Comdial Impact Concierge Guide

Impact Concierge®

Front Desk Attendant’s Guide

GCA70–334.10 12/01 printed in U.S.A.

This reference manual applies to the following system and telephone models:

System Models

Concierge software 4A or above.

•

FXII systems with software 17A and later.

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Telephone Models

• Impact 8324S-** Rev. A and later.

• Impact 8312S-** Rev. A and later.

• Impact 8024S-** Rev. A and later.

• Impact 8012S-** Rev. A and later.

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GCA70–334 Contents

1 Impact Concierge ...................1

Introduction......................................1

2 Computer Interface .................3

The Impact Concierge Program ......................3

Guest Room Features ..............................4

Check In ........................................5

Check Out .......................................6

Room Type ......................................7

Credit Limit......................................8

Direct Inward Dialing ..............................9

Do Not Disturb ..................................10

Condition.......................................11

Message Waiting .................................13

Call Access .....................................15

Wakeup Call ....................................17

Telephone State ..................................19

Room Status/Condition Grids .......................20

Calls Dialog.....................................21

Directory .......................................22

Printouts .......................................23

Housekeeping ...................................24

Daily and Yearly Maid Statistics.....................25

Alarms Display ..................................26

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Alarm Types ....................................27

Alarm Modes....................................28

Wakeups .......................................29

3 Administrative Telephone Interface ........31

Administrative Telephones .........................31

Feature Access Button Locations ....................31

Feature Access Button Functions ....................34

Using the Administrative Telephones .................36

Adding Wireless Extensions ........................37

Heartbeat Feature ................................37

4 Staff Use of Room Telephones ...........39

Room Telephone Functions for Hotel Staff ............39

Remote Answering of Attendant Station ..............39

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Transferring a Call ...............................40

Logging In to a Room .............................40

Logging Out of a Room ...........................40

5 Guest Telephones ..................43

Guest Use of Room Telephones .....................43

Placing an Outside Call............................44

Placing a Call within the Hotel ......................44

Placing a Speed Dial Call ..........................44

Placing Calls to the Attendant.......................44

Setting a Wakeup Call .............................45

Answering a Wakeup Call..........................46

6 Index .........................47

GCA70–334 Introduction

Introduction

The Impact Concierge system provides three interfaces: the computer terminal at the front desk, the administrative telephones, and the room telephones. This user’s guide contains chapters discussing how to use each interface.

Chapter 2 contains instructions for accessing the Impact Concierge system through the computer terminal at the front desk. The computer terminal allows hotel staff access to the full range of system functions (e.g. do not disturb, a directory of guests and their room numbers, wakeup call status, call access, etc.).

Chapter 3 discusses the administrative telephones, which can be used to perform most of the functions that the front desk terminal can perform.

Chapters 4 and 5 discuss the use of the guest room telephones. Hotel staff can use room telephones for remote answering of attendant stations and for transferring calls (chapter 4). Chapter 5 contains procedures guests use to operate room telephones.

For instructions on the standard features of the Comdial digital telephones, refer to their respective user guides.

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Notes

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Computer Interface

The Impact Concierge Program

The Concierge computer interface is designed for use at the hotel’s front desk. You may perform all system functions from the PC; the PC’s visual interface makes it the quickest and easiest way to access the Concierge system.

To start the Concierge program,

1. Turn on the PC. The Windows 2000 desktop screen appears.

2. The Concierge program should start automatically. Otherwise, you must double click on the Concierge shortcut icon located on the Windows 2000 desktop screen.

3. When the Concierge main screen appears, click on the login button in the upper left corner of the screen. Type your password and press Enter (the default password is user—you must type it in lower case). The main Concierge Front Desk screen appears.

Caution

Impact Concierge is a real-time application in constant communication with the telephone switch. Any other programs running on the Concierge PC may slow or halt the operation of the Concierge program.

Do not load additional software onto the Concierge PC! Load only those programs necessary for Concierge to operate properly. Loading other software programs may cause the Concierge PC to crash!

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Guest Room Features

You can access the guest room features (Check-In, Check-Out, Name, Status, Condition, Do Not Disturb, Message Waiting, Call Access, Wakeup Call, Credit Limit, Guest Telephone State, and Room Status/Condition Grids) from the Rooms drop-down menu. When you select one of these features, the system displays a room grid. The room grid displays a feature setting for each guest room. The button bar at the top of the dialog allows you to switch between room grids.

