Aastra Telecom CT9143i manual User Interface Features, Preferred Line Focus Feature

SIP IP Phone Models 9143i, 9480i, 9480i CT and 5i Series Phones Release Note 2.3

New Features in Release 2.3

User Interface Features

Preferred Line Focus Feature

In previous releases of the IP Phones, after a call (incoming or outgoing), the phone would stay on the line that was used for that call. For example, if you made a call on Line 2, then after the call, the display would be showing line 2. Then when you picked up the handset, the phone would go offhook on line 2.

In Release 2.3, an Administrator or User can now define a preferred line as well as a preferred timeout. If a preferred line is selected, after a call ends (incoming or outgoing), the display switches back to the preferred line. Next time you go off-hook, you pickup on the preferred line. You can specify the number of seconds it takes for the phone to switch back to the preferred line using the “preferred timeout” parameter.

An Administrator can configure the “preferred line” and the “preferred timeout” parameters using the configuration files or the Aastra Web UI. A User can configure these parameters using the Aastra Web UI only.

The following table provides the behavior of the preferred line focus feature with other features on the phone.

Phone Feature	Preferred Line Focus Behavior
call return	The phone switches back to the focused line immediately after
	the call ends.
speeddial	The line is already specified when the speeddial 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.
blf	The phone switches back immediately after the call ends.
park	The phone switches back immediately after the call ends.
voicemail	The phone switches back immediately after the call ends.
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.

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