging.
•
Meet Me Paging lets an extension user set up a two-party meeting via Paging.
• A user can set up an Unsupervised Trunk-to-Trunk Conference and then drop out of the call, allowing
the remaining parties to continue the conversation. Establish two trunk calls press the Hold key and
dial
#8 .
• You can optionally program Conf (Transfer) for Transfer. In this case, the Multiline Terminal must
have a Conference function key. The system also allows a call to be transferred into a Conference
call.
• When the Conference Originator hangs up with a conference on Hold, or when trying to add another
caller, all internal calls are dropped.
• Conferencing when talking on a Virtual Extension:
ISSUE 1.0 SL1000
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Conference 1-134