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Emergency Alerts allow for an announcement to be triggered & latched by calling a
preconfigured Emergency extension and hanging up. The announcement can be chosen
to play once or to play until cancel. "Play Once" mode will play a single cycle of the
chosen tone file, despite of its duration. If "Play Until Cancelled" is selected, the
announcement will continue to play until the "Call-to-Cancel" extension is called to clear
the announcement (or a defined timeout is reached). The Emergency Alerts are useful
for emergency notifications (e.g. evacuation, lock down, medical emergency, etc.),
allowing staff to quickly dial a pre-configured number under such circumstances.
To configure an emergency alert extension click "Enable" beside the target
announcement and enter the Extension, Authentication ID, and Authentication
password.
If the "Answer Inbound Call" option is "Enabled" the call is auto-answered and a
configurable confirmation tone is played before starting the alert. If "Disabled", the alert
is triggered just by the inbound ring, without answering the call. (In both instances, the
announcement will play until the time limit is reached or the "Cancel Extension" is
called). The auto-answering option can be useful when the caller cannot hear
announcement from their location. However, in instances where the call might go to a
group/multiple extensions (including this device), the auto-answer may intercept that call
and prevent it from ringing on other devices.
Up to 10 extensions can be registered allowing up to 10 different announcements. Audio
files can also be easily uploaded to create custom announcements. Only one "Call-to-
Cancel" extension is needed, despite the number of the alert extensions.
Note: Some SIP phone systems may not support this feature if they limit the number of
extensions that can be registered on a single device.
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2020-09-21
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