3Com VCX V7000 IP User Manual

VCX™ Manager’s Telephone Guide
VCX™ V7000 IP Telephony Solution System Release 7.0
Part Number 900-0326-01 Rev AD Published May 2006
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CONTENTS
ABOUT THIS GUIDE
Conventions 8
Figures 8 Related Documentation 9 Comments 10
1 GETTING STARTED
VCX Telephone Overview 12 Initial Voice Mailbox Setup 13 Configuration Options 14 Additional Information Sources 14
2 VCX V7000 MANAGERS TELEPHONE — MODEL 3103
Telephone Buttons and Controls 16 Access Buttons 19 Status Lights for Access Buttons 20 Feature Options 20 Display Panel Contrast 23
3 BASIC TELEPHONE OPERATION
Logging In to Your Telephone 26
Changing Your Password 27 Answering a Call 28
Answering a
Second Call 29 Making Calls 29
Making Internal Calls 29
Redialing a Call 30
Making External Calls 30
Making a Call to a Remote Office 30
4
Using Unique Extensions 30 Using Site Codes 31
Class of Service Override 31 Terminating Calls 32 Using the Telephone Display Panel 32 Controlling the Volume 34 Using the Hands Free Feature 35 Using a Headset 35
Returning to the Headset After a Long Delay 36 Putting a Call on Hold 36
Music on Hold 36
Dialing a New Call While on a Call 37
Answering a New Call While on a Call 37 Transferring a Call 37
Unattended Transfer 37
Attended Transfer 38
Serial Transfer 38
Mapped Button Method 38
Serial Transfer Feature Code Method 39 Muting Calls 39 Mute Ringer 39 Activating Do Not Disturb 40
4 FEATURE CODES
Feature Code Overview 44 Feature Codes 44
5 STANDARD FEATURES
Viewing the Call Logs 52 Viewing the User Directory 52 Controlling Caller ID 53
Using the Telephone User Interface 53
Using the VCX User Interface 54 Setting up a Conference Call 54
Unannounced Conference 55 Announced Conference 55 Dropping a conference recipient 55
Camping on a Busy Extension 55 Transferring Your Phone Settings to Another Phone 56 Forwarding Calls to Voice Mail 57 Transferring a Call to Another User’s Voice Mail 58 Call Waiting 58 Speed Dialing 58
Configuring Personal Speed Dial Numbers 59 Editing Personal Speed Dial Numbers 61 Dialing Personal Speed Dial Numbers 61 Dialing System Speed Dial Numbers 62
Call Forwarding 62
Call Forward No Answer 63 Call Forward Busy 63
Call Forward All 64 Call Park 64 Paging 65
Paging a Group 66 Call Pickup 66
Directed Call Pickup 67
Group Call Pickup 67
Call Pickup Interaction With Other Features 67 Silent Monitor and Barge In 68
Monitoring a Call 69
Barging In 70
Blocking Call Monitoring 70 Remote Call Forward 71 Hunt Groups 72
Hunt Group Types 74
Logging In to a Hunt Group 76
Hunt Group Interaction With Other Features 77
Viewing Hunt Group Membership and Status 78
5
6 USING THE VCX USER INTERFACE
Accessing the VCX User Interface 80 VCX User Interface Overview 80 Enabling Call Forwarding 83 Configuring a Call Coverage Point 85
6
Assigning Access Button Functions Using the VCX User Interface 86 Enabling Bridged Extensions 86
Bridged Line Interaction with Other Features 88
Do Not Disturb and Bridged Line Calls 89 Hands Free and Bridged Line Calls 90 Call Forward, Forward to Voice Mail, and Bridged Line Calls 90 Call Transfer, Call Conferencing, and Bridged Line Calls 91 Call Park and Bridged Line Calls 91 Call Pickup and Bridged Line Calls 92 Attendant Console and Bridged Line Calls 92 Hunt Groups and Bridged Line Calls 92
Message Waiting Indication and Bridged Line Calls 92 Personal Speed Dial Access Buttons 93 Logging Out 93
7 VCX ATTENDANT CONSOLES — MODEL 3105 AND
COMPLEMENT ATTENDANT
VCX Attendant Console 96
Access Buttons 96 Feature Buttons 96 Printing Labels 98 Attendant Console Status Lights 99
Complement Attendant Software 100
A TELEPHONE INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE
Connecting the Telephone 106 Attaching and Adjusting the Articulating Support Bracket 108 Opening the 3105 Attendant Console Label Cover 111 Moving Your Telephone 111 Swapping Telephones 111 Cleaning Your Telephone 112 Troubleshooting Problems 112
INDEX

ABOUT THIS GUIDE

This guide describes how to set up and use 3Com® VCX™ telephones and consoles.
This guide is for users of the following VCX hardware and software:
VCX 3103 Manager’s Telephone
VCX3105 Attendant Console and PC-based Self-conscious
If release notes are shipped with your product and the information there differs from the information in this guide, follow the instructions in the release notes.
CAUTION: The 3Com telephone system operates over the Ethernet local area network (LAN), not through a traditional telephone connection. Your telephone is connected to the 3Com system through an RJ45 Ethernet connector instead of through an RJ11 telephone connection. Your telephone will not work unless it is connected correctly.
For information about installing your telephone, see the packing sheet that came in the box with your telephone. The model number is on the underside of the telephone. Contact your administrator if you have questions about your telephone connection.
For information about the voice mail system and features, see the IP
Messaging Module User Guide - 3Com Native Interface or the IP Messaging Module User Guide - Traditional Interface, depending on the
Telephone User Interface (TUI) enabled for your phone.
8 ABOUT THIS GUIDE

Conventions Ta bl e 1 and Table 2 list conventions that are used throughout this guide.

Ta bl e 1 Icons
Icon Type Description
Information note Information about important features or
instructions.
Caution Alerts you to potential loss of data or
potential damage to an application, system, device, or network.
Warning Alerts you to potential personal injury.
Ta bl e 2 Text Conventions
Convention Description
Screen displays This typeface represents information as it appears on the
screen
Commands The word “command” means that you must enter the
command exactly as shown and then press Return or Enter. Commands appear in bold. Example:
To remove the IP address, enter the following command:
SETDefault!0 -IP NETaddr = 0.0.0.0
Words in italics Italics are used to:
Emphasize a point.
Denote a new term at the place where it is defined in the
text.

Figures This guide provides figures and screen captures that contain sample data.

This data may vary from the data on an installed system.
Related Documentation 9

Related Documentation

These 3Com documents contain additional information about the products in this release that are a part of or support the 3Com Convergence Application Suite.
The following documents are a part of the VCX IP Telephony Module:
VCX
VCX Administration Guide
VCX Basic Telephone Quick Reference Guide
VCX Business
VCX
VCX
VCX Basic Telephone Guide
VCX Business Telephone Guide
VCX Manager’s Telephone Guide
VCX Security Guide
Installation and Maintenance Guide
Telephone Quick Reference Guide Manager’s Telephone Quick Reference Guide Feature Codes for Analog Telephones Quick Reference Guide
The following documents are a part of the IP Messaging Module:
IP Messaging Module Product Overview
IP Messaging Quick Reference Guide - 3Com Native Interface
IP Messaging Module User Guide - 3Com Native Interface
IP Messaging Quick Reference Guide - Traditional Interface
IP Messaging Module User Guide - Traditional Interface
IP Messaging Module Operations and System Administration Guide
E-Mail Reader Application Quick Start Guide
The following documents are a part of the IP Conferencing Module:
IP Conferencing Module Installation Guide
IP Conferencing Module Administration Guide
IP Conferencing Module User Guide
Convergence Center Client User and Administration Guide
The following documents provide information on products that support this release:
Enterprise Management Suite User Guide
Enterprise Management Suite Getting Started Guide
VCX
VCX
VCX
VCX
V7111 Fast Track Installation Guide, Version 4.4 V7111 VoIP SIP Gateways User Manual, Version 4.4 V7122 SIP VoIP Gateway Installation Guide, Version 4.4 V7122 VoIP SIP Gateways User Manual, Version 4.4

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Please address all questions regarding the 3Com software to your authorized 3Com coordinator.
1

GETTING STARTED

This chapter provides a general description of your VCX telephone and describes the steps you must complete to use your phone.
This chapter includes the following topics:
VCX Telephone Overview
Initial Voice Mailbox Setup
Configuration Options
Additional Information Sources
12 CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED

VCX Telephone Overview

Your VCX telephone must be configured to work in an IP network. This means your phone must be assigned an IP address so it can communicate with other VCX phones and devices. Typically, your administrator assigns IP values, including an IP address, as part of the installation process.
During the installation process, your administrator creates an account for you. This account includes a telephone number and a voice mailbox. Your administrator also assigns a password that associates your telephone number and a voice mailbox with your account.
This chapter assumes that your administrator has either logged you in to your telephone or has given you login instructions.
If you are logged in, the Display Panel on your phone shows the
current date and time, and your extension.
If you are not logged in, see Logging In to Your Telephone.
This guide describes the features available with your telephone, such as telephone button functions, making and forwarding calls, and speed dialing. In addition, your account includes a voice mailbox. Voicemail features are provided by 3Com IP Messaging software. These features, such as listening to or sending messages, are described in the IP Messaging guide associated with your messaging system. See Additional
Information Sources.
The settings on your telephone, including your extension, personal settings, and system settings, remain the same even when you move your telephone from one Ethernet jack to another, as long as both Ethernet connections are part of the same network.
One of the benefits of a telephone configured with an IP address is portability. Depending on how your administrator has configured the VCX system, you may be allowed to configure another VCX phone in the system to duplicate your primary phone simply by logging in to the other phone using your password (see Transferring Your Phone Settings to
Another Phone).
Your VCX telephone can provide many features. Some of these features are optional. Your administrator determines which features are available for your telephone.
Initial Voice Mailbox Setup 13

Initial Voice Mailbox Setup

When a caller dials your telephone number and you are unable to answer the call, the caller hears a recording and is prompted to leave a message. Before you can listen to messages in your voice mailbox, you must record your name, a personal greeting, and change the default password you use to access your mailbox.
Your administrator will provide you with the default password for initial mailbox access. Typically, the default password is the last 4 digits of your phone number. The first time you access your voice mailbox, the system prompts you to change your password, record your name, and record a personal greeting.
Note that the password you use to access your voice mailbox is not the same password you use to log in to your telephone. When you change the default voicemail password in the following procedure, you do not change the telephone login password.
To initialize your mailbox:
1 Lift the handset. 2 Press the message button on your phone (see the chapter in this guide
that describes the buttons and controls for your particular phone model).
3 At the password prompt, use the keypad to enter your default password.
The voice prompt system describes the initialization process and introduces the Setup Assistant function.
4 Follow the voice prompts to:
a Enter a new password (ask your administrator for password length
requirements; use digits only, * and # are invalid characters).
b Record a name announcement. c Record a personal greeting.
5 Hang up.
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Configuration Options

Simple VCX telephone operations (for example, making a call, transferring a call, and putting a call on hold) require no configuration. These operations are described in
Many VCX features, however, do require configuration (for example, call forwarding and speed dialing). In general, you can configure these features using one of the following methods:
The Telephone User Interface (TUI) is a phone-based interface that
allows you to manage your user account and VCX telephone by entering commands using the telephone keypad. The command used to enable or disable a feature is executed by entering a feature code. Configuration options and prompts are displayed on the telephone Display Panel. See Many options configured through the TUI require entering a feature code.
Basic telephone operation, such as making calls and putting a call
on hold, is described in
Features that must be configured, such as speed dialing and call
forwarding, are described in
Feature codes are described in Chapter 4.
The VCX User Interface is a web browser-based application that allows
you to manage your user account and VCX telephone. Most of the options available through this interface are also available through the TUI. See Interface.
Chapter 5 for more information on using the VCX 7000 User
Chapter 5 for more information on using the TUI.
Chapter 3.
Chapter 3.
Chapter 5.

Additional Information Sources

You may also want to refer to the following documents in the VCX documentation set for additional information:
VCX
IP Messaging Module User Guide - 3Com Native Interface or the IP
Manager’s Telephone Quick Reference Guide — Provides a
single-sheet reference that describes commonly used Model 3103 telephone features.
Messaging Module User Guide - Traditional Interface — Provides information about the voicemail system and features available on your phone. The Guide you should reference depends on the Telephone User Interface (TUI) enabled on your phone. Ask your administrator for details.
VCX V7000 MANAGERS
2
TELEPHONE — MODEL 3103
This chapter describes the buttons, controls, and features on the 3Com®
Model 3103 Manager’s Telephone.
VCX
This chapter includes the following topics:
Telephone Buttons and Controls
Access Buttons
Status Lights for Access Buttons
Feature Options
16 CHAPTER 2: VCX V7000 MANAGERS TELEPHONE — MODEL 3103

