Preferred Line And Preferred Line Timeout - Mitel 6800 Series Administrator's Manual

Mitel 6800 Series SIP Phone Release 4.2.0 SP2 Administrator Guide

PREFERRED LINE AND PREFERRED LINE TIMEOUT

An Administrator or User can define a preferred line as well as a preferred timeout. If a
preferred line is selected, after a call ends (incoming or outgoing), the display switches back
to the preferred line. Next time you go off-hook, you pickup on the preferred line. You can specify
the number of seconds it takes for the phone to switch back to the preferred line using the
"preferred timeout" parameter.
An Administrator can configure the "preferred line" and the "preferred timeout" parameters
using the configuration files or the Mitel Web UI. A User can configure these parameters using
the Mitel Web UI only.
The following table provides the behavior of the preferred line focus feature with other features
on the phone.
PHONE
FEATURE
Call Return
Speeddial
Conference
Transfer
BLF
Park
Voicemail
Redial
Dialing
Caller ID
Factory
Default
Notes:
1. If you specify a value of "0" for the preferred line parameter, it disables the preferred
line focus feature.
2. If you specify a value of "0" for the preferred line timeout parameter, the phone
returns the line to the preferred line immediately.
CONFIGURING THE PREFERRED LINE AND PREFERRED LINE TIMEOUT
You use the following procedures to configure the Preferred Line and the Preferred Line Timeout
on the IP Phones.
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PREFERRED LINE BEHAVIOR
The phone switches back to the focused line immediately after the call ends.
The line is already specified when the speeddial is created. The phone switches back
immediately after the call ends.
For incoming calls, the phone switches back immediately after the call ends.
For incoming or outgoing calls, the current behavior is that the same line used to
transfer the call does not change. For incoming calls, the phone switches back
immediately after the call transfers.
The phone switches back immediately after the call ends.
The phone switches back immediately after the call ends.
The phone switches back immediately after the call ends.
The phone switches back immediately after the call ends.
For incomplete dialing on a non-preferred line, the focus does not change if some digits
are entered.
If no digits are entered or digits were cleared, the focus changes to preferred line after
the time out has passed without activities.
If the "Switch UI Focus To Ringing Line" parameter is disabled, the User is able to see
the Caller ID when the phone switches the focus to the ringing line.
Factory default and recovery mode clears the "preferred line" and "preferred line
timeout" parameters, and the phone operates in a non-preferred line mode.