Starting A Conference; Adding A Call To A Conference - Avaya 1408 User Manual

8. Conference Calls
Multiple conference calls are supported, with parties addable to each conference call until the system's conference
capacity, up to 128, is reached. However, a maximum of 64 parties is supported in any particular conference call.
Conference resources are also used for call recording and other features, reducing the available conference capacity for
ordinary conference calls.
Note: If you are the only internal user in the conference, depending on your telephone systems configuration, dropping
yourself might end the conference. Consult your system administrator for details.
Default Short Codes
Short codes are numbers that you can dial to enable and disable various features. The following are default short codes
that may be available. However, your system administrator can remove and change the short codes available to you or
all users.
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Start a conference between yourself and any calls that you have on hold.

8.1 Starting a Conference

If you do not already have a held call, you can use the process below to start a conference. For more complex scenarios
see Context Sensitive Conferencing
1. Make a call to the first party or answer a call.
2. Press the CONFERENCE key. The current call is automatically put on hold.
3. Dial the party that you want to add to the conference.
4. If they answer and want to join the call, press the
5. If they do not want to join the call or do not answer, press
held call (fast green flash).
Notes About Conference Calls
· You can use the Conf key as an alternative method for transferring calls; this is particularly useful for internal
users. However, if you are the only internal user in a conference, bear in mind that you are the conference host
and dropping yourself from the call would end the conference for all participants.
· If you already have calls on hold, pressing the Conf key will create a conference containing the connected call and
the call on hold. You can
· If you have a call 'on hold pending transfer
'on hold pending transfer,' pressing the Conf key will start a conference that includes all three of you. Other held
calls will not be included, but you can
· Pressing the Conf key against a held call will add that call to the extension's current call (alerting or connected).
Any calls 'on hold pending transfer' will also be added to the call.

8.2 Adding a Call to a Conference

You can add additional parties to an existing conference.
1. Press the HOLD key to put the conference on hold. This does not affect the other conference parties who can
continue talking to each other.
2. Press an available appearance key on which to make a call.
3. Dial the party that you want to add to the conference.
4. If they answer and want to join the call, press the
5. If they do not want to join the call or do not answer, press
held call (fast green flash).
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DROP and then press the appearance key of the
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