Nortel Networks Integrated Conference Bridge manual Managing the status of individual participants

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•Select Add a Group to make a call to a group. Call-out groups are configured by the administrator.

•Select Call Assistant to use a Call Assistant to make the call. The number of the Call Assistant is configured by the administrator.

2.Enter the call parameter, as follows:

•If Add a Participant was selected in step 1, type the number to be dialed in the text box. The number may contain digits, asterisks (*), and number sign (#). If required, enter a pause anywhere by entering ‘p’ for a 100 ms pause or ‘P’ for a 500 ms pause.

•If Add a Group was selected in step 1, select a group from the list.

3.Click Dial.

After call origination, the chairperson is engaged in a private call. All buttons in the Chairperson section are disabled, as are Count & Announce and Mute All in the Participants section.

4.Return to the conference as follows:

•Click Return with called party to end the private call and return to the conference with the called party. The new participants join the conference and are added to the Participant List. A dialog box opens if no ports are available for dial-out, in the case of a single or group call, and the participants are not added to the call. If some, but not all, of the required ports are available for a group call, no dialog box opens.

•Click Return without called party to end the private call and return to the conference. The called party is not added to the conference.

Managing the status of individual participants

This section describes how to perform tasks from the Participant’s List section of the Conference Call Manager window (see Figure 18 on page 37).

Note: If a chairperson is not present on the conference, the Consult activity is not available (see Figure 19 on page 38).

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