Siemens NI-1200 specifications Transfer a Call

Issue 5, June 1999

not been completed, or select the Release This Call oplion if ringback tone has begun. The new call attempt is released, and the held call is retrieved.

•Cancel Transfer (Menu and Dialog Keys)/Release This Call (Menu and Dialog Keys)

Abandoning an attempt to transfer a call results in the original party, now on hold, being retrieved. Select the Cancel Transfer option from the menu system if dialing has not been completed, or select the Release This Call option if ringback tone has begun. The new call attempt is released, and the held call is retrieved.

Transfer a Call

•Transfer (Key or Menu and Dialog Keys)

Transfer an active call by either selecting the Transfer option from the menu system or pressing the Transfer key. The Optiset terminal marks the current call for transfer and places it on hold, sends a Transfer FA message to the switching system, receives the Transfer FI message back from the switching system. and either selects a line or prompts you 10 Select a Line for the transfer. When dial tone is heard, dial the phone number of the party to whom the original call is to be transferred. The terminal connects the held call to the active call and drops your connection.

•Preview While A Call Is On Hold (Key)/Line Key (Associated with the Held Call)/Transfer (Key Only)

Transfer a call on hold by first pressing the Preview key to enter the Preview mode. Then press the Line key associated with the held call. Finally, press the Transfer key. The Opliset terminal marks the held call for transfer. sends a Transfer FA message to the switching system, and receives the Transfer FI message back from the switching system. When dial tone is heard, dial the phone number of the party to whom the held call is to be transferred. The terminal connects the held call to the active call and drops your connection.

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•Conference (Key)/Transfer On Disconnect (Subscribed Feature)

If you are subscribed to a Transfer-On-Disconnect feature provided by the switching system that serves your Optiset terminal, establish a conference call with the party to whom you intend to transfer the original call. Then disconnect from the call. The Transfer-On-Disconnect fealure maintains the connection between the other two parties and drops your connection.

Note: The Transfer feature is a combined local/switch-based feature, the operation of which depends on the degree of compliance of the connected switching system with National ISDN standards. For a discussion of this issue and suggested alternative Transfer procedures, refer to "Switching System National ISDN Compliance Issues" in Chapter 1. INTRODUCING YOUR OPTISET TERMINAL.

Set Up Conference Call

•Origination (Handset Off-hook or Speaker Key)/Conference (Key)/Dial Two Successive DNs/Conference (Key or Menu and Dialog Keys)

With the Optiset terminal idle, lift the handset or press the Speaker key. Then, for a small conference, press Ihe Conference key; for a large conference, press the Large Conference key first and then the Conference key. At the sound of dial tone, dial the first phone number.

When the switching system has accepted the first phone number, the Optiset terminal automatically places that call on hold and selects a line or prompts you to Select a Line for the second call origination. After selection of the second line, dial the second phone number. After the second call is accepted by the switching system, select the Complete Conference option from the menu system or press the Conference key. The Optiset terminal retrieves the first call from hold and merges the second call into the conference.

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