Telephone Buttons and Controls

Figure 1 shows the buttons and controls on the VCX Model 3103
Manager’s Telephone.
Figure 1 VCX Model 3103 Manager’s Telephone
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1 Message Waiting Indicator (MWI) — When lit, indicates that you have
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2Display Panel — Displays telephone status messages, Caller ID
information (if enabled), and the number of new messages (voice, e-mail, and fax) that you have in your mailbox. You can also use the display panel to access the following options:
Messages — Allows you to access messages stored in your mailbox.
Directory — Displays a directory of the people in your organization.
You can search the directory, select a user, and make a call.
Call Logs — Displays a list of received, missed, and placed calls. You
can select and return a call, or clear a call from the log.
Features — Provides access to features such as call forwarding, call
park, password change, and hunt group login. See for more information.
You can manage items in the Display Panel with the buttons to the right (see 3), the left (see 21), and below (see 19) the panel.
Feature Options
Telephone Buttons and Controls 17
3 Right Buttons — Invoke the action list for a corresponding call. When a
phone call is associated with the button, the button opens or closes a call action list. Scroll through the list and select an action by pressing the corresponding right button or press the Select button (see 6).
When there is a list option (not a call) associated with the button, the button activates the option.
Bottom Right (Advanced Settings) Button — provides users access to configure the phone to the call processor server. Settings include:
Set Primary PBX IP — sets the primary IP address of the call
processor server
Set Secondary PBX IP — sets the secondary IP address of the call
processor server
Set Dialing Domain — sets the dialing domain for your phone. The
default dialing domain is 000.000.000.000.
Set My Phone Number — set the phone number for the phone
Set My Password — sets the user password
Change Login Status — sets the login status associated with the
system.
Set External IP — sets the IP address of the Media Gateway for the
external telephone network
View Debug Events — used by network administrators
Refer to the VCX System Administrator’s Guide for details on how to use the Advanced Settings feature.
4 Access Buttons — Your administrator assigns default functions for these
buttons and may allow you to reprogram a button’s function (for example, create more personal speed dial buttons). See and Status Lights for Access Buttons.
5 Label Area — Provides space for inserting a label that describes the
function of each Access button. See
6 Select Button — Selects the highlighted item in a list on the Display
Panel.
7 Scroll Buttons (Up, Down, Left, Right) — Moves items up and down
in the Display Panel if there are more than three calls or list items to be displayed. Arrows in the display show if there are more calls or items above or below those displayed.
Printing Labels.
Access Buttons
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The left and right buttons move you to the top or bottom of a list or move the cursor left or right when you enter data.
8 Release Button — Hangs up the current active call.
9 New Call Button — Initiates a new telephone call. 10 Hold Button — Places a caller on hold. See Putting a Call on Hold. 11 Transfer Button — Sends the currently active call to another telephone.
Transferring a Call.
See
12 Conference Button — Establishes a single call with up to three
additional internal parties, external parties, or both. See
Conference Call.
13 Redial Button — Redials the last telephone number or extension that
you called. See
14 Speaker Button — Enables you to use the speaker phone feature. Press
the Speaker button before you dial the call, when your telephone is ringing, or while a call is in progress. To turn the speaker phone off and continue the conversation, pick up the handset.
15 Telephone Key Pad — Enables you to dial calls, enter Feature Codes, or
enter other passwords and numbers required for features.
16 Volume Down — Lowers the volume of the ringer, the speaker, the
handset, or the headset. See
Redialing a Call.
Controlling the Volume.
Setting up a
17 Mute Button — Enables you to prevent callers from hearing what you
are saying during a telephone call, although you can still hear them. See
Muting Calls.
18 Volume Up — Raises the volume of the ringer, the speaker, the handset,
or the headset. See
19 Bottom Soft Buttons — There are four soft buttons that activates the
tabbed command displayed above a corresponding button. The commands change according to context. Possible options include access to messages, directories, call logs, and feature dialogs.
20 Handset 21 Left Line Buttons — There are three line buttons that control the call
displayed beside the corresponding button. Up to three calls can be displayed at one time. Press a left line button to answer an incoming call, rejoin a call on hold, and select it for other action. If there is no call associated with a line button, press it to start a new call.
Controlling the Volume.

Access Buttons 19

Access Buttons Figure 2 shows the 8 Access buttons on the VCX Model 3103 Manager’s
Telephone.
The buttons are assigned default functions (described in the following list) by 3Com. Your administrator can change these defaults and may allow you to reprogram some or all of the button functions. Ask you administrator for more information.
You can view button assignments through the Telephone User Interface (see Feature Options User Interface (see Assigning Access Button Functions Using the VCX
User Interface).
Figure 2 VCX Model 3103 Access Buttons
) or change button assignments through the VCX
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Access buttons have these default settings:
1 Do Not Disturb — Enables the Do Not Disturb feature. See Activating
Do Not Disturb.
2 Call Forward — Allows you to forward calls to different destinations.
Call Forwarding.
See
3 Call Park — Allows you to place a call in a “holding pattern” and retrieve
it from any other telephone in the system. See
4 Personal Speed Dial 1 — See Speed Dialing. 5 Personal Speed Dial 2 6 Personal Speed Dial 3 7 Personal Speed Dial 4 8 Personal Speed Dial 5
Call Park.
20 CHAPTER 2: VCX V7000 MANAGERS TELEPHONE — MODEL 3103

Status Lights for Access Buttons

Feature Options Your Manager’s phone provides a full range of features. You can access

An Access button that is set up for incoming and outgoing calls indicates the status, as shown in
Ta bl e 3 Status Lights for Access Buttons
If the light is The line is
Off Available for use Steady In use
some of these features (for example, call transfer) by pressing a dedicated button. These features, and basic phone operations such as making and answering calls, are described in
You can access some Manager’s phone features by pressing the Features soft button, as shown in Figure 3 either of the following methods:
1 Press the Features soft button.
2 Enter the three-digit feature code on the keypad (see Feature Codes).
3 Enter any additional values following display panel prompts.
Or
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Chapter 3, Basic Telephone Operation.
. You can then enable a feature using
1 Press the Features soft button.
2 Scroll to the feature by pressing the Scroll Down ( ) button.
3 Press the Select soft button.
4 Enter any additional values following display panel prompts.
Figure 3 Features Soft Button
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extension) is shown on the Display Panel of the telephone receiving your call. See
Anonymous Next — Restricts Called ID information from displaying
only on the next call that you make.
Call Forward All — Allows you to redirect incoming calls to another
destination unconditionally. See
Controlling Caller ID.
Call Forwarding.
Call Forward Busy — Allows you redirect incoming calls to another
destination when your phone is busy. See
Call Forward No Answer — Allows you redirect incoming calls to
another destination when your phone rings but is not answered. See
Call Forwarding.
COS Override — Class of Service (COS) Override allows you to apply
the features of your own 3Com telephone temporarily to another 3Com telephone
Do Not Disturb (DND) — Forces incoming calls to go immediately to
the call coverage point set by you or your administrator. See
Do Not Disturb.
on the same local network.
Call Forwarding.
Activating
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Forward to Mail — Forwards incoming calls to your voice mail. See
Forwarding Calls to Voice Mail.
Handsfree (toggle) — When enabled, you can use your phone as an
intercom. You can answer handset. When you receive an internal call, your telephone sounds a tone and activates the speaker
Hunt Group Login Enabled — When enabled by your administrator,
allows you to log in to, and out of, a Hunt Group. See
Last Number Redial — Redials the last telephone number or
extension that you called.
Pickup, Directed — Allows you to answer a call ringing on another
specific phone. See
Speed Dials: Personal — Allows you to create up to nine internal or
external personal speed dial numbers.
Speed Dials: System — Displays commonly used internal or external
speed dial numbers that the system administrator assigns.
Supervisory Monitoring — When enabled by your administrator,
this feature allows you to monitor another user’s phone calls. See
Silent Monitor and Barge In.
internal (intercom) calls without picking up the
phone.
Directed Call Pickup.
Hunt Groups.
User Configurations — Except for adjusting the display panel
contrast, this feature is for system administrator use only.
Version — Displays the current phone software version.
Display Panel Contrast 23

Display Panel Contrast

You can adjust the Display Panel contrast as one of the User Configuration Features.
To adjust the contrast:
1 Press the Features soft button. 2 Scroll to User Configuration and press Select. 3 Scroll to Modify Display and press Select. 4 Press Select to choose Set Contrast. 5 Change contrast using the left and right scroll buttons. 6 Press Exit when you have finished.
Other User Configuration items should only be changed with the advice of your administrator.
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3

BASIC TELEPHONE OPERATION

This chapter describes how to use the basic telephone functions available on all VCX telephone models and includes the following topics:
Logging In to Your Telephone
Answering a Call
Making Calls
Terminating Calls
Using the Telephone Display Panel
Controlling the Volume
Using the Hands Free Feature
Using a Headset
Putting a Call on Hold
Transferring a Call
Muting Calls
Mute Ringer
Activating Do Not Disturb
26 CHAPTER 3: BASIC TELEPHONE OPERATION

Logging In to Your Telephone

Your administrator assigns an extension (telephone number) and initial password to your phone.
If you hear a dialtone and the Display Panel on your phone shows the date, time, and a telephone extension, you are logged in and can make calls:
Extension: 1001 Feb 17 08:12:00
Note that your administrator initially determines the format for the date and time display. You can change this format (and time zone location of your phone) through the VCX User Interface. See VCX User Interface
Overview and the VCX User Interface online Help.
If you do not hear a dialtone and the Display Panel on your phone shows the following information, you are not logged in and cannot make calls:
Use Program btn to login Logged out from PBX
To log in to your phone:
1 Press the bottom right soft button (Advanced Settings) + 6 (Change
Login Status), and then press the Select soft button.
2 Enter your password and press #.
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If the password you entered is associated with the phone extension, you are logged in.
If the Display Panel alternately shows the following information, the password you entered is not associated with the phone extension or the extension has not yet been assigned to the phone:
Invalid number/password:
Then:
Unable to contact PBX Logged out from PBX
In this case, use the following steps to log in to your phone:
1 Press the bottom right soft button (Advanced Settings) + 4.
The Display Panel shows:
Local Phone Number:
2 Enter your extension and press #.
If the Display Panel shows a previously assigned number that you want to replace, press the Delete button under the Display Panel to move the cursor back one space. Repeat as necessary and then enter your extension and press #.
Changing Your
Password
The Display Panel shows:
Enter Password:
3 Enter your password and press #.
Alternatively to set a password locally, you can use the Password Stored Locally feature code (434) by entering the bottom right soft button (Advanced Settings) + 5, then enter the password. You can use this method in place of step 1 above. See Chapter 4 feature codes.
You can change your password through the VCX User Interface (see
Chapter 6). This changes your password on the VCX call processor.
However, your password is also stored locally on your telephone. Changing your password through the VCX User Interface does not change the password stored on the phone. You must use the Telephone
for information on
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User Interface (TUI) and change the local password to match the password stored on the call processor by following these steps:
1 Press the bottom right soft button (Advanced Settings) + 5.
The Display Panel shows:
Enter Password:
2 Enter your new password and press #.
The VCX call processor periodically communicates with each VCX telephone. If you change your password through the VCX User Interface but do not change it through the TUI, the VCX call processor detects a password mismatch and logs you out. If this happens, follow steps 1 and 2 to log in.

Answering a Call To answer an incoming call, lift the handset.

Alternatively, you can press the Speaker button. If you have enabled Handsfree Active on Intercom, you can simply speak to answer internal calls.
If your phone includes multiple access lines, press the Access button for the line on which the new call is arriving (the light next to the button will be flashing).
If you have multiple calls, press the left line soft button for the line on which the new call is arriving.
The Display Panel can display up to ten active calls, but only three can be visible on the display. To access active calls that are not visible, use the scroll down button. If the Display Panel contains ten active calls and you have a new incoming call, it is forwarded to your voicemail.
Unanswered calls are sent to either your call coverage point which, by default, is your voice mailbox or your configured call forwarding destination. See Configuring a Call Coverage Point
or Call Forwarding.

Making Calls 29

Answering a
Second Call
On 3Com Manager’s Telephones, when a new call arrives while you are on a call:
1 Press the Left soft button next to the new call on the display. You are
connected to the new call. The current call hangs up.
2 To return to the earlier call, you must redial the number.
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Making Calls This section describes standard dialing features.
The VCX administrator can configure calling restrictions for some, one, or all the phones at a site. These restrictions may limit the outbound calls (external or to another company site) a phone can make. Ask your administrator if any calling restrictions have been implemented on your phone system.

Making Internal Calls To dial an internal call:

1 Pick up the handset. Alternatively, you can press the Speaker button or
press the New Call button. If no call is associated with one of the Left buttons, you can press it to access a new line. You hear the dial tone.
2 Dial the extension. Alternatively, you can use the Display Panel to find and
dial the name of the person whom you want to call in the user directory, call logs, or a speed dial list.
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3 When you complete the call, hang up the handset. If you pressed the
Speaker button, press it again to end the call. Or you can press the Release button.

Redialing a Call To redial a number on a 3Com Manager’s Telephone:

Pick up the handset and press Redial to dial the most recent number
that you called.
Use the Call Logs on the display panel to redial a recently missed,
answered, or dialed call.

Making External Calls To dial an external call:

1 Pick up the handset. Alternatively, on 3Com Manager’s Telephones, you
can press the Speaker button, or you can press the New Call button. If no call is associated with one of the Left buttons, you can also press it for a new line. You hear the dial tone. If necessary, dial the number required to access an external line (for example, 9). If one of the Access buttons is configured to access an external line directly, you can press that button.
2 Dial the number. Or use the display panel on a 3Com Telephone to scroll
to Placed Calls, Received Calls, or Missed Calls, or a personal or system-wide speed dial number. If you have programmed one of the One-Touch buttons, press that button.
Making a Call to a
Remote Office
3 When you finish speaking, hang up the handset. If you pressed the
Speaker button
You can dial calls between sites in your organization that are separated geographically but that are linked by a Wide Area Network (WAN) connection. Each site must have an VCX system. Typical configurations are described in the next sections.
Using Unique Extensions
In some companies with geographically separated offices, everyone in the entire organization has a unique telephone extension. Whenever you make a call to an extension that is not located at your own site, your VCX system sets up a connection to the VCX system at the other extension’s site.
, press it again to end the call.
Making Calls 31
For example, suppose a company has three offices:
Phones at the Chicago office use an extension range from 1000
through 1999.
Phones at the Atlanta office use an extension range from 2000
through 2999.
Phones at the Dallas office use an extension range from 3000 through
3999.
In this example, to call a user in Dallas, a user in Chicago dials a Dallas extension (3000 through 3999). The dial plan on the Chicago VCX system sets up the necessary connection to the Dallas VCX system and then to the extension at that site.
Using Site Codes
In some companies with geographically separated offices, phone extensions may not be unique. If some users have overlapping telephone extensions, your administrator can configure your telephone system to require site codes that you must use to dial people at remote offices. Your administrator chooses the site codes for your system. In this case, you dial a site code first, followed by the extension at the site.
Class of Service
Override
For example, suppose a company has three offices:
Phones at the Chicago office use an extension range from 1000
through 3999. The site code for Chicago is 61.
Phones at the Atlanta office use an extension range from 1000
through 3999. The site code for Atlanta is 62.
Phones at the Dallas office use an extension range from 1000 through
3999. The site code for Dallas is 63.
In this example, to call someone in Atlanta, a user in Chicago dials the site code 62 and then the appropriate extension (1000 through 3999). To reach a user in Dallas, a user in Chicago dials 63 and then the appropriate extension (1000 through 3999). The site code prevents conflicts between the remote extension number and a duplicated extension number at the local site (Chicago).
The Class of Service Override feature allows you to apply the capabilities of your own VCX telephone temporarily to another VCX telephone on the same local network.
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For example, the telephone in a conference room may be configured to prevent long-distance telephone calls. You may, however, need to place a long-distance call during a meeting. If the permissions included with the Class of Service on your phone allow long-distance calling, you can use the Class of Service Override feature to apply your phone features to the conference room phone for one call only.
To activate the one-call-only Class of Service Override for a Manager’s phone:
1 Press the Features soft button. 2 Scroll to the COS Override feature. 3 Press the Select soft button. The display panel displays COS Override
on for a few seconds
4 Enter the COS number (your phone extension) and press #. 5 Enter the COS password (your telephone password) and press #. 6 When you hear the dial tone, dial the destination telephone number.
When you use Class of Service (CoS) Override, any reports that are generated on the VCX system indicate that the CoS features of your own VCX telephone were applied temporarily to the telephone on which you made the call.
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Terminating Calls You can terminate a call (hang up) by replacing the handset. Alternatively,

depending on your phone model, you can press the Release button, or if the call is on Speaker, turn the Speaker off by pressing the Speaker button.

