IPECS Release 5
Feature Description & Operation 5.0
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2. Press the [CONF] button. The LED will light, the connected party is placed on exclusive hold
and the user receives dial tone.
3. Place second call.
4. When connected, press [
CONF], new call is placed on exclusive hold.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 above to add additional conference parties.
6. Press [
CONF] button to establish conference.
To place a conference on hold
1. Press the [
HOLD] button, the [CONF] button LED will flash.
To retrieve held conference
1. Press [
CONF] button, all parties reconnected.
SLT
To establish an ad-hoc a conference
1. Establish first call.
2. Momentarily press the hook-switch, the connected party is placed on exclusive hold and the
user receives dial tone.
3. Place second call.
4. When connected, repeat steps 2 and 3 above to add additional parties.
5. When completed adding parties, momentarily press hook-switch twice in 2 seconds, all parties
are connected.
Conditions
1. The [CONF] button remains illuminated at the initiators phone for the duration of the conference.
2. There is no limit on the number of 3-way conferences the system will support with iPECS
Phones. With the MCIM, the system can support conferences of more than 3 parties. Each
MCIM supports 32 conference channels with the g.711 or g.729 codec or 24 with the g.723
codec and can support multiple conferences with a total maximum number of 32 or 24 users.
3. If all MCIM channels are busy when a request for a channel is received, the user will receive
error tone and the display will indicate that no Conference channels are available.
4. If the system receives a disconnect signal and no internal parties remain in the conference, the
conference is terminated and all parties are disconnected. If an internal party is still connected
when a disconnect signal is received, the connection to remaining parties is maintained.
5. The normal Hold Recall process is applied to a conference on hold using the Unsupervised
Conference recall Timer for recall timing.
6. If while setting up a conference, system error tone is received, the initiator must press the
[
CONF] button (SLT must hook-flash) to regain Intercom dial tone.
7. A station that is busy, in DND or other non-idle state cannot be added to a conference.
8. The MCIM is also employed to support the Conference Room feature.
Programming
Related Features
Automatic Speaker Select