Placing A Conference Call - Mitel Inter-Tel Axxess Administrator's Manual

PLACING A CONFERENCE CALL

To place a conference call while on a call with an Inter-Tel endpoint:
Press the
The party is on conference wait hold (hears music) and the
shows CALL NEXT PARTY TO CNF.
To place a conference call while on a call with a Single-Line Set:
1.
2.
3.
4.
NOTE:
resources, you will hear reorder tone and see a display that tells you MAX NUMBER OF PAR-
TIES EXCEEDED. To complete the conference setup, return to the parties on conference wait
hold one by one and release parties until there are fewer than the maximum. Then repeat step 5
to connect the conference.
Placing a Conference Call
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button, or press the Special button and enter the Conference feature code (5).
CNF
Hookflash/Recall and enter the Conference feature code (5). The party is on conference
wait hold (hears music).
Place an intercom or outside call to another party (or return to a call on hold) to be
included in the conference. Executive Display, Professional Display, and Model 8560
endpoints users can press the IC DIRECTORY or OUTSIDE DIR menu button to look
up numbers, if desired.
NOTE:
An existing conference is not a valid "party" for another conference.
To place the party on conference wait hold with an Inter-Tel endpoint, press the
button again. Or, press the Special button and enter 5 again.
CNF
To place the party on conference wait hold with a Single-Line Set, hookflash/recall
and enter the Conference feature code (5). The party is on conference wait hold (hears
music).
Repeat step 2 until all desired parties are on conference wait hold (or the maximum
allowed number has been reached).
Connect all waiting parties in the conference:
To use a six-line display endpoint, Press the CONNECT TO CONFERENCE menu
button. All parties are connected. The display shows CNF IN PROGRESS. The CNF
button and a Call button flash slowly. You can use the following menu buttons:
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HOLD: Press this button to place the conference on hold.
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DISCONNECT: Press this button to remove your station from the conference. If
there are no other stations in the conference, all parties are disconnected. If there
is still another station in the conference, the parties remain connected.
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ADD PARTY: This button appears only if you have not reached the maximum
number of allowed parties. Press this button to leave the conference parties con-
nected while you place another call to be added to the conference.
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MUTE: Press this button to switch the microphone on or off during the confer-
ence.
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TRANSFER CNF: Press this button and enter an extension number to transfer the
conference to another station or the Voice Mail application.
To connect all waiting parties in the conference with a two-line or non-display end-
point, press the button again. Or, press the Special button and enter
CNF
All parties are connected. Display endpoints show CNF IN PROGRESS. The
button and a Call button flash slowly.
To connect all waiting parties in the conference with a Single-Line Set, when all
parties are on conference wait hold, hookflash/recall and enter the Conference feature
code (5). All parties are connected.
If the number of parties in your conference exceeds the capacities of the system
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button flutters. The display
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