Polycom SoundPoint IP 650, 450 User Manual

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End User Guide

Hosted IP-PBX Phone System

Polycom Model 650 - Handset

Business Voice Systems • Metro Broadband Services • Data Center • Managed IT Services • Commercial DirecTV

Business Voice Systems • Metro Connection Services • Commercial DirecTV • Managed Services • Data

Center

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Table of contents

Table of contents 3 1 Introduction – SoundPoint IP 650 Phone 7

1.1 Basic Phone Handset Settings 8

1.2 Soft Keys and Hard Keys 9

2 Making Calls 10

2.1 Internally 10

2.2 Externally 10

2.3 Redialing Numbers 10

3 Answering Calls 11

3.1 Call Waiting (Answering a call when on you are on another call) 11

3.2 Putting an existing call on hold 11

4 Forwarding Calls 12

4.1 Introduction 12

4.2 Immediate, Busy and No Answer Call Forwarding using the Handset 13

4.2.1 Enabling 13

4.2.2 Disabling 13

4.2.3 Access Codes 13

4.3 Selective Call Forwarding using the Handset 13

4.4 Remote Access to Call Forwarding 13

5 Advanced Call Handling 15

5.1 Transferring Calls 15

5.2 Three Way Conference Call 15

5.3 Parking a call (optional feature) 16

5.4 Retrieving a parked call (optional feature) 16

5.5 Enabling Do Not Disturb 17

5.6 Group Pickup 17

5.7 Using Buddy Lists 17

5.8 Restarting Your Phone 17

6 Voicemail 18

6.1 Setting up Voicemail the first time 18

6.2 Accessing Voicemail 18

6.3 Using the Voicemail system 19

7 Using ITS CommPortal (website interface) 20

7.1 Accessing ITS CommPortal 20

7.2 Logging In 20

7.3 Using ITS CommPortal 21

7.4 Getting Help 22

7.5 Refreshing a Page 22

7.6 Logging Out 23

8 Using ITS CommPortal Dashboard 24

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8.1 Messages 24

8.2 Missed Calls 25

8.2.1 Call Back 25

8.3 Contacts 26

8.3.1 Calling a Contact 26

8.4 Settings 27

9 Messages & Calls 28

9.1 Messages 28

9.1.1 Listen To a Message 29

9.1.2 Deleting a Message 30

9.1.3 Marking a Message as Heard 30

9.1.4 Marking a Message as New 31

9.1.5 Call Back 32

9.1.6 Add Caller to Contacts 32

9.2 Faxes (optional feature) 32

9.3 Missed Calls 33

9.3.1 Add Caller to Contacts 34

9.4 Dialed 34

9.4.1 Add Dialed Number to Contacts 34

9.5 Received 35

9.5.1 Add Number to Contacts 35

10 Contacts 36

10.1 Contact List 37

10.1.1 Searching 37

10.1.2 Add a New Contact 38

10.1.3 Editing a Contact 40

10.1.4 Deleting a Contact 40

10.1.5 Calling a Contact 40

10.1.6 Groups 41

10.2 Speed Dials 43

10.2.1 Adding a Speed Dial 44

10.2.2 Deleting a Speed Dial 45

10.3 Extensions 45

10.4 Short Codes 47

11 Call Manager 48

11.1 Easy Call Manager 49

11.2 Premium Call Manager 50

11.3 Premium Call Manager - Rules Based Routing 50

11.4 Premium Call Manager Schedule Based Routing 55

11.5 Premium Call Manager - Special Days (Holidays) 56

12 Additional CommPortal Features 57

12.1 Reminders 57

12.2 Adding Reminders 58

12.3 Deleting Reminders 59

12.4 Comportal Assistant App 59

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12.5 Call Me App 60

12.6 Click To Dial 60

12.7 Click to Dial - Calling from your Regular Phone 61

12.8 Click To Dial - Calling from Another Number 61

13 Other Hosted IP PBX Features 63

13.1 Business Conference Bridge 63

13.2 How to Use Business Conference Bridge 63

13.3 Moderator Instructions 64

13.4 Participant Instructions 65

13.5 Moderator Commands (telephone key pad) 66

13.6 Moderator Commands - Web Access 67

13.7 Mass Announcement Service 71

13.8 Basic Setup of an Announcement 71

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1 Introduction –

SoundPoint IP 650 Phone

Welcome to your new Polycom Soundpoint IP 650 phone! This guide will help you get up and running with your new phone as soon as possible.

It tells you how to use your phone handset, the commonly used features and information on the online web management tool, the ITS Telecom ComPortal.

We’ve also included some of our Hosted IP-PBX system’s optional or advanced features in this manual of which your company may or may not have included as part of their service.

