Polycom SoundPoint IP 501 Quick Tip

Quick Tip
SoundPoint ® IP, SIP 3.1.0
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SoundPoint IP Phone Terminology
Before you read this document, it is important to understand the following
phone-related terminology:
• Attendant phone—The phone you use to monitor a remote line. The
phone has optional Expansion Modules and is set up to monitor one or
more remote lines using the BLF feature.
• Remote line—The remote line the attendant phone monitors.
• Idle state—The phone is “on hook” and there are no active, held, or
incoming calls.
• Active state—There is an active call in progress.
• Alerting state—There is an incoming call (the phone is ringing, if
configured with a ring tone).
• Call waiting state—There is an active call in progress and the phone is
ringing. (There may be held calls also.)
• Directed call pickup—You can answer an incoming call on a remote line.
The following figure shows a SoundPoint IP 650 and the parts of the phone
that are mentioned in this quick tip.

Polycom SoundPoint IP 501 Specifications

General

Brand	Polycom
Model	SoundPoint IP 501
Category	IP Phone
Language	English