September 2001
Methods for placing outgoing calls
You can place an outbound call from a Remote Office 9150 station in one of the
following ways.
n
Method 1: Pick up the handset.
This method automatically initiates a host-controlled call.
Note: If you then press the local call appearance key, the dial tone from the
host PBX is changed to locally controlled mode, and the host PBX
connection is released.
n
Method 2: Press a call appearance key.
When you press the host call appearance key, a host-controlled call is
initiated. When you press the local call appearance key, a locally controlled
call is initiated.
To place host-controlled calls
1
Pick up the handset or press the host call appearance key.
Result: A connection is established with the host PBX and you hear dial
tone.
Note: If a connection to the host PBX cannot be established within a time-
out period or no resources are available to carry the call, you hear a reorder
dial tone (a fast busy signal), and the following message appears on the
telephone display:
Release and Try Again
2
Dial the number of the party you want to call.
Result: The host PBX receives and processes the dialed digits and rings
the called party.
Installation and Administration Guide
Using Remote Office 9150 stations
245