Using Blf To Determine A Line State - Cisco 7970 Series Phone Manual

Using BLF to Determine a Line State

Busy Lamp Field features (BLF) allow you to view the state of a phone line that is associated with a
speed-dial button, call log, or directory listing on your phone. If you use BLF Pickup, you can answer
a ringing call for the line that you are monitoring. Your system administrator determines which BLF
features are configured for your phone.
If you want to...
See the state of a line
listed in a call log or
directory
See the state of a
speed-dial line
Use BLF Pickup to
answer a call ringing on
a coworker's phone
Tips
• Your phone might play an audible indicator to alert you when a call is ringing on the monitored
line (BLF Pickup only).
• BLF Pickup answers the oldest ringing call first (if the line that you are monitoring has more than
one ringing call).
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Then...
Look for one of these indicators next to the line number:
Line is in-use.
Line is idle.
Line is in Do Not Disturb state.
BLF indicator unavailable for this line.
Look for one of these indicators next to the line number:
+ Line is in-use.
+ Line is idle.
Line is in Do Not Disturb state.
+
BLF indicator unavailable for this line.
Press the BLF Pickup button
The call is redirected to the next available line on your phone. (If you want
to specify a line, first press a line button, then press the BLF button.)
If your phone supports auto-pickup, the call connects automatically.
Otherwise, the call rings on your phone for you to answer.
If you press the BLF Pickup button when the monitored line is not
Note
ringing, your phone will speed dial the line number.
while the line is ringing.
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