Using the Telephone Display Panel

The Display Panel shows the current date and time, and your extension number. It can also show features that you have enabled. For example, if you are logged in to a hunt group, the Display Panel shows
login enabled
The Display Panel can also list telephone status messages, Caller ID information (if enabled), and the number of new messages (voice, e-mail, and fax) that you have in your mailbox.
.
hunt group
Using the Telephone Display Panel 33
The list of new messages in the Display Panel depends on the status of each message. A new message can be:
Unreviewed — An unreviewed message has never been listened to
or acted upon (saved or deleted).
Reviewed — A reviewed message has been listened to but has not
been acted upon (saved or deleted). A message may reach this state if you listen to the message and then hang up.
The Display Panel shows the number of messages in your mailbox (and the MWI is lit) only if you have at least one unreviewed message. If you review the last new message and do not act on it, the Display Panel shows the date and extension, and MWI is off. If your mailbox then receives a new message, the Display Panel shows the following (and MWI
2 Msgs 1 New. The 2 Msgs include the just received new,
is lit): unreviewed message and the other message which is new but reviewed.
1 New indicates the just received new, unreviewed message.
The
The Display Panel also shows the number of missed calls. Missed calls include unreviewed messages in your mailbox and any other calls that you did not answer. For example, you can configure your default call coverage point to be no coverage. In this case, if you do not answer a call, when the call terminates the caller hears a busy tone and the call is not forwarded or sent to your mailbox. The Display Panel on your phone shows Panel, you can scroll through the list of missed calls and to show you the name of the calling party. Press the Select soft button to automatically dial the listed extension.
Missed 1. If you press the Call Logs soft button below the Display
You can also use the Display Panel to view or enable the following features:
Call History — Displays logs of your recent missed, answered, and
dialed calls. See
User Directory — Displays a directory of the people in your
organization. See
Speed Dial — Displays configured speed dial numbers. See Speed
Dialing.
Call Features — Displays the list of telephone features (note that
some features may be disabled by your administrator). See
Options.
Viewing the Call Logs.
Viewing the User Directory.
Feature
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Advanced Settings — Configures network parameters, sets your
phone password and changes your login status.
CAUTION: Network parameter options are for administrator use only. Unauthorized changes to network parameters will disconnect your phone.

Controlling the Volume

Use the Volume Control buttons to raise or lower the volume of the ringer, handset, or speaker.
Adjusting the volume control of one device DOES NOT affect the volume control of the other devices. For example, lowering the volume of the speaker has no effect on the handset volume. Changes you make to any device remain in effect if you reset the phone to its default settings.
Ringer Volume — To raise or lower the volume of the ring, press the
up or down Volume Control button repeatedly while your telephone is ringing, until the volume is at the level that you prefer.
Handset Volume — To raise or lower the volume of the dial tone and
the voice level of your callers, lift the handset then press the up or down Volume Control buttons repeatedly until the volume is at the level you prefer. You can change the volume during a conversation or by listening to the dial tone.
Headset Volume — During a call, press the up or down Volume
Control buttons repeatedly until the volume is at the level you prefer.
Speaker Volume — To raise or lower the volume of the speaker,
press the Speaker button and then press the up or down Volume Control button repeatedly until the volume is at the level you prefer. You can change the volume during a conversation or by pressing Speaker and listening to the dial tone.
When you press a Volume Control button, the Display Panel shows the volume setting as a series of dark vertical bars. Repeatedly pressing a Volume Control button raises the volume (increases the number of displayed bars) or lowers the volume (decreases the number of displayed bars.
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Using the Hands Free Feature

You can use your phone as an intercom. You can answer internal (intercom) calls without picking up the handset. When you receive an internal call, your telephone sounds a tone and activates the speaker phone.
An external call (a call from outside your local call processor) rings to your telephone as usual.
If your telephone is part of a bridged extension, see Hands Free and
Bridged Line Calls for additional information.
To enable the Hands Free feature on a Manager’s Telephone:
1 Press the Features soft button. 2 Scroll to Handsfree. 3 Press Select.
To cancel Handsfree:
1 Press the Features soft button. 2 Scroll to Handsfree. 3 Press Select.
You can also enable and disable Hands Free by using Feature Code 100. See Feature Codes

Using a Headset The Model 3103 Manager’s telephone has a headset jack located on the

underside of the telephone.
To prepare the headset for all calls:
1 Plug the headset connector into the headset jack on the underside of the
telephone.
2 Log into the VCX User Interface and select My Extensions and then
select the Button Mappings tab.
3 Change the phone type to 3103 Manager Phone and then click Select. 4 Assign one of the access buttons to Headset. Click Save. 5 On the 3103 phone, press the Headset access button you assigned. 6 Verify that the indicator light next to the Headset button comes on.
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To answer a call when you are using the headset:
1 Put the headset on. When a call comes in, press the left soft button
associated with the incoming call.You are connected to the call.
The handset can be either on hook or off hook.
2 To end a call when you are using the headset, press the Release button
on the telephone.
Returning to the
Headset After a
Long
Putting a Call on
Hold
Delay
Certain brands of headsets enter a power-saving mode that prevents the telephone from ringing for one or more calls when both of these conditions are true:
The headset amplifier buttons for Mute and On are both set to On.
The handset is off the phone for a long time (for example, overnight).
It may take a few minutes for your headset to return from the power-saving mode to the active mode when calls first come in, so your telephone may not ring until the headset has returned to active mode, and you may miss a call.
If you plan to not use the headset for a long time, 3Com recommends that you set the mute and headset buttons on the amplifier to Off and hang up the handset on your telephone. When you are ready to receive calls again, set up the headset for receiving calls:
1 Pick up the handset on your telephone and set it on your desk. 2 Put on the headset. 3 On the amplifier, set the headset button to On.
To put a call on hold:
1 Press the Hold button. Or press the Right button corresponding to the
call for the Actions menu, scroll to Hold, and press Select.
2 To return to the call, press the corresponding Left button. Use the scroll
buttons to locate the call if necessary.

Music on Hold If configured by the administrator, callers on hold hear music while they

wait.

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Dialing a New Call
While on a Call
Answering a New
Call While on a Call
Transferring a Call When you are on a call, the Transfer feature allows you to send the call
You can put a call on hold, dial a new call, and toggle between the two calls:
1 Press the Hold button. Or press the Right button corresponding to the
call for the Actions menu, scroll to Hold, and press Select.
2 Press an Access button, the New Call button, of the Left button to
choose a new line.
3 When you hear dial tone, dial the second call.
You can put your current call on hold, answer a second call, and then toggle between the two calls:
1 Press Hold and then the Left soft button next to the new call on the
display. You are connected to the new call. The current call is put on hold.
2 To return to the earlier call, press Hold and the Left soft button
corresponding to the earlier call on the display.
from your telephone to any other internal line. For unattended or attended transfers, if your call permissions allow, you can send the call to an external line.
If your telephone is part of a bridged extension, see Call Transfer, Call
Conferencing, and Bridged Line Calls for additional information.
You can also transfer a call to another subscriber’s voice mail. See
Transferring a Call to Another User’s Voice Mail

Unattended Transfer In an unattended transfer, you transfer the call without notifying the

recipient. You can either use the Transfer button or the transfer feature code:
1 While on a call, press Transfer. The call is placed on hold, you hear a dial
tone, and the system prompts you enter a destination number.
2 Dial the number to which you want to transfer the call or choose the
number from the Directory or Speed Dial lists.
3 Hang up.
The call is disconnected as soon as the transfer starts, which frees up your line. If the transfer cannot be completed:
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The call is forwarded to the called party’s call coverage point (by
default, voice mail; see
If the called party’s default call coverage point is No Coverage, the
call is returned to (rings back at) your extension. If you are unavailable, the call is forwarded to your call coverage point.

Attended Transfer In an attended transfer, you announce the call to the recipient. You can

either use the Transfer button or the transfer feature code.
To announce a transfer:
1 While on a call, press Transfer. The call is placed on hold, you hear a dial
tone, and the system prompts you enter a destination number.
2 Dial the extension number to which you want to transfer the call or
choose the number from the Directory or Speed Dial lists. The VCX call processor dials the call.
3 When the recipient answers, announce the call. Note that, at this point
you cannot return to the original caller.
Configuring a Call Coverage Point).
If the recipient wants to take the call, press Transfer or press the
Complete soft button. Hang up.
If the recipient does not want to take the call, press the Release
button. The call you tried to transfer is now on hold. Return to the original caller.

Serial Transfer A serial transfer is like an unattended transfer except that when the

destination hangs up at the end of the call, the caller rings back to you as the attendant who made the transfer. With your help, the caller can make a single call to the organization and make a series of internal connections with a series of transfers. You can either use a mapped button on the Attendant Console or the serial transfer feature code:
Mapped Button Method
1 Press the mapped Attendant Serial Calling button on the Attendant
Console.
2 Press the button mapped to the called party’s extension on the Attendant
Console.
3 Press the mapped Attendant Serial Calling button again on the Attendant
Console to complete the call.

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Serial Transfer Feature Code Method
1 While on a call, press Feature + 471. The call is placed on hold, you hear
a dial tone, and the system prompts you to enter a destination number.
2 Dial the number to which you want to transfer the call or choose the
number from the Directory or Speed Dial lists, and then press # to complete the call.
3 Hang up.
When the destination phone hangs up, the caller returns to you. Serial transfers:
Apply to a single transfer. Repeat for subsequent transfers even for the
same caller.
Can be mapped to a button on an Attendant Console.
That cannot be completed return directly to the attendant.
If the calling party reaches the called party’s voice mailbox, the calling
party can press 99 to return to the attendant.
Muting Calls You can prevent callers from hearing you by turning off the telephone’s
microphone when you are using the handset or headset, or when your telephone is in speaker phone mode.
To mute your phone:
1 While you are on a call, press Mute. The light next to the Mute button
comes on. Callers cannot hear you.
2 To turn this feature off, press Mute.

Mute Ringer You can prevent the phone’s ringer from ringing by enabling this feature.

By default, the phone’s ringer is enabled (feature disabled). You can enable or disable the phone’s ringer at any time while either on the phone or on-hook, but the change takes effect on the next incoming call.
All non-ringer tones are unaffected. All ring tones, such as, internal domain, external domain, and anonymous tones are affected for all primary, bridge, and hunt-group calls. A user with a phone on hands-free hears the hands-free tone. A user that receieves a page hears the page tone.
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If the VCX system or the phone reboots or is upgraded with new software, the ringer resets to the default ringer enabled (feature disabled) mode.
To mute the phone ringer:
1 Press Feature + 489. The LCD displays:
Ringer is now muted.
2 To clear the display, press the Clear soft button. The next time you receive
an incoming call, the ringer is muted.
3 To turn this feature off, press Feature + 489 again. The LCD displays:
Ringer is now enabled.
4 To clear the display, press the Clear soft button.

Activating Do Not Disturb

When you enable Do Not Disturb, incoming calls immediately go to the call coverage point set by you or your administrator. The default call coverage point is your voice mailbox. The call coverage point is set through the VCX User Interface (see
When your telephone is in Do Not Disturb mode:
An incoming call does not cause your phone to ring. If you are logged
in to multiple phones using the same phone number and one of the phones enables Do Not Disturb, the feature applies to all phones—an incoming call will not ring on any of the phones.
You can use the phone to dial outgoing calls.
If you enable Do Not Disturb while one or more calls are ringing, the
pending calls are sent to your call coverage point and Do Not Disturb is enabled for all subsequent calls.
If you are a Hunt Group member and you enable Do Not Disturb,
personal (non-Hunt Group) calls go to your call coverage point. However, Hunt Group calls always ring on a member’s phone, regardless of the Do Not Disturb setting.
If your telephone is part of a bridged extension, see Do Not Disturb and
Bridged Line Calls for additional information.
Chapter 6).
Activating Do Not Disturb 41
To activate Do Not Disturb:
1 Open the Features tab, then scroll down the list of features and select
Do Not Disturb.
Your telephone is now in Do Not Disturb mode. The display panel shows DND.
2 To disable Do Not Disturb mode, repeat step 1. The DND message
disappears from the display panel.
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4
FEATURE CODES
This chapter describes how to use VCX feature codes on a VCX telephone to enhance the operation of your phone. A feature code is a sequence of numbers you enter on the telephone keypad to enable a feature that is not mapped to a button.
This chapter includes the following topics:
Feature Code Overview

Feature Codes

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Feature Code Overview

Some common telephone features are mapped to buttons (Hold, for example). However, the number of buttons varies on each model of VCX phone. Furthermore, the number of VCX features exceeds the number of buttons available on any phone. Feature codes allow the VCX telephone feature set to be available to all VCX phones, regardless of the number of buttons on the phone.
Each feature is assigned a unique three-digit feature code. You can invoke a feature by entering the numeric code assigned to a particular feature. For example, you can use a feature code to enable call forwarding and specify a destination number.
You can access all Manager’s phone features by pressing the Features soft button. You can then enable a feature using either of the following methods:
1 Press the Features soft button. 2 Enter the three-digit feature code on the keypad (see Feature Codes). 3 Enter any additional values following display panel prompts.
Or 1 Press the Features soft button. 2 Scroll to the feature. 3 Press the Select soft button. 4 Enter any additional values following display panel prompts.