If you have any problems or need a more detailed description of the operation of your phone handset or features, please contact your internal company phone administrator or your ITS Telecom Business Account Manager.

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1.1 Basic Phone Handset Settings

Selecting the Ring Type

You can select different ring types to distinguish lines or to distinguish your phone from

your neighbor’s phone.

To change the incoming ring type:

1. Press Menu button.

2. Select Settings > Basic > Ring Type.

3. Use the Up and Down arrows to select the desired ring type. To hear the selected ring type, press the Play soft key.

4. Press the Select soft key to change to the selected ring type.

5. Press to return to the idle display.

Muting the Microphone

During a call, press . The Message Waiting Indicator turns red and a microphone

on the screen indicates that the other party (or parties) cannot hear you.

Microphone Mute applies to all modes: Handset, Headset, and Speakerphone. You

can still hear all other parties while mute is enabled.

To turn off Microphone Mute, press again.

Adjusting the Volume

Press to adjust receiver volume during a call. And pressing these

keys in the idle state also adjusts the ringer volume.

Managing Call Lists

Your Polycom 55/560 phone maintains local lists of missed, received, and placed calls.

Each list can contain 100 entries.

Press the following to access missed, received, and placed call lists.

Down Arrow = Missed Calls Left Arrow = Received Calls Right Arrow = Placed Calls

Manage each call list by doing the following:

• To edit the phone number, press the Edit soft key.

• To return the call, press the Dial soft key.

• To view information about the call, press the More soft key followed by the Info soft

key.

Note: If you are in a Business Group, you will need to edit the number and enter a 9

before the phone number.

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1.2 Soft Keys and Hard Keys

Your Polycom 650 Phone has two main type of “keys” that are used to control the

basic and advance functions of your handset. These are defined below.

Soft Key

Keys that control the commands of your LED display on your Polycom phone handset

Hard Key/Button

The numbered buttons or word labeled buttons on your Polycom phone handset

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2 Making Calls

2.1 Internally

To call another person in your business lift the handset and dial the other person’s

extension. This is typically a 3, 4 or 5 digit number, and may begin with #.

See “Quick Reference Information” in the front of this manual for your company’s phone numbers and employee extension list.

2.2 Externally

You can place a call outside of your business in many ways using your SoundPoint IP 650 phone:

Lift the handset and dial the phone number. (Depending on your phone system you

may need to dial 9 or other code at the beginning of the phone number to place an external call.)

Use the speakerphone. Press the “speak icon” button, then dial the number. Use the headset (must have headset plugged into phone). Press “headset icon”

button, and then dial the number. “Hot Dialing” Dial the number, then choose a method you will use to speak to the

calling party. (See above)

2.3 Redialing Numbers

To redial the last call placed from your phone:

1. Press A call is attempted to your last placed call is attempted.

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3 Answering Calls

When you are not in another call, you can answer a call in these ways:

Use the handset. Pick up the handset. Use the speakerphone. Press the “speaker phone” icon button. Use the headset. Press the “headset icon” button.

3.1 Call Waiting (Answering a call when on you are on another call)

(Must have this feature enabled with your phone service)

If you have an active call, and an incoming call arrives on the same line, you may hear a call waiting tone (stutter tone). You will see the second incoming caller’s information appear on the graphic display.

Press the “Hold” soft key to put the original call on hold. Press the “Answer” soft key to answer the new call.

Note: The original call is placed on hold at this time. After the call has ended -press

“Resume” soft key or “Hold” soft key again to continue with the original call.

3.2 Putting an existing call on hold

You can put a call on hold by pressing the Hold key. You may now replace the handset without cutting the caller off. You can also now make another call while the first call is on hold.

To retrieve the call, press Hold key again or the Resume soft key to retrieve the call. The registered line icon appears as the line indicator.

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4 Forwarding Calls

The easiest and most flexible way of configuring Call Forwarding is using the Call Manager within the online ITS Fiber CommPortal. Instructions for using

Call Manager and the CommPortal begin on page 20. To access the CommPortal go to: https://myfeatures.itstelecom.net If your company has the ITS Fiber CommPortal Assistant software installed,

the CommPortal Assistant overrides the Call Forwarding from the phone. Instructions for using the CommPortal Assistant are on page 60.

The section below provides instructions on how to set up Call Forwarding using your Polycom 650 handset.

4.1 Introduction

Your Polycom 650 phone system supports a number of different types of Call Forwarding.

Immediate (sometimes called Unconditional) Call Forwarding is where all calls

are forwarded to a number of your choice. This can either be to your voicemail (which is the default) another extension in your business or an external number.

Busy Call Forwarding forwards all calls that are received when you are already

on the phone.

No Answer (sometimes called Delay) Call Forwarding forwards all calls when

you do not answer them after a certain delay.

Selective Call Forwarding forwards calls from certain numbers to another

number.

