Chapter 40 Cisco IP Phones

Phone Button Templates

Table 40-3 Phone Button Feature Description (continued)

 

 

 

Feature

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Conference

Users can initiate an ad hoc conference and add

 

 

 

 

participants by pressing the Conference button. (Users

 

 

 

 

can also use the Join softkey to initiate an ad hoc

 

 

 

 

conference.)

 

 

 

 

Only the person who initiates an ad hoc conference

 

 

 

 

needs a conference button. You must make sure that an

 

 

 

 

ad hoc conference bridge device is configured in

 

 

 

 

Cisco CallManager Administration for this button to

 

 

 

 

work. See Conference Bridges for more information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forward all

Users press this button to forward all calls to the

 

 

 

 

designated directory number. Users can designate

 

 

 

 

forward all in the Cisco IP Phone Configuration

 

 

 

 

windows, or you can designate a forward all number for

 

 

 

 

each user in Cisco CallManager Administration.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hold

Users press this button to place an active call on hold. To

 

 

 

 

retrieve a call on hold, users press the flashing line

 

 

 

 

button or lift the handset and press the flashing line

 

 

 

 

button for the call on hold. The caller on hold receives a

 

 

 

 

tone every 10 seconds to indicate the hold status or

 

 

 

 

music (if the Music On Hold feature is configured). The

 

 

 

 

hold tone feature requires no configuration to work.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Line

Users press this button to dial a number or to answer an

 

 

 

 

incoming call. You must have added directory numbers

 

 

 

 

on the user phone for this button to work.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meet-Me conference

When users press this button, they initiate a meet-me

 

 

 

 

conference, and they expect other invited users to dial in

 

 

 

 

to the conference. Only the person who initiates a

 

 

 

 

meet-me conference needs a meet-me button. You must

 

 

 

 

make sure that a meet-me conference device is

 

 

 

 

configured in Cisco CallManager Administration for

 

 

 

 

this button to work.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Message waiting

Users press this button to connect to the

 

 

 

 

voice-messaging system.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

None

Use None to leave a button unassigned.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Cisco Systems 7935, 7914, 7936, 12 series manual 40-18

12 series, 7935, 7914, 7936 specifications

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