Setting Your Availability - CounterPath 1.5 Telephone User Manual

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Setting your Availability

Changing your Availability
Click the down arrow beside the status indicator, and select the desired availability. See Table 2, below.
When your availability changes, the new availability is sent to everyone who has permission to see your
availability
Setting up Availability Indicators
You can create custom availability indicators, or edit or delete custom or built-in indicators: In the Calls &
Contacts drawer, click the down arrow beside your availability, and choose Availability Settings. See page 34
for details.
Indicator
Auto-detect The availability will automatically be set as appropriate
• Available: You are logged on but not on the phone or
• On the phone: As soon as you start a call or answer a
• Idle: You have not moved or clicked the mouse or
Available Either:
• You have set your availability to this status
• You have set your availability to Auto-detect and
Busy You have set your availability to this status.
On the phone Either:
• You have set your availability to this status
• You have set your availability to Auto-detect and you
Idle Either:
• You have set your availability to this status
• You have set your availability to Auto-detect and you
Away You have set your availability to this status.
Offline Not applicable
no icon Not applicable
Table 2: Availability Indicators
Meaning for your Availability
idle.
call.
pressed a keyboard key for the Idle period. Set the Idle
period in Options - General - Status. See page 34.
eyeBeam has determined that you are logged on but
not on the phone or idle.
are on a call.
have not moved or clicked the mouse or pressed a
keyboard key for the Idle period. To set the Idle period
see "Options – General – Status" on page 34.
Meaning for Others' Availability
Not applicable
The contact is either not logged on or else
is not set up for
You are not watching this contact's
availability. To start watching, see "Sharing
Availability" on page 23.
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availability
.