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The ICB communicates with the system software by emulating a digital line card (XDLC), which allows existing software to control the operation of the ICB. Configure each ICB port as an Automatic Call Distribution (ACD) M2616 digital telephone set.

System overview

The ICB comes as a single card, or a pair of cards if additional ports are required to support a dual-card meeting. Each card stands alone, even in the dual-card configuration. For dual-card meetings, the primary card uses ports on the secondary card. The following rules apply:

Each card (that is, the primary and secondary) has its own set of users. There is no “common list” for both cards.

To schedule a conference, the user logs into the card in which their account is defined. If the user has two accounts, one on each card, they must try each card separately to find available resources for the conference. There is no automatic pooling between cards.

A user, super-user, or executive-user can have accounts on many cards at a company (that is, a customer can have one person who administers multiple bridges for their company).

Dual-card conferences can only be scheduled by users on the primary card.

ICB conference feature summary

The ICB:

Allows volume control by conference participants.

Offers customized conference-specific greetings.

Enables users to acquire and release chairperson control while in a conference.

Delivers pre-meeting and post-meeting participants notifications.

Allows one chairperson per conference.

Offers optional chairperson control on the secondary card of a dual-card conference.

Provides for one or more permanent bridge configurations.

Supports multiple conferences simultaneously.

Provides chairperson commands during an active conference.

Provides conferee commands during an active conference.

Allows conference extension beyond the scheduled time.

Nortel Integrated Conference Bridge Service Implementation Guide

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