System Feature Activation; Using A Headset; Push-To-Talk Operation - Avaya 3616 Series User Manual

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System Feature Activation

Function menu Press

Using a Headset

Push-to-talk Operation

Overview The push-to-talk feature allows 3626 Wireless IP Telephones to
Selecting a channel See Setting User Preferences below.
Call period The two-way radio operates on the concept of a push-to-talk
Initiating a call Press the
Transmitting Once a call has been initiated, hold the Wireless IP Telephone
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to go off hook and then press
list of additional system features that your administrator has
created for your station. Press
system features and press the Select key to activate a feature.
This document refers to OAI applications which are customized
features, such as nurse call systems programmed for specific
facilities. These applications are activated through the Function
menu.
Avaya offers optional headsets for use in noisy environments or if
you need to have your hands free while talking on the Wireless IP
Telephone.
To use the headset, simply plug it into the jack on the bottom of
the Wireless IP Telephone. The headsets offered by Avaya are
specially designed to work properly with the Wireless IP
Telephone. We do not recommend using other headsets.
operate in a push-to-talk (PTT) group broadcast mode in addition
to the standard telephone operation.
The 3626 Wireless IP Telephone supports 8 multicast channels
with the current channel saved in memory on the phone. A PTT
call is initiated by pressing the
side of the handset. All 3626 Wireless IP Telephones that are
monitoring that channel will hear the transmission.
PTT dialogue is interrupted when you answer a PBX call. When
the PBX call is ended, PTT dialogue resumes if in an active call.
session or call period. The push-to-talk call period begins with
the first transmission and ends when there has been no two-way
radio traffic on the channel for ten seconds.
The PTT mode controls the keypad during a push-to-talk call
period. Therefore it is not possible to use the keypad for any other
function such as accessing the on-hook menus or accessing an
OAI application unless the PTT call is Terminated (see below).
However, it is possible to easily place a PBX call (see below).
Talk
button and wait briefly to activate the channel
before talking. You may begin talking when the display shows
"Transmitting.".
two inches from your mouth and talk into the microphone. When
Talk
the button is released, the 3626 Wireless IP Telephone then
enters the waiting state where it monitors the channel for up to ten
seconds.
Initiate subsequent transmissions by pressing the
FCN
to display a
Up Down
or to scroll though the
Talk
button located on the right
Talk
button on
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