Cisco Systems 7942G manual Using BLF to Determine a Line State, Press Private

Advanced Call Handling

Preventing Others from Viewing or Barging a Shared-Line Call

If you share a phone line, you can use the Privacy feature to prevent others who share the line from viewing or barging (adding themselves to) your calls.

If you want to...	Then...
Prevent others from viewing or	1.	Press Private		.
barging calls on a shared line	2.	To verify that Privacy is on, look for the Privacy-enabled
		icon	next to an amber line button		.
Allow others to view or barge calls	1.	Press Private		.
on a shared line	2.	To verify that Privacy is off, look for the Privacy-disabled
		icon	next to an unlit line button		.

Tips

•If the phone that shares your line has Privacy enabled, you can make and receive calls using the shared line as usual.

•The Privacy feature applies to all shared lines on your phone. Consequently, if you have multiple shared lines and Privacy is enabled, coworkers cannot view or barge calls on any of your shared lines.

Using BLF to Determine a Line State

Busy Lamp Field (BLF) features allow you to view the state of a phone line that is associated with a speed-dial button, call log, or directory listing on your phone. If you use BLF Pickup, you can answer a ringing call for the line that you are monitoring. Your system administrator determines which BLF features are configured for your phone.

If you want to...	Then...
See the state of a	Look for one of these BLF indicators next to the line number:
line listed in a call	Line is in-use.
log or directory
	Line is idle.
	Line is in Do Not Disturb state.
	BLF indicator unavailable for this line.

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