Using Barge Features

Advanced Call Handling

Single-button and Multi-touch Barge

Your system administrator determines whether the barge feature on your phone (cBarge or Barge) operates as a single-button or multi-touch feature.

•Single button barge allows you to press a line button to barge a call (SCCP phones only).

•Multi-touch barge allows you to view call information before barging.

The table below describes how to use barge features (cBarge or Barge) to add yourself to a call on a shared line.

If you want to...	Then...

See if the shared line is	Look for the remote-in-use icon		next to a red line button	.
in use

Add yourself to a call	Press the red line button	for the shared line.
on a shared line	One of the following occurs:
	One of the following occurs:
	• You are added to the call.
	• A window opens on your phone screen prompting you to select the call
	that you want to barge. Press Barge or cBarge to complete the action.
	(You may need to press the more softkey to display Barge or cBarge.)

View conference	See Viewing or Removing Conference Participants, page 40.
participants (if you
used cBarge)

Tips

•When you barge a call, other parties might hear a beep tone announcing your presence. With cBarge, other parties hear a brief audio interruption and the phone screen changes to display conference details.

•If a phone that is using the shared line has Privacy enabled, call information and barge softkeys will not appear on the other phones that share the line.

•If a phone that is using the shared line has Privacy disabled and it is configured with Private Line Automated Ringdown (PLAR), the barge and cBarge features will still be available.

•You will be disconnected from a call that you have joined using Barge if the call is put on hold, transferred, or turned into a conference call.

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Cisco Systems 7941G/7941G-GE manual Using Barge Features, Single-button and Multi-touch Barge

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Single-button and Multi-touch Barge