Introduction: Appearance Buttons/Menu
1.11.3 Bridged Appearance Buttons
A bridged appearance button shows the state of one of another user's call appearance buttons. It can be used to answer or join calls on that other user's call appearance button. It can also be used to make a call that the call appearance user can then join or retrieve from hold.
∙When the user's call appearance button alerts, your matching bridged appearance button also alerts. The bridged appearance button can be used to answer the call on the call appearance button user's behalf.
∙When the call appearance button user answers or makes a call using that call appearance, your matching bridged appearance button show the status of that call, for example connected, on hold, etc. The bridged appearance button can be used to retrieve the call if on hold or to join the call if active.
∙Bridged appearance buttons are not supported between users on different systems in a Small Community Network
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If you have any bridged appearance and or call coverage buttons, you can set the type of ringing (coverage ring) 132 that should be used when a call alerts on any of those buttons. The options are to use normal ringing, a single
Bridged Appearance Button Lamps
The following lamp states are used by appearance buttons configured to be bridged appearance buttons.
Button Lamps | Bridge Appearance Button State | ||
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| Red off. | Idle | |
| Green off. | The bridged appearance is not in use. | |
| Red off. | Alerting | |
| Green slow flash. | The matching call appearance is alerting for an incoming call. This is accompanied by ringing. | |
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| If the user is already on a call, only a single ring is given. | |
| Red on. | Alerting + Selected | |
| Green slow flash. | As above but Ringing Line Preference has made this the user's current selected button. | |
| Red off. | In Use Elsewhere | |
| Green on. | The matching call appearance button is in use. | |
| Red on. | In Use Here | |
| Green on. | The user has made a call or answered a call on the bridged appearance, or bridged into it. | |
| Red off. | On Hold Here | |
| Green fast flash. | The call has been put on hold by this user. | |
| Red off. | On Hold Elsewhere | |
| Green flash. | The call on that call appearance has been put on hold by another user. | |
| Red off. | Inaccessible | |
| Green broken | The button pressed is not useable. The call is still dialing, ringing or cannot be bridged into. | |
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