Basic functions
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Basic functions
Secure voice transmission
Prerequisite
: The secure voice communication option must be activated by
your administrator.
If you call a party or receive a call from a party over a secure connection, a pad-
lock icon
1
appears on the other party’s row on your graphic display. You can opt
to have voice connections that are no longer secure indicated by a brief alerting
tone and a window with the message "Unencrypted call" (see
Emergency mode
If a failover system has been set up for your OpenScape Voice, you can still
make calls and use the functions of the failover system, for example, despite
network faults.
If it happens that your telephone is no longer connected to OpenScape Voice, it
is registered automatically on the configured failover system. The message
"Emergency mode (B8)" then appears on the display..
Some functions may not be accessible while in emergency mode, for example:
• Call forwarding (
• Voicemail (
• Callback (
• Group functions (
• OpenScape Voice functions (
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The OpenStage phone rings.
If transmitted, calling party information (name, phone number) appears on the
display.
Answering a call via the handset
The phone is ringing. The caller is displayed.
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Lift the handset.
Please read carefully the introductory chapter "Getting to know your Open-
Stage phone"
before performing any of the steps described
here on your phone.
1. Closed for secure or open for nonsecure voice communication
If you have set a pattern melody
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your phone, it is possible that the administrator presets a different ringtone
or deactivates the ringtone, regardless of the call type (e.g. an external or
internal call).
An incoming call will interrupt any ongoing telephone setting operations.
When the call ends, you can press the
N
key to return to the point in the
menu structure where you were interrupted.
If the phone number is stored in the local telephone, the associated name
is shown on the display (must be activated by administrator).