Activate Or Deactivate Monitoring Of The Blf List - Cisco 8800 Series User Manual

Your Phone
Your administrator performs the necessary setup on the server and for the phone to allow you to monitor the
desired lines.
You can configure monitoring on your phone in two ways:
• You can configure monitoring of an individual user's line.
• If your administrator has set up a BLF list for you, you can activate or deactivate monitoring of the entire
With the appropriate configuration, you can use the BLF keys to call the monitored line (speed dial), and to
answer incoming calls to the monitored line (call pickup).
When the configuration is complete, the icon in the BLF key label indicates the combination of features
configured on the key:
Table 3: Busy Lamp Field Icons
BLF
Idle
Alerting
In use
Error

Activate or Deactivate Monitoring of the BLF List

If your administrator has configured a Busy Lamp Field (BLF) list for you, you can activate or deactivate
monitoring of the entire BLF list. The phone monitors each user on a separate line key. When you activate
monitoring, the phone assigns available line keys in sequence to monitor the BLF list entries.
The phone may use line keys both on the phone and any Key Expansion Module attached to the phone, or
only the Key Expansion Module. This is controlled by your administrator.
The BLF list keys function in the same way as individual BLF keys. See
for details. When you activate monitoring, the phone starts showing the status of the monitored lines on the
BLF list keys. You can use each BLF list key to call the monitored line (speed dial), and to answer incoming
calls to the monitored line (call pickup).
list. The BLF list is the list of users whose lines you can monitor. The phone monitors each user on a
separate line key. The phone assigns available line keys for monitoring, automatically.
BLF and Speed Dial
Activate or Deactivate Monitoring of the BLF List
BLF and Call Pickup
Cisco IP Phone 8800 Series Multiplatform Phones User Guide
BLF, Speed Dial, and Call Pickup
Coworker Line Status, on page 18
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