Cisco 7960G User Manual page 70

Adding Your Line to a Shared Line Call
Press the Barge softkey, if your system administrator assigned Barge to your
Step 3
phone.
The phone creates a conference call and sends a beep tone to all of the conference
participants. (If the barge fails, the original call remains active.)
Note
To end the conference, hang up.
Step 4
The remaining parties hear a disconnect tone, and the original call continues. If
the target shared line call that was barged hangs up, the call returns to a two-party
call between the original connected party and the party who initiated the barge. If
the original party (who was connected to the target shared line party) hangs up,
the Barge call is terminated and all parties are disconnected.
You are disconnected from a barged call if the target shared line call is put on hold,
Note
transferred, or converted to a conference call.
Press the cBarge softkey, if your system administrator assigned cBarge to your
Step 5
phone.
The phone creates an ad hoc conference call, which changes the original call
information display.
To end the conference, hang up.
Step 6
If any party hangs up and only two parties remain in the conference call, the
remaining two parties are connected as a two-party direct call.
When you use Barge:
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Contact your system administrator if a message similar to
"No Conference Bridge Available" appears on your phone's LCD screen
when you press the Barge softkey.
The target shared line cannot be on two barged calls at the same time.
The party who initiated the barge is dropped when the target shared line puts
the barged call on hold.
The party who initiated the barge is dropped when the target shared line
answers an incoming call.
Chapter 4 Making Conference Calls on Your Phone
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