Feature Codes Tabl e 4 lists the features that you can control with feature codes. Features

are listed alphabetically and include the required feature code syntax and,
in most cases, a reference for more information. In the syntax, the
notatio-n
example, a telephone extension.
Ta bl e 4 VCX Feature Codes Alphabetical by Feature or Task
Feature Feature Code Entry Description
Anonymous All (Enable/Disable)
Feature + 889 Or *889
<parameter> represents a variable that you must supply, for
See Controlling Caller ID.
Feature Codes 45
Table 4 VCX Feature Codes Alphabetical by Feature or Task (continued)
Feature Feature Code Entry Description
Anonymous Next (Enable/Disable)
Barge In Feature + 428 Used with Silent Monitor. See Silent
Beep — Send Feature + 331 Sends a page (a beep) between phones.
Call Forward Busy Feature + 467, then <destination>
Call Forward Ring No Answer Feature + 466, then <destination>
Call Forward Universal Feature + 465, then <destination>
Call History Feature + 462 See Viewing the Call Logs. Call Park a Call Feature + 444, then <call park
Call Pickup — Directed Feature + 455, then <security code>,
Call Pickup — Group Feature + 456, then <security code>
Camp On Feature + 469, then <destination> Completes call when busy destination
Class of Service (COS) Override
Conference Call Feature + 430, then <destination>, then
Feature + 890, then <destination> Or *890*<destination>
Or *467*<destination>
Or *466*<destination>
Or *465*<destination>
extension> (or accept the default)
then <destination> Or *455*<security code>*<destination>
Or *456*<security code>
Feature + 433, then <your extension>, then <your mailbox password>+ #, then <outside party number>
Feature + 430
See Controlling Caller ID.
Monitor and Barge In.
The sending phone displays the target extension. The target extension displays the sending extension.
See Call Forward Busy.
See Call Forward No Answer.
See Call Forward All.
See Call Park.
See Directed Call Pickup
See Group Call Pickup
extension becomes available. See
Camping on a Busy Extension.
See Class of Service Override.
See Setting up a Conference Call.
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Table 4 VCX Feature Codes Alphabetical by Feature or Task (continued)
Feature Feature Code Entry Description
Conference Drop Feature + 431, then <destination>, then
Display Software Version Feature + 837 Displays the current version of VCX
Do Not Disturb (Enable/Disable)
Hands Free Feature + 100 Enables or disable the Hands-Free
Headset Feature + 112 See Using a Headset. Hold Feature + 402 See Putting a Call on Hold. Hunt Group or Calling Group
Login/Logout
Hunt Group Status Feature + 972 See Hunt Groups. Login/Logout (phone) Feature + 128 Mute Feature + 101 See Muting Calls. Mute Ringer Feature + 489 See Mute Ringer. OK Feature + 120 Displays OK in the Display Panel. Used to
Password Stored Locally Feature + 434, then <current password> Stores the password you use to log in to
Program Feature + 410 Displays the Program menu in the
Redial Feature + 401 See Redialing a Call. Release Feature + 111 Cancels the current operation.
Feature + 431
Feature + 446
Or *446
Feature + 971, then <hunt group number>
Or *971*<hunt group number>
See Setting up a Conference Call.
software running on the phone. See Activating Do Not Disturb.
feature. See
Feature.
See Hunt Groups.
make a call without waiting for the call completion time-out value to expire.
your telephone on the phone (locally). If you use the VCX User Interface to change your password, use this feature code to set the password stored on the phone, thus synchronizing the passwords. See
Password and the VCX User Interface
online help for more information.
Display Panel.
Using the Hands Free
Changing Your
Feature Codes 47
Table 4 VCX Feature Codes Alphabetical by Feature or Task (continued)
Feature Feature Code Entry Description
Remote Call Forward Feature + 468, then <extension to
forward> + #, then <destination> + # Or *468*<extension to forward>
*<destination>
Retrieve Voice Mail Feature + 600
Or *600
Scroll Down Button Feature + 109 Simulates pressing the scroll Down
Scroll Up Button Feature + 108 Simulates pressing the scroll Up button
Serial Transfer Feature + 471 Transferred call returns to attendant at
Silent Monitor Feature + 425 See Silent Monitor and Barge In. Silent Monitor Block Feature + 429 Allows an agent to make a private call by
Soft Button 1 Feature + 105 Simulates pressing the Slct (Select)
Soft Button 2 Feature + 106 Simulates pressing the Back button.
Soft Button 3 Feature + 107 Simulates pressing the Exit button to
Speaker — On/Off Feature + 104 Speak and listen without picking up the
Speed Dial — Display Feature + 464 Lists the configured speed dial numbers
See Remote Call Forward.
The first entry simulates pressing the MSG button.
The second entry allows you to leave a message in another mailbox or access your own mailbox. Follow the prompts.
button to navigate through items in the Display Panel.
to navigate through items in the Display Panel.
the end of the call. See
blocking an attempt to monitor the agent phone. See Silent Monitor and
Barge In.
button to select an item in the Display Panel.
Action depends on contents of the Display Panel. Either moves the cursor left one position or sorts listed items.
exit the current function in the Display Panel.
handset. Not available on Model 2101 or Model 3101 Telephones.
in the Display Panel.
Serial Transfer.
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Table 4 VCX Feature Codes Alphabetical by Feature or Task (continued)
Feature Feature Code Entry Description
Speed Dial — Personal Feature + 601 + n
Or *601*n, where n is the speed dial digit (1 through
9) associated with the number you want to dial.
Speed Dial — System Feature + 700 + speed dial number
Or *700*n#, where n is the speed dial
number associated with the number you want to dial.
Transfer Feature + 420, then <destination> +
hang up
Transfer to Voice Mail (Enable/Disable)
Transfer to Another User’s Voice Mail
User Directory Feature + 461 Lists the users in the local user directory
View Personal Speed Dials Feature + 463 Displays the personal speed dial
View System Speed Dials Feature + 464 Displays the system speed dial numbers
Feature + 440 Or *440 Feature + 441, then <destination> Or
Transfer, then*441*<destination>, then Transfer
Allows you to dial a personal speed dial number. To configure personal speed dialing, see Speed Dialing.
Allows you to dial a system speed dial number. To configure personal speed dialing, see Speed Dialing.
This is an unattended transfer. For an attended transfer, see
Call.
When enabled, transfers all calls to the voice mail. See
Mail.
See Transferring a Call to Another User’s
Voice Mail.
or, if enabled, the users in the global user directory. See Viewing the User
Directory.
numbers
Transferring a
Forwarding Calls to Voice
Table 4 VCX Feature Codes Alphabetical by Feature or Task (continued)
Feature Feature Code Entry Description
Volume — Up or Down Feature + 102 to raise the volume
or Feature + 103 to lower the volume
Adjusts the volume setting for the current mode:
If the handset is in the cradle and the
speaker is disabled, adjusts the ring volume setting.
If the speaker is enabled, adjusts the
speaker volume setting.
If the handset is not in the cradle and
the speaker is disabled, adjusts the handset volume setting.
See Controlling the Volume.
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5

STANDARD FEATURES

This chapter describes the standard VCX telephone features that you can set up and access through the Telephone User Interface (TUI) on your telephone.
Chapter 6 describes the telephone features that require configuration
through the VCX User Interface.
This chapter contains the following topics:
Viewing the Call Logs
Viewing the User Directory
Controlling Caller ID
Setting up a Conference Call
Camping on a Busy Extension
Transferring Your Phone Settings to Another Phone
Forwarding Calls to Voice Mail
Transferring a Call to Another User’s Voice Mail
Call Waiting
Speed Dialing
Call Forwarding
Call Park
Paging
Call Pickup
Silent Monitor and Barge In
Remote Call Forward
Hunt Groups
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Viewing the Call Logs

Viewing the User Directory

You can use the Call History feature to display your call logs. These are
the logs of the 10 most recent calls to and from your telephone. From the
call logs you can select calls and the phone automatically dials them.
To access and use the Call History:
1 Press the Call Logs soft button. 2 Use the Scroll buttons to highlight the call log you want to view. 3 Press the Select soft button.
Use the Scroll buttons to navigate through the list. The Display Panel
always starts with the oldest call in the category you select. That is, the
oldest call appears first and the most recent call appears last. 4 If you want to call a listed name, press the Dial soft button when the
indicator is beside the name. 5 To return to the main Display Panel, press the Exit soft button.
You can view a list of users in your organization and their extensions in
the Display Panel. When you select a displayed user, your VCX phone
automatically dials the extension.
The Users Directory can be local or global.
Local users are typically located in the same office and share the same
call processor.
If your VCX system includes multiple sites (for example, regional and
branch offices), each with one or more VCX call processors, you can display a global directory of all the users in your organization. Note that this option must be configured by your administrator. By default, you can view the local user directory.
The global directory is also available through the VCX User Interface
Chapter 6).
(see
To view the User Directory, use one of the following access options:
Select the Directory soft button. By default, the display sorts the
names alphabetically by last name. You can change the sort order to first name or extension by selecting the appropriate tab on the display.
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Use the up and down scroll buttons to locate a user. When you have located the user, select the Dial soft button to automatically call the user.
You can also use the directory while you are on a call to find another user and transfer the call to that user.
Select the Features soft button and enter 461.

Controlling Caller ID

This section describes how to enable and use Caller ID privacy features.
By default, the VCX system shows your Caller ID (your name and extension) on the Display Panel of the telephone receiving your call if that telephone supports Caller ID. You can control whether the VCX system sends your Caller ID when you make a call. You can choose one of the following settings:
Select one of the following settings for all your calls:
Send Caller ID information (Anonymous All is disabled).
Block Caller ID information (Anonymous All is enabled).
Block Caller ID information for your next call. This setting only applies
when the setting for all calls is set to Send Caller ID information. You must enter the destination number to call.
Anonymous All — When enabled, the system blocks your Caller ID to all dialed numbers and Anonymous displays on the destination phone.
Anonymous Next — When enabled, the system restricts Called ID information from displaying only on the next call that you make. This setting only applies when Anonymous All is disabled, or the setting for all calls is set to Send Caller ID information.
If you disable Caller ID, the system sends your Caller ID to all dialed numbers.
Using the Telephone User Interface
You can control Caller ID settings using the Telephone User Interface by enabling the appropriate feature.
To change the current setting using the Telephone User Interface, select
Features. Use the Scroll buttons to navigate through the features.
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If Caller ID (Anonymous All) is disabled and you want to block your Caller
ID for the next call only:
1 Pick up the handset. 2 Select the Features soft button. 3 Use the Scroll buttons to navigate to Anonymous Next. 4 Press the Select soft button. 5 Dial the number. Your ID is not sent to the caller.
Using the VCX User Interface
You can control Caller ID settings using the VCX User Interface by
enabling the appropriate feature.
To change the current setting using the VCX User Interface: 1 Log into the VCX User Interface and select My Extensions and then
select the Button Mappings tab.
2 Select the 3103 Manager phone.

Setting up a Conference Call

3 In any one of the top three Feature Type pulldown windows, set the
type to Anonymous All if you want to block your Caller ID for all calls, or
select Anonymous Next to block your Caller ID for the next dialed
number. These feature types are mapped to your phone’s Access buttons.
4 Click Save and log out. 5 To block Caller ID information for all calls, press the Access button
associated with Anonymous All. The LED will go on, indicating that the
feature is enabled. 6 To block Caller ID information for only the next dialed call, press the
Access button associated with Anonymous Next. The LED will go on,
indicating that the feature is enabled. When the call is completed, the
LED will go off.
The conference feature enables you to have three people on one call
(4-way calling).
If your telephone is part of a bridged extension, see Call Transfer, Call
Conferencing, and Bridged Line Calls for additional information.
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The following sections describe how to set up an unannounced conference call and an announced conference call. In either type of conference call, if one of the participants hangs up, the other two participants remain connected.
Unannounced
Conference
Announced
Conference
In an unannounced conference, you conference in the person without notifying that person:
1 While on a call, press Conference orFeature + 430. The system places
your caller on hold.
2 Dial the number of the person you want to conference in. 3 Press Conference or Feature + 430 again. The three-way conference
begins when the recipient answers the call.
In an announced conference, you announce to the recipient that you are conferencing them into a call. The recipient can then decide whether to take the call:
1 While on a call, press Conference or Feature + 430. The system places
your caller on hold.
2 Dial the extension of the person you want to conference in, then press
the OK Access button (or press Feature + 120).
3 When the called party answers, announce the conference.
If the recipient wants to take the call, press Conference or
Feature
If the recipient does not want to take the call, hang up the second call
and go back to the first call by pressing the Hold button for that call.
+ 430. Now three people are on the same call.
Dropping a
conference recipient

Camping on a Busy Extension

Once a conference has been established, the conference originator can drop a conference recipient from the conference. To do this:
1 While on a conference, the conference originator press Conference and
then press Feature + 431. A list of conference recipients displays in the Display Panel.
2 Scroll to the extension of the recipient you want to drop from the
conference and press the Drop soft button.
The Camp On feature allows you a call to a busy or an unanswered internal telephone, and then be automatically called back when the
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destination phone becomes available. When you activate camp on, the
system monitors the called telephone. When the extension can receive a
call, the system automatically dials your phone (using a priority ring or
other audible ring tone that is different than your programmed ring tone)
and redials the original called extension.
You can camp on system extensions. You cannot camp on external phone
numbers, hunt groups, pickup groups, or paging groups. If the called
extension does not become free within a time period specified by your
administrator, Camp On expires.
To camp on an extension you call:
1 When you make a call and hear a busy tone, press Feature + 469. The
system camps on the phone you are calling. You can hang up. 2 When the called extension becomes available, the system calls your
phone. When you answer your phone, the called extension begins to
ring.
To camp on an extension when you transfer a call:

Transferring Your Phone Settings to Another Phone

1 When you are transferring a call and hear a busy tone, press Feature
469. The system camps on the phone you are calling. Explain to the
+
person whose call you are transferring that the call will call back. When
you hang up, the person whose call you are transferring is put on hold. 2 When the called extension becomes available, the system calls the
destination extension.
If Camp On expires before the destination becomes available, the system
calls you back and connects you to the person whose call you were
transferring.
This feature enables you to use any 3Com phone attached to the same
VCX system (call processor) as your phone with all your phone’s settings.
It is possible for an administrator to lock an extension to a particular
phone. If this is the case, you cannot program the phone to use your
extension.
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To transfer your phone’s settings to another phone:
1 Log out of your own phone by pressing the bottom right soft button
(Advanced Settings) + 6.
If your administrator has enabled the Multiple Contacts feature for your extension, you do not have to log out of one phone before logging into another.
2 From the phone that you want to use as yours, enter your phone number
and password: a Press the bottom right soft button (Advanced Settings) + 4, enter
your phone number, and then press #.
b Press the bottom right soft button (Advanced Settings) + 5, enter
your password, and then press #.
3 When you are finished using the other phone, log out of the phone by
pressing the bottom right soft button (Advanced Settings) + 6.
4 Log back into your own phone by pressing the bottom right soft button
(Advanced Settings) + 6.

