Strata CIX/CTX DKT/IPT Telephone Quick Reference Guide 11/05 5
Conference Calls
1. While on a call, press Cnf/Trn.
2. Call another station or outside line.
3. When the called party answers, press Cnf/Trn. If it’s busy or
there’s no answer, press Cnf/Trn again to return to the
original connection. All parties are conferenced.
4. Repeat the above steps to add more lines. You can conference
up to eight parties.
Note When the person who initiates the conference

(master) hangs up, control transfers to the first internal

station added to the conference. If no internal stations are in

the conference, the call disconnects.

!To transfer conference control
1. Do steps 1 and 2 above to add the line to which you wish to
transfer conference control.
2. Announce the call and hang up to transfer the call. This station
is now the conference “master” with the ability to add or delete
parties.
!To hold a conference call
!If you are the “master” conference controller, press Hold once
(or twice for Executive Hold) to place the conference call on
hold.
The conference continues and you can join at any time without
giving up “master” abilities. Music-on-hold is suppressed in
this mode.
!To delete the last member added to a conference
!While a call is in progress, press the Cancel button.
!To conference two outside Lines
1. While talking on an outside call, press Cnf/Trn.
2. Access an outside line.
3. After the party answers, press Cnf/Trn.
4. If you receive a busy tone or if the station does not answer,
press the flashing button to return to the original call.
5. Press Cnf/Trn and hang-up.
Note Most phone companies provide auto disconnect, but

if it is not provided, the lines must be supervised to

disconnect.

6. To supervise a tandem call, press the extension button. If the
parties have finished, hang up or if the parties are still talking,
press Cnf/Trn and hang-up.