To Set Up A Conference - AT&T MERLIN LEGEND Analog Direct-Line Console Operator's Manual

Handling Calls

To Set Up a Conference

1. Make a call to the first outside number or extension.
Press Conference after the person answers.
2.
The green light next to the line button flashes, signaling that the call is on
hold for the conference.
3. If the next call is inside, press an ICOM or SA button; if it's
outside, press an SA or line button.
4. Make call to the next outside number or extension.
5. Confirm participation:
If participant is available, announce conference and press
Conference.
All participants, including you, are connected.
If participant is unavailable, hang up, press Speakerphone, or
use the headset.
Press Conference again to add another person.
6.
You are separated from the conference while you add the next person,
but the participants can still talk.
7. Repeat steps 3-6 to add more participants.
8. While on a conference
Disconnect yourself without ending the call by pressing Hold.
Participants are able to converse, and you can continue to receive calls.
Rejoin conference by pressing any line button for a conference
participant.
Disconnect a conference participant by pressing Drop and
then pressing participant's line button. See Notes.
9. To end the conference, hang up, press Speakerphone, or use
the headset.
Notes:
If you make
conference,
You cannot
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a dialing error while adding a participant to a
you must hang up and start over.
use Drop when the conference is on hold.