Forwarding Calls to Voice Mail

You can forward all incoming calls to your voice mailbox.
When you forward incoming calls to your voice mailbox:
An incoming call rings once on your phone and is then sent to your
voice mailbox. If you are logged in to multiple phones, each using the same phone number, and one of the phones enables forward to voice mail, the feature applies to all phones—an incoming call rings once on all of the phones and is then sent to your voice mailbox.
If you enable forward to voice mail while one or more calls are ringing,
the pending calls are sent to your voice mailbox and forward to voice mail is enabled for all subsequent calls.
If you are a Hunt Group member, personal (non-Hunt Group) calls go
to your voice mailbox. However, Hunt Group calls always ring on a member’s phone, regardless of your personal phone setting.
To forward incoming calls to your voice mailbox for a Manager’s phone:
1 Press the Features soft button. 2 Scroll to the Forward to Mail feature. 3 Press the Select soft button.
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To disable this feature, repeat steps 1 through 3.

Transferring a Call to Another User’s Voice Mail

Call Waiting The Call Waiting feature provides a “beep” on your current call to let you

You can transfer a connected call directly to another subscriber’s voice
mail rather than that subscriber’s phone extension. The subscriber can be
located locally or at a remote site.
To transfer a call to another subscriber’s voice mail: 1 Press the Features soft button + 441.
The Display Panel shows the following prompt:
Transfer VMail Number:
2 Enter the extension of the subscriber whose mailbox will receive the call.
The caller hears the mailbox greeting of the target subscriber but the
subscriber’s phone does not ring.
know that another call has arrived on another access line. 1 When you hear the “beep”, press the Hold button to put the current call
on hold.
2 Press the Access button for the incoming call. 3 To toggle between the two calls, put the current call on hold and then
press the Access button for the call you want.

Speed Dialing This section describes the following types of speed dialing:

One-Touch Speed Dials — With this type of speed dialing, a
telephone number (internal or external) is mapped to a dedicated Access button on your phone. Pressing the button dials the call.
Personal Speed Dials — With this type of speed dialing, you map a
number (internal or external) to a feature code value. To use a personal speed dial, you press the Feature button and enter the appropriate feature code.
Feature code 601 plus 1 through 9 inclusive, are available, which allows you to create up to 9 personal speed dials. Personal speed dials allow speed dialing on phones that do not have Access buttons.
Personal speed dials are available on all VCX telephone models.
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System Speed Dials — With this type of speed dialing, your
administrator maps commonly used numbers (internal or external) to feature code values. To use a system speed dial, you press the Feature button and enter the appropriate feature code and the speed dial number.
The administrator creates system speed dial numbers. System speed dials can be dialed on all VCX telephone models.
Note that, a configured one-touch speed dial is also mapped to a feature code (the speed dial number mapped to the first speed dial Access button is also mapped to feature code 601, the speed dial number mapped to the second speed dial Access button is also mapped to feature code 601, and so on). This means that on a phone with four configured speed dial numbers, you can dial a speed dial number by either pressing an Access button or entering feature code 601 + an index number 1 through 9.
This section describes how to set up speed dialing through the Telephone User Interface. You can also enable speed dialing through the VCX User Interface. See Chapter 6 Interface; see the online Help for information on creating speed dials.
for information on accessing the VCX User
Configuring Personal
Speed Dial Numbers
Note that the two interfaces are synchronized. A speed dial created or modified in one interface appears in the other interface. A speed dial deleted in one interface is deleted in the other interface.
Your administrator can configure speed dial numbers for your phone. You can reassign these administrator configured speed dials unless the administrator has optionally enabled BLF (busy light flashing) for a speed dial. During speed dial configuration, the administrator can enable BLF for the status light associated with the speed dial button. When the user assigned to that speed dial button is on a call, the status light is lit. If the administrator has enabled the BLF for a speed dial, you cannot reassign a different number for that speed dial.
You set up speed dialing through the Telephone User Interface using the Feature soft button. Refer to the chapter that describes the buttons and controls on your phone for the location of the available speed dial Access buttons.
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To configure a speed dial number using the Feature soft button and the
Speed Dial menu: 1 Press Feature + 410.
The Main menu appears. 2 Press [3] to access the Speed Dial menu.
The Display Panel lists the first speed dial:
Speed dial 1:
If the speed dial is already configured, the Display Panels show the configured number, for example:
Speed dial 1: 1001
To locate the speed dial number you want to configure, press the speed dial number (1 through 9) or use the up and down scroll buttons
If you assign a number to a speed dial that does not have a
corresponding Access button, you can speed dial the number only by
entering the appropriate feature code. Or you can scroll through the
display panel directory.
3 Press the Change soft button, then enter the number you want to
associate with this speed dial. Include all prefix numbers that you would
normally dial, such as a 9 or 8 or 1 to access an outside line, and, if
necessary, the country code or area code. 4 To store the number, press the Enter soft button (or press #).
Alternatively, you can directly configure a speed dial number with a speed
dial Access button:
1 Press Feature + 410 + 3. 2 Press the speed dial Access button you want to configure. 3 Enter the number you want to associate with this button. If a number is
already configured for this button, you can enter a different number. 4 To store the number, press the Enter soft button (or press #).
Make sure you write the name of the person whose number you have
stored and the corresponding Speed Dial Access button or feature
code.
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Editing Personal
Speed Dial Numbers
Dialing Personal
Speed Dial Numbers
You can change or delete any personal speed dial number that you previously configured using the Telephone User Interface.
To change or delete a previously configured speed dial number:
1 Select the Features soft button + 410 + 3. The Personal Speed Dial
Index displays. 2 Scroll down to the personal speed number you want to change. 3 Press the Change soft button and then press the Delete soft button to
delete part or all of the number. 4 Enter the new number and press the Enter soft button to complete the
change. Press Exit to return to the main display.
The method you use to dial a configured speed dial number depends on
your phone and whether or not the number is mapped to a speed dial
Access button.
To dial a number configured as a speed dial on a VCX phone with one or
more speed dial Access buttons, press the appropriate button. If the
number is not associated with a button, use the next procedure.
To dial a configured speed dial number on any VCX phone:
1 Pick up the handset. Or press the Speaker button. 2 Press Feature. 3 Enter the feature code associated with the number you want to dial.
For example, if the number you want to speed dial is mapped to Speed
dial 2
Alternatively, you can skip pressing the Feature button and enter:
You can also use the following method to dial a speed dial number on
any VCX phone: 1 Press Feature + 410 + 3.
The Display Panel lists the first speed dial, for example:
, enter the following through the Telephone User Interface:
Feature + 601 + 2
*601*2 Note that, with this syntax, you cannot enter *602.
Speed dial 1:
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1001
Use the up and down scroll buttons to locate the speed dial number you want to dial.
2 Press the Dial soft button under the Display Panel.
Your phone dials the number.
To exit the speed dial list in the Display Panel, press the Exit soft button.
In addition to using the Feature menu to list speed dial numbers, you can view the speed dial numbers configured on your phone by pressing
Feature + 463.
Dialing System Speed
Dial Numbers
Call Forwarding This section describes how to enable and use call forwarding features set
The administrator can set up system-wide speed dials for numbers that are dialed frequently by many internal users. You can view the system-wide speed dial list through the VCX User Interface (see
Chapter 6 for information) or you can view and dial numbers from it
using the telephone display panel.
To use a system speed dial number:
1 Pick up the handset or press the Speaker button. 2 Press the Feature button plus 700 plus the system-wide speed dial
number for the number that you want to call. Alternatively, you can press the Feature soft button, scroll to Speed Dials: System, press Select, scroll to the number that you want to dial, and press Select again.
If you dial a speed dial code that has no number assigned to it, the display panel on your telephone shows the message No number stored.”
up through the Telephone User Interface (TUI). You can also configure and enable call forwarding through the VCX User Interface. See

Call Forwarding.

You can use the TUI on your phone to specify:
Enabling
Where you want your call to be forwarded
The condition that results in the system forwarding a call:
No Answer — Redirects incoming calls to another destination
when your phone rings for a configured time period (the default is 20 seconds). You can forward all unanswered calls by enabling Call
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Forward No Answer (feature code 466) and entering the number
to which you want the calls forwarded.
Busy Line —Redirects incoming calls to another destination when
your phone is busy. If you have multiple lines, busy means that all lines are in use. You can forward all calls that come in when your lines are busy by enabling Call Forward Busy (feature code 467) and entering the number to which you want the calls forwarded.
All Calls — Redirects incoming calls to another destination
unconditionally. Use this feature, also called Forward Universal, when you plan to be away from your phone for an extended period of time. You can forward all unanswered calls by enabling Call Forward All (feature code 465) and entering the number to which you want the calls forwarded.
If your telephone is part of a bridged extension, see Call Forward,
Forward to Voice Mail, and Bridged Line Calls for additional information.
You can also use the VCX User Interface to configure Call Forward, Fall
Back to Coverage. When you enable this feature, a forwarded call that is
not answered at the forwarding destination falls back to your extension's
coverage (either voicemail or Auto Attendant). See Enabling Call
Forwarding.
Call Forward No
Answer

Call Forward Busy To forward your calls to another extension when all your lines are busy:

To forward your calls to another extension when your extension is not
answered:
1 Press the Features soft button. 2 Scroll to Call Forward No Answer. 3 Press the Select button. 4 Enter the extension of the subscriber whose extension will receive the call
and select Enter (or press #).
To disable Call Forward No Answer, repeat steps 1 through 3.
1 Press the Features soft button. 2 Scroll to Call Forward Busy. 3 Press the Select button.
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4 Enter the extension of the subscriber whose extension will receive the call
and select Enter (or press #).
To d isa ble Call Forward Busy, repeat steps 1 through 3.

Call Forward All To forward all your calls to another extension:

1 Press the Features soft button. 2 Scroll to Call Forward All. 3 Press the Select button. 4 Enter the extension of the subscriber whose extension will receive the call
and select Enter (or press #).
To d isa ble Call Forward All, repeat steps 1 through 3.

Call Park Use the Call Park feature to place a call in a holding pattern and make it

available for you or for another user to pick up from any telephone on the system by dialing the Call Park extension.
The Call Park feature is useful when the recipient is elsewhere in the building or you want to continue a call on another telephone and transferring the call does not give you enough time to retrieve it.
When you park a call, you assign it a Call Park extension, which you (or another user) use to retrieve it. The default Call Park extension numbers are 800 through 899 inclusive. Ask your administrator to verify the Call Park extensions for your location. If the specified Call Park extension is in use or if no extension is specified, VCX selects the next available Call Park extension.
A call remains parked for 5 minutes. This default value can be adjusted by your administrator. If the call is not answered 5 minutes after it is parked, the user who parked the call is called back. If the user is not available, the parked call is forwarded to the user’s call coverage point.
If your telephone is part of a bridged extension, see Call Park and Bridged
Line Calls for additional information.

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To park a call: 1 While you are on a call, press the Right soft button for the call for the
Actions menu.
2 Scroll to Call Park. 3 Press Select. 4 Dial the park extension and press #. 5 Notify another user about the parked call,
a Select an Access button for outgoing calls and dial the user’s
extension.
b When the call is answered, tell the user the Call Park extension
number, for example 818.
c Hang up.
The user dials the Call Park number and the system connects the call automatically.
6 To retrieve a parked call yourself:
a Pick up the handset of any telephone on the system.
b Dial the Call Park extension that was assigned to the call.
The system connects you to the parked call.
Paging Paging lets you activate the speakers and broadcast a message to all of
the available phones in a paging group. Your administrator defines the
members of a paging group and an extension to dial to page that group.
A phone in a group is available to receive pages if it has a speaker, unless:
the phone is not logged in
the phone has a call ringing, connected, or on hold
the phone has Do Not Disturb, Call Forwarding, or Forward to
Voicemail enabled.
Note that you do not need to be a member of a page group to send a
page to that group; you just need to know the extension for that group.
A page is subject to the following restrictions:
You cannot park, transfer, hold, conference, or pick up a page.
You cannot camp on a page group extension.
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A page cannot be bridged (see Enabling Bridged Extensions for
information about bridging).
If you are sending or receiving a page, you can drop the page by using the speaker button to disconnect the page, by picking up and replacing the receiver, or by pressing the Release button.

Paging a Group You can view the page groups, the group extensions, and the members

of those groups by accessing the VCX User Interface (see
VCX User Interface).
To page a group:
1 Pick up the handset. 2 Dial the appropriate page group extension.
When you dial the page group extension, speakers are activated on the telephones that are members of the group.
3 Speak the message you want to broadcast into the handset.
Accessing the
4 Hang up when you are finished.

Call Pickup Use the Call Pickup feature to answer a call that is ringing on another

telephone.
There are two types of call pickup:
Directed Call Pickup — Allows you to answer a call ringing on the
phone of a specific user. Both you and the other user must be members of the same Directed Call Pickup group. Each Directed Call Pickup group is assigned a security code by the administrator. You must enter this security code when using Directed Call Pickup to answer a call.
Group Call Pickup — Allows you to answer a call ringing on the
phone of any user who is a member of a configured Group Call Pickup group. A Group Call Pickup group is a collection of phones that allow each member of the group to answer another member's calls. Your administrator can also configure a Group Call Pickup group that allows non-group members to answer a call ringing on a phone in the group.
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If your telephone is part of a bridged extension, see Call Pickup and
Bridged Line Calls for additional information.

Directed Call Pickup To answer a call that is ringing on a specific user’s telephone:

1 Pick up the handset. 2 Press the Features soft button. 3 Scroll to Pickup, Directed. 4 Press Select. 5 Dial the extension of the ringing telephone and press #.
The call is directed to your telephone.
Using One-Touch Pickup: 1 Pick up the handset. 2 Press the Access button that you have assigned to Directed Pickup. 3 Dial the extension number of the ringing telephone.

