Mass Announcement Service; Basic Setup Of An Announcement - Polycom SoundPoint IP 650 User Manual

13.7 Mass Announcement Service

Our Mass Announcement Service enables you to automate calling a typically
large number of contacts, and playing them a pre-recorded announcement.
For example, a weather center administrator might have a Mass Announcement
Service account configured with contact numbers for all local residents, so that he
can easily notify them of a flood warning; or a school principal might have a
Mass Announcement Service account configured with contact numbers for the
parents of all his pupils, so that he can remind them of an early dismissal. The
service will typically make repeated attempts to call each contact until a call is
successful.
Depending on the type of account you have been provided with, you might have
the option to configure multiple contact lists. Each contact list can be configured
with its own contacts and announcement, and can be started and stopped
independently. For example, a school principal might have a separate contact list
for the parents of students and for school employees. The user who manages the
Mass Announcement Service account is known as the Mass Announcement Service
Administrator. Only the Mass Announcement Service administrator can start or stop
the Mass Announcement Service:

13.8 Basic Setup of an Announcement

When setting up a Mass Announcement, you will use both your phone handset
and the web interface. You are also given a Mass Announcement account
number and Password when you subscribe to the service.
1. You will record your message using your phone handset (unless you have a pre-
recorded .WAV file). You must dial the Mass Announcement Access Number to do
this.
2. You set up your contact/call list by using the online/web interface.
3. You adjust the settings on how your call list will be sent using the online/web
interface.
4. You send your message out to your call list by using either the phone handset or
the online/web interface. When using the phone handset, you must dial the Mass
Announcement Access Number.
MASS Announcement Access Number: 772-597-5477
Account Number: ___________ Password: ___________
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