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Calling Groups One type of hunt group is the Calling Group. Calling groups allow an incoming call to ring simultaneously on all telephones in a group, for example, a customer service group. To log in to or out of a calling group, follow the steps in “Hunt Groups” earlier in this chapter.

Figure 4 shows the path of a call coming in to a calling group.

Figure 4 Sample Calling Group Configuration

6

1Incoming Telephone Call

2Telephone #1

3Telephone #2

4Telephone #3

5After a specified number of rings with no answer

6Receptionist

Group Membership To view the list of users that belong to a group:

1In NBX NetSet > User Information > Hunt Groups, select a group.

2Click Details.

Supervisory

Supervisory monitoring is typically used in call centers to allow supervisors

Monitoring

to join a conversation between an agent and a customer to ensure proper

 

customer support. The supervisor’s presence may or may not be

 

announced to the agent or customer by a tone. Supervisory monitoring

 

can be used only with incoming calls to Automatic Call Distribution

 

Groups and Hunt Groups. Other calls to and from the agent’s telephone

 

are unavailable to the supervisor. The supervisor must provide a password

 

to access the agent’s extension during these calls.

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3Com 900-0208 manual Supervisory, Monitoring, To access the agent’s extension during these calls

900-0208 specifications

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