Group Call Pickup To answer a call that is ringing on a group member’s telephone:

1 Pick up the handset. 2 Press the Features soft button. 3 Scroll to Pickup, Group. 4 Press Select. 5 Dial the group number of the ringing telephone and press #.
The call is directed to your telephone and call stops ringing on the other
member phones. If multiple calls are ringing, the first call received is
directed to your telephone.
Call Pickup
Interaction With
Other Features
This section describes how call pickup interacts with other VCX phone
features. Note the following considerations:
Call Forwarding — If both the phone forwarding a call and the
phone receiving the forwarded call belong to the same call pickup group, then any member of the group may answer the call.
Camp On — A call pickup group member or a directed call pickup
user cannot answer a camp on callback call.
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Conference Calls — A conference call cannot be picked up at
another extension. A conference originator can, however, pick up a call and add it to the conference call.
Display Panel — When you pick up a call, the telephone Display
Panel shows a confirmation message, for example,
PickUp Marie x3434.
Hunt Groups — A call pickup group member can also be a member
of a hunt group. Call pickup group members can use either directed call pickup or group call pick up to answer a call that is ringing at another group member's telephone.
Speed Dials — You or your administrator can assign the following to
a speed dial button:
The feature code for directed call pickup (455) or the feature code
Only the feature code for directed call pickup (455) or the feature
for group call pick up (456), and a telephone number.
code for group call pick up (456).

Silent Monitor and Barge In

The VCX system supports Silent Monitor and Barge In. These two features are typically used in call centers to allow supervisors to listen to (monitor) and optionally join (barge in) a conversation between an agent and a customer to ensure proper customer support. Unless the supervisor barges in, neither the agent or the customer are aware that the supervisor is monitoring the call.
To invoke Silent Monitor, the supervisor enters a feature code followed by the extension to be monitored (see Monitoring a Call this case, is defined as a user who is allowed to invoke the Silent Monitor feature for that particular extension. Permission to monitor one or more extensions is configured through the VCX Administrator Interface (see the VCX Administration Guide). The supervisor must use a phone with a Display Panel (not a 3Com Model 3100 Entry Telephone). If a supervisor attempts to monitor an extension without permission, the supervisor hears an error tone and the LCD shows and the monitored agent can be located at different sites.
If a supervisor attempts to monitor an agent’s extension, the supervisor phone LCD will display the error message
The agent is not logged in.
). The supervisor, in
Unauthorized. The supervisor
no calls to supervise if:
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The agent is not on a call.
The agent is currently monitored by another supervisor.
While in Silent Monitor mode, the supervisor can join the conversation by
entering the feature code for Barge In. After barging in, the supervisor
can return to Silent Monitor mode by reentering the Silent Monitor
feature code. See Barging In
A user can ensure a private call by blocking Silent Monitor and Barge In.
To make a private call, the user enters a feature code before dialing the
call.
Note the following Silent Monitor and Barge In feature conditions and
restrictions:
Multiple supervisors cannot monitor the same extension at the same
time.
If an agent parks a monitored call, initiates a conference, or transfers
the call, the supervisor will be disconnected from the session.
If a supervisor attempts to park, conference, or transfer a monitored
call, the action will be ignored and the Display Panel shows
supported operation
.
Not
.
If a customer or agent terminates a monitored call by hanging up, the
supervisor will be disconnected from the session.
Supervisors cannot monitor conference calls.
The agent, the customer, and the supervisor can place a monitored
call on hold. The results depend on who places the call on hold and whether or not Music On Hold (MOH) is enabled.
If the VCX call processor fails during an established silent monitoring
or barge in session, the audio is not affected. However, none of the parties in the call can invoke mid-call features.
The supervisor can monitor a Hunt Group call by selecting the
member's extension, not the Hunt Group's extension.
Bridge line connected calls can be monitored by selecting the
extension of the connected party (primary or secondary, depending on who is connected).

Monitoring a Call Silent Monitor allows a supervisor to listen to calls that come in to an

agent’s extension. The supervisor must be granted explicit permission by
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the VCX administrator to monitor one or more extensions. If you have been granted monitoring privileges, your administrator will give you a list of the extensions you can monitor.
To monitor a call on an agent’s extension from a Manager’s Telephone:
1 Pick up the handset. 2 Press the Feature soft button. 3 Scroll to Supervisory Monitoring. 4 Press Select. 5 Enter the extension of the agent you want to monitor and press Select.
To terminate participation in a monitored call, hang up. This has no effect on agent-customer communication (the agent-customer session remains active).

If you want to join a monitored call, see the following section, Barging In

Barging In Barge In allows a supervisor to speak to the agent and customer during a
Blocking Call
Monitoring
monitored call. While you are silently monitoring a call, to barge in when you are monitoring a call, press Feature + 428. To return to silent monitor mode, press Feature + 425.
To terminate participation in a barged in call, hang up. This has no effect on agent-customer communication (the agent-customer session remains active).
An agent can prevent a supervisor from monitoring an outgoing call. This allows the agent to make private call. Monitor blocking can be enabled for one call at a time. That is, an agent cannot enable the monitor blocking feature for all subsequent calls. Furthermore, this feature works for outgoing calls only; the agent cannot block monitoring for an incoming call.
Note the following blocking considerations for call monitoring
Blocking can be invoked before dialing a call or during a call.
The monitor blocking feature can be mapped to a button.
After invoking monitor blocking for a call, monitoring is blocked for
the duration of that call. If the call is disconnected (during transfer or a
.
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call park, for example), blocking is disabled and the call can be monitored. If the call is reconnected (for a park timeout, for example), blocking is disabled and the call can be monitored.
Blocking is effective only for calls that can be monitored. For example,
invoking monitor blocking for a conference call has no effect on the call because conference calls cannot be monitored.
To block call monitoring on an agent extension to make a private call:
1 Pick up the handset. 2 Press Feature + 429.
The Display Panel shows the following prompt:
Enter the phone number: Press # to complete!
3 Enter the extension of the private call and press #.
Alternatively you can combine steps 2 and 3 by using the following single
command after picking up the handset:
*429*<extension>

Remote Call Forward

For <extension>, you can either enter the private phone extension or
press a speed dial button mapped to that extension.
The Remote Call Forward feature allows you to configure the forwarding
options of a phone from another phone in the network. This is useful if,
for example, a person A is on vacation and all of person A’s calls must be
forwarded to person B. This feature enables person B to configure Call
Forward Universal on the source phone (person A). Note that person A
can be at one site and person B can be at a different site.
The VCX administrator must authorize use of the Remote Call Forward
feature. For example, if the administrator authorizes you to change
person A’s forwarding options, you can enter a feature code (468) and
redirect person A’s calls to any other extension, including your own.
When successfully configured, the remote (destination) phone’s LED (if
available) will flash for all forwarded calls, and the LCD will also display a
call forward message.
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To remotely enable a phone to forward calls to another extension:
1 Pick up the handset. 2 Press Feature + 468.
The Display Panel prompts you to enter the remote phone number.
3 Enter the extension of the phone whose calls you want to forward and
press #. The Display Panel prompts you to enter the extension of the phone that
will receive the forwarded calls.
4 Enter the extension of the phone that will receive forwarded calls and
press #. Alternatively, you can combine steps 2, 3, and 4 by entering the following
command:
*468*<source extension>*<destination extension>
Remote call forwarding can be disabled either on the phone that set up remote call forwarding or on the extension whose calls you no longer want to remotely forward.
For example, extension 1001 has used feature code 468 to specify that all of extension 1000’s calls be forwarded to extension 1002. You can disable remote call forwarding on extension 1000 or 1001:
On extension 1001:
a Press Feature + 468. b Enter the extension whose calls you no longer want to remotely
forward (in this case, 1000) and press #. The Display Panel shows the extension of the phone receiving the
forwarded calls (in this case, 1002).
c Delete the extension number by pressing Soft button 3, followed by
Soft button 2, then press #.
On extension 1000, press Feature + 465.

Hunt Groups Your administrator can establish formal and informal call centers so that

incoming calls can be directed to several telephones that have been associated into hunt groups.
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A call center is a general term that refers to any system that accepts
incoming calls to a site, ensures that those calls are sent to the proper
destination within the site, and manages database records on call activity
and distribution. The call center can be used, for example, as a help desk,
a reservations counter, an information hotline, or a customer service
center.
Incoming calls that arrive at your company can go either to:
Your extension and the call coverage point you have set up (see
Configuring a Call Coverage Point).
A hunt group that follows the call coverage path assigned by an
administrator for that group.
A hunt group is a group of VCX phone extensions that are configured
under a virtual extension. An incoming call to the virtual extension rings
on the phone of one hunt group member. If that member’s telephone is
in use, or if that member does not answer the call, the system “hunts”
for another member of the group until the call is answered or is
forwarded to the group call coverage point. For example, if there are no
available members of the hunt group, the call might be forwarded to a
group mailbox or to the receptionist.
An administrator can configure a hunt group in which all members are
fax machines. Incoming faxes are routed to an available fax machine.
Depending on the type of hunt group configured, if no fax machine is
available, pending faxes may be queued until a machine becomes
available or they may be sent to the call coverage point.
The method used to hunt for an available hunt group member is
determined by an administrator-configured call coverage pattern for that
group. Pattern types include linear, circular, and calling groups. These
patterns are described in Hunt Group Types
If you are a member of a hunt group, your administrator should provide
the following information:
The type of hunt group to which you belong. The hunt group type
determines the ringing pattern followed by incoming calls. See
Group Types.
Your hunt group number. You need this number to log in to the hunt
group. You must be logged in to receive calls directed to the hunt group. See
Logging In to a Hunt Group.
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You can be a member of, and logged in to, multiple hunt groups, which may be of different hunt group types.
As a hunt group member, you should also be aware of how hunt group calls work with other VCX phone features, such as call conferencing. See
Hunt Group Interaction With Other Features

Hunt Group Types The type of hunt group to which you belong determines how incoming

calls are allocated to group members. Your administrator can configure a linear hunt group, a circular hunt group, and a calling group.
To illustrate the differences between hunt group types, assume the administrator has configured four members for each type: A, B, C, and D. Note that a member must be logged in to both the VCX system and the hunt group to receive a call.
Linear Hunt Group — An incoming call always rings at the first
member phone of the group, then, if the call is not answered, at the phone of the next member in the group list.
For example, if A, B, C, and D are all available, an incoming call will always ring first at member A’s extension. If A does not answer, the call is routed to member B’s extension, and so on until the last member of the group is reached. If no member is available, the call is routed to the call coverage point immediately. When the total timeout value configured for the group is reached or the last hunt group member fails to answer (whichever happens first), the call is routed to the call coverage point (see the discussion of timeout values and call coverage points later in this section).
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Circular Hunt Group — An incoming call rings at the member phone
following the member to whom the last call was routed. If the call is not answered, the call rings at the phone of the next member in the group list.
For example, if A, B, C, and D are all available and member B received that last call, the next call will ring at member C’s extension. If C does not answer, the call is routed to member D’s extension, and so on until the total timeout value for the group is reached (see the discussion of timeout values later in this section).
Calling Group — An incoming call simultaneously rings on all
member phones that are logged in, even if a member is on another call.
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For example, if A, B, C, and D are all available, an incoming call will ring simultaneously at all four extensions until the total timeout value for the group is reached (see the discussion of timeout values later in this section).
For each hunt group type, your administrator configures two timeout
values:
Device Timeout — Specifies how long the VCX call processor rings at
one extension before moving to the next extension if there is no answer.
Total Timeout — Specifies how long the VCX call processor attempts
to make a connection within the hunt group before directing the call to the hunt group’s default call coverage point. The administrator can configure the call coverage point to be:
A voice mailbox
Another hunt group
An individual extension
An Auto Attendant number
An external phone number
Ask your administrator for information on timeout values and your hunt
group’s default call coverage point.
Ta bl e 5 summarizes how the three hunt group types route incoming calls.
Ta bl e 5 Hunt Group Behavior
Linear Hunt Group
Condition
No members Go to call coverage. Go to call coverage. Go to call coverage. All members logged out Go to call coverage. Wait for a member to log
All members busy Go to call coverage. Wait for a member to
Result
Circular Hunt Group Result
in or until total timeout reached.
become available or until total timeout reached.
Calling Group Result
Go to call coverage.
Queue the call and wait for an available member or until total timeout reached.
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Table 5 Hunt Group Behavior (continued)
Condition
All members available Route call to first member
Total timeout reached Go to call coverage. Go to call coverage. Go to call coverage.
Logging In to a Hunt
Group
Linear Hunt Group Result
in the list.
Hunt Group calls routed to a call coverage point always go to the point configured for the Hunt Group, not to the point configured for (or by) the Hunt Group member (that is, the member’s personal call coverage point). If the member has Do Not Disturb enabled, personal (non-Hunt Group) calls go to the call coverage point. However, Hunt Group calls always ring on a member’s phone, regardless of the Do Not Disturb setting.
If your telephone is part of a bridged extension, see Hunt Groups and
Bridged Line Calls for additional information.
When your administrator gives you your hunt group membership information, you can log in to your hunt group (or groups if you have been assigned membership in multiple groups). You must be logged in to a hunt group to receive calls for that group.
You must be logged in to your VCX system account before you can log in to a hunt group. If you are not logged in to the VCX system, which requires password authentication, you cannot log in to a hunt group. See the overview section for your phone in this guide.
Circular Hunt Group Result
Route call to the member following the member to whom the last call was routed.
Calling Group Result
Ring all member phones.
To log in to a hunt group:
1 Select Features. 2 Scroll to Hunt Group Login Enabled. 3 Press Select. 4 Enter the group number. 5 Enter the group password and press #.
To log out of a hunt group, repeat the steps used to log in.
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Hunt Group
Interaction With
Other Features
This section describes how participation in a hunt group interacts with
other VCX phone features. Note the following considerations:
A hunt group call can be added to a conference. The member
receiving the call can conference with another extension or with another hunt group. Both announced and unannounced conferences are supported (see
A hunt group call can be put on hold and taken off hold without
Setting up a Conference Call).
losing the caller.
If a hunt group member puts a call on hold, that member can
receive other calls.
A hunt group caller on hold will hear hunt group Music On Hold.
A hunt group call can be parked and then picked up by any user on
the same site.
If the VCX phone has Hands Free enabled, an incoming call to a hunt
group will not be picked up automatically.
A hunt group member’s personal phone settings (for example, Call
Forward, Call Coverage point, and Do Not Disturb) are not invoked on Hunt Group calls
An external call to a private user (someone not in the hunt group) can
be transferred to a hunt group.
Both attended and unattended call transfers are allowed for calls to a
hunt group or from a hunt group.
After reaching an Auto Attendant, a caller can enter a hunt group
extension and be transferred to a Hunt Group.
Internal and external callers that are forwarded to voice mail can leave
a message and navigate through the voice mail options.
If a hunt group call is routed to a voice mailbox or Auto Attendant call
coverage point but the routing fails (for example, because no ports are available), the call is requeued for the hunt group.
Each time a call is put back in a hunt group queue, it is treated like a
new call.
If you are a member of one or more hunt groups, the phone message
button acts as a MWI for the hunt group voice mailbox even if you are not logged in to the hunt group. Pressing the message button displays a menu which shows number of new messages in each mailbox, including your personal mailbox. You can use the arrow navigation
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keys to locate a voice mailbox. Press the message button to access the selected mailbox.
Viewing Hunt Group
Membership and
Status
You can use the Telephone User Interface to view the hunt groups you belong to and your current login status for each group.
To view hunt group information enter the following feature code:
Feature + 972
The Display Panel on the phone displays the hunt groups you belong to and your current status.
Use the up and down scroll buttons to navigate through the hunt group list. The first line displays the name and number of the hunt group. The second line displays your current status.
Press Change soft button below the Display Panel to change your
current login status.
Press Exit soft button below the Display Panel to exit from the hunt
group display.
When you change your login status, the Display Panel shows HuntGroup
Login Enabled
phone number, this message appears on all phone displays. While this message appears in the Display Panel, press Feature + 972 to display the hunt group list.
. If you are logged into multiple phones using the same
You can also use the VCX User Interface to view the hunt groups you belong to and your current login status for each group.
6