Clicking on a room location will bring up a Room Summary dialog. The Room Summary dialog allows you to view and make changes to the settings for a particular room (Check-In, Check-Out, Condition, Do Not Disturb, Message Waiting, Call Access, Wakeup Call, Credit Limit, Telephone State, Room Status/Condition Grids). The number of the room you are viewing appears in the upper left hand corner of the dialog. The Room Summary dialog also displays the amount of the phone bill, how many calls have been made from the room, the room’s primary extension, the data extensions (if any) associated with the room, and the room’s direct inward dial (DID) extension, if there is one.

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Room Grid

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Check In

Concierge’s Check In feature allows you to select an available room from a room display grid and check a guest into that room. Remember that at Check In, credit limit and call access are set according to the default settings as set by the installer, but you may change them at any time. Check in may be done from the front desk PC or from any of the administrative telephones.

To Check In a guest,

1. Go to the Rooms drop down menu and select Status. A room grid appears listing the vacant and occupied rooms.

2. Select a vacant room from the room grid. (To locate a room number on the grid, find the intersection of the room number in the left column with the room number in the top row. For example: To find Room 174, first locate 170 in the left column, then locate 4 in the top row. The intersection of these two points is Room 174.)

3. Click on the box of the room you have selected. The room summary dialog appears. Check the room number in the upper left hand corner of the dialog to make sure it is the room you want.

4. To check a guest into a room, the Condition box in the room summary dialog must display “Made.” If using maid codes, you may continue with check in if room is unmade.

5. Highlight the name in the Guest Name box and replace it with the guest’s name.

6. Click the Check In box in

Guest Name box

the lower part of the Room Summary dialog. The Room Status will change from “Vacant” to “Occupied.”

7. If the guest’s room has a direct inward dial (DID) extension, it will appear in the Room Summary dialog. You will want to tell the guest what the DID

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extension is, along with the hotel’s 3-digit prefix.

8. Click Close to enter these

Check In button

new settings in the system.

Check In Dialog

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Check Out

The Check Out feature allows you to check a guest out of an occupied room and print the guest’s bill. The system will notify you if the guest’s telephone is not idle or if there are any messages for the guest. Check out can be done from the front desk PC or from any of the administrative telephones.

To Check Out a guest,

1. Go to the Rooms drop down menu and chose Names. A room grid appears listing the name of each guest.

2. Select the guest’s room by clicking on the guest’s name. (If you need to identify the room by number instead of the guest’s name, find the intersection of the room number in the left column with the room number in the top row. For example: To find Room 174, first locate 170 in the left column, then locate 4 in the top row. The intersection of these two points is Room 174.)

3. The room summary dialog appears. Check the room number in the upper left hand corner of the dialog to make sure it is the room you want.

4. To print the guest’s bill, click on the Telephone Bill tab. Click on the Print button to print the guest’s phone bill.

5. Clear the Telephone Bill tab by clicking the Clear button. Depending on how the system is configured, you may also have to enter a password. (If the phone bill is greater than $0, it must be cleared before Check Out can be completed.)

6. Click on the

Telephone Bill tab

Check Out button to clear all of the current settings for the guest’s room. This action changes the status of the room to Vacant, and returns the call access settings to the Check Out defaults.

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Check Out button

Check Out/Phone Bill Dialog

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Room Type

The Room Type feature displays a brief description of each room. The installer entered the room descriptions, which are displayed in the Room Type grid and in the Room Type box in the Room Summary dialog. Possible room descriptions might be: Poolside, Non-smoking, Smoking, Suite, Single, Double, etc.

To view the Room Type,

1. Go to the Rooms drop down menu and select Room Type. The Room Type grid appears, displaying a room description in each box,

—OR— if you are looking at the Room Summary dialog, check the Room Type box to see the room

description.

Room type box

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Room Type Dialog

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Credit Limit

The Credit Limit feature allows you to set the maximum bill on a guest’s telephone. If a guest exceeds a credit limit, the PC sets all call access or partial call access to “Deny,” as programmed by the installer. The system will not disconnect a current call if the credit limit is exceeded during the call. A credit limit setting of “0” indicates unlimited credit. You can set the credit limit from the front desk PC or from any of the administrative telephones.

To set the Credit Limit for a guest,

1. Go the Rooms drop-down menu and select Credit Limit. A room grid appears listing the credit limit for each room. (An “N/A” indicates the room is vacant.)

