Cisco Systems 7945G, 7965G manual Using BLF to Determine a Line State

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 features (BLF) 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 line	Look for one of these indicators next to the line number:
listed in a call log or	Line is in-use.
directory
	Line is idle.
	Line is in Do Not Disturb state.
	BLF indicator unavailable for this line.
See the state of a	Look for BLF indicators next to the line number:
speed-dial line	+	—Line is in-use.
	+	—Line is idle.
	+		—Line is in Do Not Disturb state.
		+	(flashing)—Line is ringing (BLF Pickup only).
	—BLF indicator unavailable for this line.
Use BLF Pickup to	Press the BLF Pickup button			while the line is ringing.
answer a call ringing on	The call is redirected to the next available line on your phone. (If you want
a coworker’s phone	to specify a line, first press a line button, then press the BLF button.)
	If your phone supports auto-pickup, the call connects automatically.
	Otherwise, the call rings on your phone for you to answer.
	Note If you press the BLF Pickup button when the monitored line is not
	ringing, your phone will speed dial the line number.
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