USING THE VCX USER INTERFACE

This chapter describes how to access the VCX User Interface application.
It also provides a description of the options available to manage your user
account and VCX telephone from this web-based application. Features
that require configuration through the application and, subsequently, on
the telephone itself are described in more detail.
Your administrator determines whether the features in this chapter are
available for your telephone or for the entire system. Some of these
features may not be available to you.
This chapter includes the following topics:
Accessing the VCX User Interface
VCX User Interface Overview
Enabling Call Forwarding
Configuring a Call Coverage Point
Enabling Bridged Extensions
Logging Out
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Accessing the VCX User Interface

You can use the VCX User Interface to access and manage advanced VCX telephone features, change your web login password, and modify your personal account information.
The VCX User Interface is a web-based application. Before you begin, obtain the following information from your system administrator:
Web login username
Web login password
Web address (URL) for the VCX User Interface
Your browser must have cookies and Java script support enabled to start a VCX User Interface provisioning session.
To log in to the VCX User Interface:
1 In your web browser’s address bar, enter the VCX User Interface web
address and press Enter.
2 On the 3Com VCX V7000 Networked Telephony Solution window,
click User Interface. The Login dialog box appears.
3 In the Username field, type your web login name. 4 In the Password field, type your web login password.
To clear the username and password fields, click Reset.

VCX User Interface Overview

5 Click Submit.
The VCX User Interface displays the Welcome window.
The Welcome window illustrates the general structure of the VCX V User Interface.
The left column displays four options:
Welcome
My Extensions
Calling Features
Log Out
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Each option (except Log Out) is associated with a set of tabbed pages
shown on the right side of the window. When you select an option, the
set of tabbed pages changes. Click on a tab to display its contents.
Each tabbed page includes a text box that describes the purpose of the
page. Each text box also includes a Help button. If you need more
information on a page, click Help to launch the VCX User Interface
online Help system.
The following list provides a brief description of the features you can
manage on each tabbed page. For detailed information, refer to the
online Help. Note that some features must be enabled on the phone after
configuration in the VCX User Interface. These features are noted in the
list.
Welcome
Welcome — Provides an initial welcoming page that can include
current system information, such as mailbox capacity, and the number of new and saved messages.
My Information — Displays name and address information that
you can modify as necessary. Also enables you to change the size of the font used in your telephone’s Display Panel.
Web Login — Allows you to change the password you use to
access the VCX User Interface.
Directory — Allows you to search a directory of other system
users to find name and extension information. The directory can be either local (users whose phones are connected to the same VCX call processor) or global (all the users in a multi-site enterprise that includes regional, branch, and local offices). Search criteria can include first name, last name, extension, or location. If you do not enter search criteria, all users are displayed.
My Extensions
Call History — Allows you to view the call history for your phone,
for example, the calling and called parties, and call duration.
Ring Patterns — Enables you to set distinctive ringing tones to
identify the source (inside, outside, or private) of incoming calls. Inside calls are calls that originate from within the VCX network. Outside calls are calls that originate from outside the VCX network. Private calls are anonymous calls or calls with caller ID blocked.
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Bridge Permissions — Enables you set up your extension so that
up to four other users have permission to transfer their calls to your phone. After configuring bridge permissions through the VCX User Interface, see information. This feature is not supported on Basic (2101 and
3101) phones.
Bridged Phones — Displays up to four extensions that are
bridged to your phone. After configuring mappings through the VCX User Interface, see information. This feature is not supported on Basic (2101 and
3101) phones.
You should not bridge an extension to a Basic phone (Models 2101 or
3101) because these phones have no programmable access buttons. Therefore, these phones have no way of distinguishing a call to its extension and a bridged call.
Button Mappings — Displays the default function associated
with each programmable button on your telephone. If permitted by your administrator, you can assign a new function to a button or assign a new value to a button function. For example, you could reprogram a button to add another personal speed dial, or you could change the number dialed for an existing speed dial button.
Assigning Access Button Functions Using the VCX User
See
Interface for more information.
Enabling Bridged Extensions for additional
Enabling Bridged Extensions for additional
Registrations — Lists all phones on which you are currently
logged in.
Passwords — Enables you to set the login password for your
phone extension. This password is also used for mailbox access and must be synchronized with IP Messaging (see the VCX User Interface online help).
Date/Time — If you log in to a phone in another time zone, you
can use this option to update the VCX system with your current time zone information. Also allows you to change the date/time format, which is initially set by your administrator.
Calling Features
Personal Speed Dials — Allows you to set up personal speed dial
codes for up to 9 phone numbers.
System Speed Dials — Allows you to view the system-wide speed
dial numbers configured on your system by your administrator. You
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cannot add, modify, or delete a system speed dial number. However, you can export the list to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. You can also map a system speed dial number to a button on your phone (see
Interface). See Dialing System Speed Dial Numbers.
Call Forwarding —Allows you to control how the VCX system
handles your calls when you do not answer a call, your extension is busy, or your calls are forwarded to another extension. See
Enabling Call Forwarding for additional information.
Call Coverage — Allows you to set your default call coverage
point. The configured call coverage point determines the destination of a call that is either not answered in time, or cannot be answered because the destination is busy or unreachable (logged out, or disconnected from the network). The default destination for unanswered calls is voice mail. See
Call Coverage Point.
Selective Ringing — Enables you to set distinctive ringing tones
to identify individual callers.
Privacy — Allows you to control whether the VCX system sends
your Caller ID when you make a call. See
Call Restrictions — Allows you to block incoming and outgoing
calls that match specified patterns.
Assigning Access Button Functions Using the VCX User
Configuring a
Controlling Caller ID.

Enabling Call Forwarding

Group Features
Hunt Groups — Allows you to view the hunt groups you belong
to and your current login status for each group. See
Page Groups — Allows you to view the page groups configured
on your system. When you dial the group page extension, speakers are activated on the telephones that are members of the group. As you speak into your handset, your voice is broadcast on the activated speakers. See
Call Pickup Groups — Allows you to view the call pickup groups
you belong to and the other members of these call pickup groups.
Call Pickup.
See
Log Out — Ends your VCX User Interface session. See Logging Out.
This section describes how to enable and use call forwarding features set
up through the VCX User Interface.
Paging.
Hunt Groups.
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You can also configure and enable call forwarding through your phone’s Telephone User Interface (TUI). See Call Forwarding
You can use the VCX User Interface to set:
How long (in seconds) your telephone rings before the system
forwards unanswered calls
Where you want your call to be forwarded
The condition (or conditions) that result in the system forwarding a
call:
Ring No Answer — Redirect incoming calls to another destination
when your phone rings for a configured time period (the default is 20 seconds).
Busy Line —Redirect incoming calls to another destination when
your phone is busy. If you have multiple lines, busy means that all lines are in use.
All Calls — Redirect incoming calls to another destination
unconditionally. Use this feature when you plan to be away from your phone for an extended period of time. Also referred to as Call Forward Universal.
Fall Back — Return forwarded calls to your call coverage point if
the forwarding destination does not answer. When you enable this Call Forward, Fall Back to Coverage feature, a forwarded call that is not answered at the forwarding destination falls back to your extension's coverage. This call coverage point must be either voice mail or Auto Attendant (the call cannot fall back to another extension or to no coverage; see
Point).
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Configuring a Call Coverage
For example, a call to extension A gets forwarded to extension B if extension A is busy. Extension A has also enabled the Fall Back option. Extension A receives a call that gets forwarded to extension B. However, extension B is also busy. Instead of sending the call to extension B's coverage point or call forwarding destination, VCX returns the call to extension A's voice mail or Auto Attendant.
You can configure the Call Forward, Fall Back to Coverage feature through the VCX User Interface only. This feature cannot be configured through the Telephone User Interface.
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To set up call forwarding, log in to the VCX User Interface, select the
Calling Features option, then access the Call Forwarding tabbed page.
Enable the appropriate forwarding conditions and click Save.
If you configure and enable any call forwarding option through the VCX
User Interface, the option becomes effective the next time your phone
registers with the VCX call processor (ask you administrator about
registration intervals).
Your administrator may prevent you from configuring Call Forward All,
Call Forward Ring No Answer, or Call Forward Busy to an external (outside
the enterprise) number. See your administrator for information.

Configuring a Call Coverage Point

A call coverage point determines how the VCX system treats an
unanswered call. A call is considered unanswered for the following
reasons:
The call rings and is not answered before the call coverage ring
timeout value is reached. The default timeout value is 20 seconds. Note that Call Forward settings take precedence over Call Coverage
Point settings. Furthermore, the Call Forward - Ring No Answer feature also has a ring timeout value. The default timeout value for this feature is also 20 seconds. The Ring No Answer timeout value has priority over the call coverage timeout value. If the Ring No Answer timeout value is greater than the coverage timeout value, the coverage timer is ignored so the call can be forwarded to the Call Forward destination.
The call cannot be answered because the destination is busy or
unreachable (logged out or disconnected from the network).
The default call coverage point is voice mail. However, your administrator
can specify a different default for all subscribers, or you can set your own
call coverage point. There are four possible call coverage points:
Voice mail (the default)
The Auto Attendant
A telephone number (internal or external)
No coverage
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If the no coverage option is selected and a call is not answered, the caller will hear a busy tone or an error message depending on the reason for the unanswered call.
If you enable Do Not Disturb on your phone, calls will automatically go to the call coverage point, which may or may not be voice mail.
The call coverage point must be set through the VCX User Interface (or the Administrator Interface). It cannot be set through the Telephone User Interface.

Assigning Access Button Functions Using the VCX User Interface

This section describes how to use the VCX User Interface to view, and possibly modify, the VCX features associated with the Access buttons on your telephone.
When a VCX system is configured, your administrator assigns (maps) default functions for the Access buttons on your telephone. Mapping a function to a button allows one-touch access to that function. Speed dialing is one example of a one-touch function.
Your administrator may allow you to reprogram a button’s function (for example, create more personal speed dial buttons).
To view the functions currently mapped to buttons on your phone:
1 Log in to the VCX User Interface, select the My Extensions option, then
access the Button Mappings tabbed page.
2 Choose your telephone model (for example, the Model 3103
Manager’sphone) and click Select.
CAUTION: The VCX User Interface cannot determine your telephone model. You must select the correct model from the drop down list.
The VCX User Interface displays a graphic of the selected phone model and shows the function mapped to each button. If a function name appears dimmed (light gray text), your administrator has locked that function-button mapping and you cannot remap it. See the online help for more information.

