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IP 5000 Phone User Guide
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Broadcasting Messages Using Push-to-Talk and
Group Paging
The Group Paging feature enables you to make pages—one-way audio
announcements—to users subscribed to a page group. The Push-to-Talk (PTT)
feature is a collaborative tool that enables you to exchange broadcasts to users
su bscribed to a PTT channel, m uch like a walkie-talkie. Your system
administrator can set up both features on your phone.
Your system administrator can define up to 25 Paging Groups for
Group Paging m od e or Channels for PTT mod e. Your system ad m inistrator
may assign a label to each group or channel that easily id entifies the phones in
the group or channel, such as All, HR Dept, Shipping Staff, or Executives. Each
group or channel w ill have one of the follow ing priorities:
Norm al—By d efau lt, broad casts sent to Group s/ Channels 1 to 23 are
considered Normal broadcasts. If two users begin a broadcast on the same
group/ channel at the same time, the phone with the lower serial number
will continue to transm it w hile the other p hone w ill enter the receiving
state. By default, all phones are configured to receive broadcasts sent to
Group / Channel 1.
Priority—By d efault, broad casts sent to Group / Channel 24 are
considered Priority broadcasts. A Priority broadcast will interrupt Normal
broad casts or active calls. All phones receive Priority broad casts unless
Do Not Disturb is enabled. Phones play Priority broadcasts at the phone’s
current audio level.
Emergen cy—By d efault, broadcasts sent to Grou p / Channel 25 are
considered Emergency broadcasts. An Emergency broadcast will
interrupt Normal broadcasts, Priority broadcasts, and active calls and
plays out at near maximum volume even if Do Not Disturb is turned on.
Pu sh - t o - Talk Mode
Your system administrator can enable your phone to operate in a broadcast
mod e called Pu sh-to-Talk (PTT). In ord er to send and receive PTT broad casts,
you have to subscribe to PTT channels.
PTT broadcasts are collaborative: you can transmit messages and listen to
replies.
Sending and Receiving PTT Broadcasts
By default, you ’re su bscribed to Channels 1, 24, and 25. This means that you
can send an d receive PTT broadcasts on Ch annels 1, 24, and 25.
When you end a PTT broadcast, the channel remains open and enters a waiting
period . This w aiting period gives people w ho received the broadcast a chance
to respond. If no one responds within the waiting period, the channel closes.
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