Station Features
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FlexSet 120S/280S User Guide
Group Calls
Group Calls
Group Calls are conference calls, allowing participation of up to 100 members at a time. Two options are offered:
a) preset Group Calls comprised of predefined members, b) Add On (Temporary) Group Calls containing no
predefined members, where participants are added from the Group Call initiator station. Each Group Call has its own
unique dial number. Group Call members can be internal stations or external numbers dialled through Public Library
numbers.
When a Group Call is placed, all stations defined as registered members for that particular group ring. As a member
joins the conference (i.e. answers the incoming group call ring), all actively participating members can be alerted by a
defined warning tone. Unanswered stations will continue ringing until the defined timeout period is completed,
without disturbing the conference.
Depending on the system settings, a warning tone may be heard by a conference initiator upon activating the group
call, and by all the participants every time a participant joins (or leaves) an ongoing conference. Group members may
be blocked from joining the conference once the ringing has stopped. The conference may, if desired, be locked to
those users that are not listed on the system as the conference registered members. When the Group Call is not
locked, the non-registered members may join an ongoing conference by dialing the Group Call access code, or be
connected by a registered member.
The conference is controlled by a user defined as the
Group Operator
.
Participants may join a conference with the ability to speak and hear each other, or in the mute mode to only hear
other group members. In case of a muted conference, only the Group Call initiator has the right to speak. Other
participants can be granted permission to speak by the
Group Operator
. These options are set in the Group Call
definitions. An authorized user can force release a participant or terminate an entire conference.