Enabling Bridged Extensions

This section describes how to enable and use bridged extensions set up through the VCX User Interface.
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The VCX system allows you to set up your extension so that other users
can receive your calls at their phones. Through the VCX User Interface,
you can grant permission to up to four other users to receive calls
intended for your extension; that is, you are “bridging” your extension to
their phones.
The bridged phone is sometimes referred to as the primary phone. The
phone receiving bridged calls is sometimes referred to as the secondary
phone.
A bridged extension is typically used by an administrative assistant (the
secondary phone) to accept calls for one or more managers (primary
phones). Or one manager (primary phone) may be monitored by multiple
assistants (secondary phones). The primary phone and the secondary
phone (or phones) can be located at different sites.
Bridging an extension requires three steps: 1 On the phone whose extension you want to bridge (for example,
extension 1000):
a Log in to the VCX User Interface, select the My Extensions option,
then access the Bridge Permissions tabbed page.
b Specify the extension (for example, extension 1001) that you want to
receive a bridged call and click Add.
The bridged phone can identify up to four phone numbers to bridge
with, but the number of extensions it can actually bridge is determined by
the maximum number of contacts that the system administrator has set
up for the phone, which may be fewer than four.
2 On the phone that will receive a bridged call (in this example, extension
1001):
a Log in to the VCX User Interface, select the My Extensions option,
then access the Button Mappings tabbed page.
b Map the bridged extension (in this example, extension 1000) in the
Bridged Extension 1/2 box and click Save.
You should not bridge an extension to a Basic phone (Models 2101 or
3101) because these phones have no programmable buttons. Therefore,
a Basic phone has no way of distinguishing a call to its extension and a
bridged call.
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3 For the bridged line settings to take effect, the phone must retrieve the
new settings from the VCX server. By default, phones check the VCX server for new information every 60 minutes (the phone registration interval). To retrieve bridged line settings, you can use one of the following options:
Wait for the phone registration interval to expire (60 minutes or
less, depending on when the last registration occurred).
Log off and then log on to the phone.
In this example, an incoming call to extension 1000 will also ring on extension 1001.
The primary phone user can make calls on a bridged line. The secondary phone user can answer calls that are made to the primary phone’s extension. Both users can use VCX features to manage bridged calls. For example, bridged calls can be transferred, put on hold, or forwarded to voice mail. However, because multiple phones are involved, you should note the considerations discussed in Bridged Line Interaction with Other
Features.
Bridged Line
Interaction with
Other Features
Both primary and secondary users can be logged in to multiple phones. For example, an administrative assistant (secondary user) can be logged in to four phones and monitor a manager from any phone as long as all the secondary phones are configured with the same extension. Or, a manager may be logged in to multiple phones and monitored by an assistant logged in to one or more phones. In any case, the total number of logged in primary and secondary phones cannot exceed five.
For the current release, the primary and secondary phone (or phones) must be located on the same site.
Your administrator can also set up bridged extensions. In this case, fields on your Bridge Permissions and the Button Mappings tabbed pages have preassigned values.
Calls to a bridged extension can be managed by a primary user or a secondary user, like non-bridged calls. For example, bridged calls can be parked, put on hold, transferred, or conferenced.
A call to a bridged extension can be affected by call coverage points, call forwarding settings, and Do Not Disturb settings on the primary and secondary phones.
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Calls to a bridged extension that are not answered always follow the call
coverage point configured for the primary phone, or, if call forwarding is
enabled, the appropriate call forward setting for the primary phone.
Topics in this section describe how bridged calls are handled when certain
VCX features are invoked by the primary phone user, the secondary
phone user, or both users.
Do Not Disturb and Bridged Line Calls
If the primary phone enables Do Not Disturb and a call rings on a
secondary phone, there is no call indication on the primary phone—the
phone does not ring. Once the call is answered or put on hold, the
primary phone’s handset icon in the Display Panel show on hold.
If the primary phone enables Do Not Disturb, a call goes directly to the
primary phone’s call coverage point if:
All secondary phones have enabled Do Not Disturb
No secondary phone is available
If the primary phone enables Do Not Disturb and no secondary phone
answers the call, the call goes to the primary phone’s Call Forward destination when the Call Forward - Ring No Answer ring timeout value is reached.
If a secondary phone enables Do Not Disturb and other secondary
phones are available (or the primary phone is available), the call rings on one of the other phones.
If a secondary phone enables Do Not Disturb and no other secondary
phones are available, the call rings on the primary and there is no indication of the call on the secondary phone.
If the primary does not answer, the call goes to the primary phone’s
Call Forward destination when the Call Forward - Ring No Answer ring timeout value is reached.
If the primary does answer or put on hold, the secondary phone
does indicate call status.
If neither the primary phone or the secondary phones have Do Not
Disturb enabled, a call rings on both phones.
If the primary phone user presses the DND button while the call is
ringing, it stops ringing but continues to ring on the secondary. If the secondary does not answer, the call goes to the primary phone’s Call
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Forward destination when the Call Forward - Ring No Answer ring timeout value is reached.
If the secondary phone user presses the DND button while the call is
ringing, it stops ringing but continues to ring on the primary. If the primary phone does not answer, the call goes to the primary phone’s Call Forward destination when the Call Forward - Ring No Answer ring timeout value is reached.
If the primary and secondary phone users both press the DND buttons
while the call is ringing, it stops ringing on both phones. The call goes to the primary phone’s Call Forward - Busy destination.
If the primary phone enables Do Not Disturb, a call rings on a secondary phone. If the primary phone user disables Do Not Disturb while the call is ringing, the call does not start ringing on the primary. Do Not Disturb is enabled only for subsequent calls. This is also true for a secondary phone user who toggles the Do Not Disturb setting while a call is ringing.
If the primary phone enables Do Not Disturb and a call comes in from a hunt group, the Do Not Disturb setting is ignored and the call rings on the primary. If a secondary phone enables Do Not Disturb and a call comes in from a hunt group to the primary phone, the call does not ring on the secondary phone.
Hands Free and Bridged Line Calls
Enabling the Hands Free feature has the following effect on bridged calls:
If the primary phone has Hands Free enabled, a call rings briefly on the
secondary phone before it is automatically answered by the primary phone.
If the secondary phone has Hands Free enabled, only calls made to the
secondary's phone extension are answered Hands Free. Calls to primary phone are not answered Hands Free on the secondary phone; they appear as normal bridge calls.
Call Forward, Forward to Voice Mail, and Bridged Line Calls
Enabling Call Forwarding and Forward to Voice Mail (or enabling both features) has the following effect on bridged calls:
If the primary phone enables Forward to Voice Mail, calls ring once on
the primary and secondary phones, and then go to voicemail.
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If the primary phone enables Call Forward Universal, calls to the
primary go to the Call Forward Universal destination immediately and do not ring on the primary or secondary phones.
If a secondary phone enables Forward to Voice Mail or Call Forwarding
to another extension, these settings affect only calls to the secondary phone extension. A bridged call rings on both the primary phone and secondary phone.
If a call is ringing on the primary phone and the secondary phone, and
the primary phone user presses the Forward to Voicemail button, the call is forwarded to primary phone’s voice mailbox and the secondary phone stops ringing.
If a call is ringing on the primary phone and the secondary phone, and
the secondary phone user presses the Forward to Voicemail button, call will continue ringing on both phones.
Call Transfer, Call Conferencing, and Bridged Line Calls
Bridged calls can be transferred by either the primary phone or the
secondary phone. The primary phone user and secondary phone user can
also set up a conference with a bridged call.
If the primary phone is on a bridged call and presses the Transfer button,
the primary phone user hears a dial tone. The user can then enter a
telephone number to start attended or unattended call transfer. While
the primary phone user enters the phone number, the calling party is put
on hold. However, the light for BSA line on the secondary phone remains
on (does not blink as it would for a non-bridged call on hold).
While on a bridged call, the primary phone user can also press a free SA
line to transfer the call from a BSA line to a SA line. Or, a call connected
on a SA line can be transferred from the SA line to its BSA line. A
secondary phone user, however, can only transfer a call from an SA line to
BSA line but cannot transfer a bridged call to an SA line.
Both primary and secondary phones can set up a 3-way conference call
on a bridged line.
Call Park and Bridged Line Calls
Either the primary phone user or the secondary phone user can park a
call.
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When either a primary or secondary phone user parks a call and the call park timeout value is reached (the default is 5 minutes), the parked call rings back only on the phone that parked the call. For example, if a primary phone user parks a bridged call to a Call Park extension and no one picks up the parked call, after 5 minutes the parked call rings back only on the primary phone that parked the call. The call does not ring back on a secondary phone or on any other primary login instance. When the primary phone answers the call,the status light on primary phone lights but the status lights on the bridged phones do not light.
If all lines are in use, a parked call that rings back is forwarded according to the enabled Call Forwarding setting for that phone. If Do Not Disturb is enabled, the parked call is forwarded to the call coverage point configured for that phone.
Call Pickup and Bridged Line Calls
Call Pickup (both Directed and Group) allows a user to answer a call that is ringing on another telephone.
For bridged calls, you enter the Call Pickup feature code (455 for Directed; 456 for Group) followed by the group security code and the extension of a primary phone. The call stops ringing on all primary and secondary phones when the call is picked up. You cannot enter the extension of a secondary phone. Doing so returns an error, and the call keeps ringing on all primary and secondary phones.
Attendant Console and Bridged Line Calls
The VCX administrator can map primary phone numbers and secondary phone numbers to buttons on a VCX 3105 Attendant Console. In this case, status lights on the Attendant Console show that the bridged line is in use for primary and secondary phones.
Hunt Groups and Bridged Line Calls
A primary or a secondary phone can belong to a hunt group.
If a primary phone is a member of a hunt group, a call coming to the hunt group rings on an SA line on the primary phone. A secondary phone cannot receive a hunt group call directed to a primary phone.
Message Waiting Indication and Bridged Line Calls
A secondary phone displays the Message Waiting Indication (MWI) of the primary phone (or phones).
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Pressing the MSG button lists the mailboxes. You can press Up and Down
arrow keys to select a mailbox, then press the MSG button again to
connect to that mailbox.

Personal Speed Dial Access Buttons

Logging Out To log out of the VCX User Interface, follow these steps:

The VCX User Interface allows you to set up personal speed dial access
buttons using two method; by assigning the Personal Speed Dial
feature to an access button and by assigning the Call feature to an access
button.
Using the Personal Speed Dial feature provides up to five personal speed
dial numbers that you can assign. Using the Call feature provides an
additional three personal speed dial numbers you can assign.
1 From any screen, click the Log Out button just above the copyright
notice.
The Login screen appears.
2 Close your web browser.
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VCX ATTENDANT CONSOLES
7
MODEL 3105 AND
OMPLEMENT ATTENDANT
C
The VCX Attendant Console (Model 3105) and the VCX Complement
Attendant Software (CAS) application enable a receptionist to handle
high call volumes efficiently. Although receptionists are the primary users
of the Attendant Console and the CAS, the two can also be used by busy
sales representatives and others who receive a high volume of telephone
calls or who make frequent calls to the same telephone numbers.
This chapter includes the following topics:
VCX Attendant Console — A device that works along with VCX
telephones to increase call handling capability. In many offices, the Attendant Console is used by a receptionist or switchboard operator, who is referred to in this guide as “the receptionist.”
Complement Attendant Software (CAS) — A software application,
installed by an administrator, that allows a receptionist to answer and route calls using a personal computer.
The Attendant Console and VCX Complement Attendant Software
application can be used at the same time. However:
When incoming calls appear on the Attendant Console, you must
handle them using the buttons of the console.
When calls appear on the CAS computer screen, you must handle
them using the mouse and the CAS software features.
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VCX Attendant Console

Access Buttons The 50 Access buttons on an VCX 3105 Attendant Console can each

The VCX 3105 Attendant Console has 50 Access buttons and 4 preprogrammed Feature buttons. In effect, the Attendant Console is an extension of the VCX Business Telephone or VCX Basic Telephone with which it is associated.
Figure 4 illustrates the buttons and controls on the VCX 3105 Attendant
Console.
have two sets of assignments: 1 through 50, and 51 through 100. To toggle between the two sets of assignments, press the Shift button.
Your administrator can assign features to each Access button. Possible features include:
Status of internal telephone extensions (busy, available)
In the current release, when you assign a phone extension to an Attendant Console button, the button assignment does not become effective until either the Attendant Console is rebooted or the phone registration interval elapses. The default registration interval is one hour (3600 seconds).
Status of external telephone lines
Speed dials for user extensions:

Feature Buttons The four Feature buttons are programmed for four of the five most

common features needed by a receptionist: Call Transfer, Call Hold, Conference, Call Park, or Attendant Serial Call. The Shift button does not affect the operation of the Feature buttons. Your administrator configures the feature assigned to a particular Feature button using the VCX User Interface, Central Management Console. The feature-to-button mappings described in the list following Figure 4 may not correspond to your configuration.
Your administrator also maps telephone extensions to Access buttons using the VCX Administrator web interface.
Figure 4
3105 Attendant Console.
and the text that follows it describe the features on the VCX
are the defaults and
Figure 4 VCX 3105 Attendant Console
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5
1 2 3
4
8
6
7
1 Transfer button — Enables you to send a call to another telephone. See
Transferring a Call.
2 Hold button — Places a caller on hold. See Putting a Call on Hold. 3 Conference button — Allows you to set up a three-way conference call.
Setting up a Conference Call.
See 4 Call Park button — Places a call in a “holding pattern” so that it can be
retrieved from any other telephone on the system. See
Attendant Serial Call button — Enables you to send a call to another
telephone like Transfer, but the call rings back to you when the
destination hangs up. You can perform another transfer or other action.
Not mapped to a button by default, your administrator can map
Attendant Serial Call to any of the four buttons. See 5Labels — You can print labels for your Attendant Console using the
LabelMaker utility, which is available through the 3Com web site. See
Printing Labels.
6 Label cover tabs — Allow you to unsnap the plastic cover to insert
labels.
Call Park.
Serial Transfer.
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7 Access buttons — If your administrator has mapped an extension to an
Access button, a light next to the button indicates whether the line is available or in use, or whether an assigned feature is enabled. See
Attendant Console Status Lights.
Your administrator uses the VCX Administrator web interface to map telephone extensions to Access buttons numbers. The interface numbers each button. For example, the administrator may say that extension 4001 is assigned to button 1, extension 4002 is assigned to button 2, and so on. On the Attendant Console, the buttons are numbered from top to bottom, starting in the top left corner. (However, no number physically appears next to a button.)
The first five buttons from the top in the left column correspond to
Access buttons 1 through 5. (The bottom four buttons are always the Feature buttons.)
The second column of nine buttons correspond to Access buttons
6 through 14.
The third column of nine buttons correspond to Access buttons 15
through 23.
The fourth column of nine buttons correspond to Access buttons
24 through 32.
The fifth column of nine buttons correspond to Access buttons 33
through 41.
The sixth column of nine buttons correspond to Access buttons 42
through 50.
8 Shift button — Enables you to toggle between the two sets of Access
button assignments on the Console. Press the Shift button to switch between assignments 1 The Shift button LED is lighted when you have buttons 51 through 100 selected.

Printing Labels To create, print, and save labels for your Attendant Console (or any VCX

telephone):
1 Access the 3Com web site, http://www.3com.com. 2 Click Support & Downloads and select Downloads & Drivers from the
drop-down list box. Your browser displays the Downloads page.
3 On the Downloads page, select the following options:
through 50 and assignments 51 through 100.
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a In the Criteria-base Search section, in the Type of File list box, select
Documentation. b In the Product Category list box, select Convergence/IP Telephony. c In the Filename text box, enter labels.exe. d In the Operating System list box, select All. e Click Search.
4 When the search results page is displayed, locate the labels.exe file for
3Com VCX V7000 IP Telephony Solution, and download it to your system. (Do not download any of the labels.exe files for the NBX product.)
5 Locate labels.exe on your system and double-click the file icon to start the
LabelMaker program.
6 Find the page in the LabelMaker that has labels for your attendant
console.
7 Edit the label template by clicking any of the label text boxes to highlight
the existing text, and then typing new text.
8 Press Tab to move to the next text field in the label. 9 Click the Print button at the top of the LabelMaker screen to open the
Print dialog. Specify which page you want to print. Typically, the default is to print all pages.
Attendant Console
Status Lights
10 Click Print. 11 Cut out the labels and put them in the label holders of your attendant
console.
12 To save the edited LabelMaker, click the Save button at the top of the
LabelMaker screen. Or you can click File > Save As to save the LabelMaker to a new location.
To reuse your saved LabelMaker, run the file that you saved to your computer. If you download the LabelMaker from the 3Com web site, you always get the default version. If you save the default version to the same place you saved an earlier edited version, you overwrite the earlier version.
An Access button that is set up for incoming and outgoing calls is called a System Appearance button. The light beside each System Appearance button indicates its status. See
Ta bl e 6.
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Ta bl e 6 Status Indicator Lights for System Appearance Buttons
If the light is The line is
Off Available for use Steady In use Blinking Do Not Disturb is enabled Blinking quickly Dialing an emergency call

Complement Attendant Software

The Complement Attendant Software (CAS) application is an optional VCX component, which requires a license. On your personal computer, the Complement Attendant Software displays your telephone directory in a series of tabs. Each tab sorts the directory by a different type of information, for example, by last name, by department, or by extension.
Figure 5 shows the Complement Attendant Software main window.
Figure 5 Complement Attendant Software Main Window
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