Avaya Communication Manager Administrator's Manual page 1502

Feature Reference
Conference
The user then could do either of the following:
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The user can selectively drop the party currently shown on the display with a single button push.
This can be useful during conference calls when adding a party that does not answer and the call
goes to voice mail.
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The user can selectively mute the party currently shown on the display with a single button push.
This puts the selected party in "listen-only" mode. This can be useful during conference calls
when a party puts the conference call on hold and everyone on the call is forced to listen to
music-on-hold. The user can mute that party so the conference call can continue without
interruption. The muted party can then rejoin the call by pressing the # key on their telephone.
Meet-me Conference
Meet-me Conference allows users to set up a dial-in conference of up to six parties. Meet-me Conference
uses Call Vectoring to process the setup of the conference call. Meet-me Conference can be assigned
optionally to require an access code. If an access code is assigned, and if the vector is programmed to
expect an access code, each user dialing in to the conference call must enter the correct access code to be
added to the call. The Meet-me Conference extension can be dialed by any internal or remote access
users, and by external parties if the extension number is part of the customer's Direct Inward Dialing
(DID) block.
NOTE:
If the vector for Meet-Me conferencing allows a new party to join a conference
immediately, and that party is joining as an H.323 ip trunk user, the caller may not have
talkpath with the others in the conference. To prevent this, include in the vector a short
delay before a new party joins the Meet-Me conference, such as a step to collect digits, a
1-second delay, or play an announcement. Since Meet-Me vectors are always configured
with announcements and digit collections, this should rarely be an issue.
No Hold Conference
No Hold Conference allows a user that is actively on a call to call another party and set up a conference
call without interrupting the current call. The called party is added to the conference call as soon as they
answer. Once the conference call is established, the call proceeds like a normal conference call. This
feature can be used on a multiple-line digital telephones.
Interactions
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Bridged Call Appearance
A bridged call appearance can be used to make conference calls. A bridged appearance can bridge
onto a conference call only if there were never 6 parties on the conference.
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Call Vectoring
A call to a VDN can be included as a party in a conference call only after vector processing
terminates for that call (for example, after a successful route-to command).
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Class of Restriction (COR)
If the Restriction Override field is set to all , the COR of the party being added is always checked
against the COR of the party controlling the add-on, but the new party's COR is not checked
against any other conferee's CORs.
1502 Administrator's Guide for Avaya Communication Manager
November 2003