2. Select the room for which you want to set or change the credit limit.

(To locate a room number on the grid, find the intersection of the room number in the left column with the room number in the top row. For example: To find Room 174, first locate 170 in the left column, then locate 4 in the top row. The intersection of these two points is Room 174.)

3. Click on the room you have selected to display the Credit Limit dialog.

4. To change the credit limit setting for a guest, use the mouse to swipe across the current credit limit setting. Enter the new credit limit, or enter “0” for unlimited credit.

5. Click the Close button to enter the new setting in the system.

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Credit Limit Dialog

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Direct Inward Dialing

Direct Inward Dialing (DID) provides guests with a personal phone number while staying at the hotel. The feature is particularly useful for commercial travelers, who can provide the number to their local contacts. Any calls to this number will ring directly at the guest phone, bypassing the hotel operator.

Upon check-in, guests are automatically assigned a DID number, which is added to the area code and local exchange number to form the 10-digit direct-dial number. Other guests calling from within the hotel do not have to use the DID number. Calls to the hotel’s listed directory number can still be transferred to the guest room in the usual manner. Upon check-out, the system clears the DID number for that guest so Concierge can assign it to another guest.

To identify a DID number,

1. From any of the room summary dialogs, click on the room whose DID number you want to identify.

2. The Room Summary dialog appears. In the Extensions section, at the bottom, there is a DID box showing the room’s DID number.

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DID Number

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Do Not Disturb

The Do Not Disturb (DND) feature prevents the guest’s telephone from ringing.

To program Do Not Disturb,

1. Go to the Rooms drop down menu and select Do Not Disturb. The Do Not Disturb grid appears. Every entry in the dialog box displays the word “On” or “Off” to indicate the DND setting.

2. Find the room number for which you want to set or clear DND. (To locate a room number on the grid, find the intersection of the room number in the left column with the room number in the top row. For example: To find Room 174, first locate 170 in the left column, then locate 4 in the top row. The intersection of these two points is Room 174.)

3. Click on the box of the room you have selected. The room summary dialog appears. Check the room number in the upper left hand corner of the dialog to make sure it is the room you want.

4. Turn Do Not Disturb on or off by clicking the appropriate icon. Click the Close button to enter the change in the system.

Do Not Disturb toggle

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Do Not Disturb Dialog

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Condition

The standard Concierge guest room condition settings are Made, Unmade, and Maintenance. You can change these settings from the Concierge PC, administrative telephones, or room telephones.

When using a Property Management System (PMS) interface such as the Hitachi PMS, additional room condition settings are available for use by the PMS. In the case of the Hitachi PMS, these condition settings consist of the following:

Made,

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Unmade,

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Maintenance,

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Maid in Room,

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• Inspection (Required),

• Out of Order,

• Reserved.

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You can change PMS settings from the Concierge PC or room telephones, but not from administrative telephones.

To change the Condition setting from the PC,

1. Go to the Rooms drop down menu and select Condition. A room grid displaying the condition of each room appears.

2. Find the room number for which you want to change the room Condition. (To locate a room number on the grid, find the intersection of the room number in the left column with the room number in the top row. For example: To find Room 174, first locate 170 in the left column, then locate 4 in the top row. The intersection of these two points is Room 174.)

3. Click on the box of the room you want to select. The room summary dialog appears. Check the room number in the upper left hand corner of the dialog to make sure it is the room you want.

4. Click on the Condition drop-down dialog and change the room condition by clicking on the appropriate setting.

5. Click Close to enter the new setting in the system.

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Condition Pull-Down Menu

Room Condition Dialog

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Message Waiting

Use the Message Waiting feature to set or clear the message waiting lamp and/or the broken dial tone on the guest telephone.

To program Message Waiting,

1. Go to the Rooms drop down menu and select Message. The Message dialog box appears. Every entry in the dialog box displays one of the following conditions:

None

No message

Desk

Guest should call the main desk to hear a message

Voice

Voice mail message (if your Concierge system is equipped with voice mail)

Both

Voice mail message and a desk message waiting for the guest

2. Find the room number for which you want to set or clear Message Waiting. (To locate a room number on the grid, find the intersection of the room number in the left column with the room number in the top row. For example: To find Room 174, first locate 170 in the left column, then locate 4 in the top row. The intersection of these two points is Room 174.)

3. Click on the box of the room you have selected. The room summary dialog appears. Check the room number in the upper left hand corner of the dialog to make sure it is the room you want.

4. Click the Telephone Service tab.

The Message option is at the top option of the Telephone Service dialog. Select either On or Off and click on the Close button.

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