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Type of forwarding

Enable Code

Disable Code

Immediate/Unconditional

*72

*73

Busy

*90

*91

No Answer/Delay

*92

*93

4.2 Immediate, Busy and No Answer Call Forwarding using the Handset

4.2.1 Enabling

To use your handset to enable Immediate, Busy or No Answer Call Forwarding dial the access code for the type of call forwarding you want to enable followed by the number you wish to forward calls to. (See chart below)

For example, to use immediate call forwarding to forward all calls to extension 1004, you would dial *721004. Depending on the configuration of your phone system this may set up a courtesy call to the number you are forwarding calls to. The system will only enable call forwarding if this courtesy call is answered.

4.2.2 Disabling

To disable call forwarding dial the disable code for that type of call forwarding.

4.2.3 Access Codes

4.3 Selective Call Forwarding using the Handset

The Selective Call Forwarding feature can be configured by dialing *63. This feature provides voice prompts to help you with setting it up.

4.4 Remote Access to Call Forwarding

You phone system also supports setting up Call Forwarding remotely using any phone. To use this feature, follow these steps:

1. Dial the remote access to call forwarding number.

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2. Enter your full 10-digit phone number followed by #.

3. Enter your remote access to call forwarding PIN followed by #. Note that this PIN

is different from your CommPortal password.

4. Enter the access code of the call forwarding service you wish to configure.

5. If you are enabling call forwarding the system will then provide a broken dialtone. Enter the number you would like calls forwarded to.

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5 Advanced Call Handling

5.1 Transferring Calls

A call can be transferred in one of two ways: Consultative transfer

The person to whom you want to transfer the call, answers their phone before you transfer the call or hang up. You can consult with them before completing the transfer.

1. During a call, press the Transfer button or the Transfer soft key.

Note: The active call is placed on hold.

2. Enter the phone number or extension to which you want to transfer the call.

3. After the party answers (and you speak to the party), press Transfer button or the

Transfer soft key.

Note: You can cancel the transfer before the call connects by pressing the Cancel soft

key.

Blind transfer

The call is automatically transferred after you dial the phone number of the party to

whom you want to transfer the call.

1. During a call, press Transfer button or the Transfer soft key.

2. Press the Blind soft key.

3. Enter the phone number to which you want to transfer the call. At this point, the call

is connected to the phone number to which you are transferring them.

Note: If you are transferring to an extension, dial the extension then press the Send

softkey.

5.2 Three Way Conference Call

To conference a third person into a regular two-way phone call, follow these steps.

1. Call the first person.

2. Press the Confrnc button or Confrnc soft key to create new call.

3. Dial the second person you want to join your call. Note: the original call is placed

on hold.

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4. When the second person answers, press the Confrnc button or Confrnc soft key

again to join all parties on the call.

5. To add another person to the call, follow steps 2-4 again. Note: the first and

second persons are put on hold.

5.3 Parking a call (optional feature)

Parking a call places the call on hold in a “park orbit” so that the call can be retrieved from another phone. Depending on your phone type, there are two ways of parking a call.

1. If you have keys on your phone for parking calls, when in a call press the key of

the park orbit where you want the call parked. The call will now be parked and you may now replace the handset.

2. If your phone doesn’t have dedicated call park keys, follow these steps:

Initiate call transfer by pressing the Transfer key (snom or Polycom phones)

or the Xfer key (Aastra phones).

Dial the Call Park access code *53. Listen to the park orbit number where the call will be parked. Complete the call transfer by pressing Transfer or Xfer again.

If you have keys on your phone for parking calls these keys will indicate via a light or icon when a call is parked against that orbit.

5.4 Retrieving a parked call (optional feature)

Depending on your phone type, there are two ways of retrieving a parked call.

1. If you have keys on your phone for parked calls, pick up the handset and press the key of the park orbit where the call is parked.

2. If you don’t have dedicated call park keys lift the handset and dial the Call Retrieve access code *54 followed by the park orbit number.

For example, to retrieve a call parked on orbit 1, you should dial *541.

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5.5 Enabling Do Not Disturb

To prevent the phone from ringing (from incoming calls), you can select Do Not Disturb.

Confrnc button or Confrnc soft key while Do Not Disturb is enabled are logged in the “Missed Calls”

To disable Do Not Disturb:

Press Do Not Disturb button again.

5.6 Group Pickup

To pick up an incoming call within a Business Group dial *30.

5.7 Using Buddy Lists

A buddy list is a list of users/devices whose status or “presence” you can monitor. Users update their presence setting (for example, “Be right back”,” Busy”, or “Out to

lunch”), and you can view their status in real-time from your phone. We (ITS) can set

this up. This cannot be done by the phone.

5.8 Restarting Your Phone

You may need to restart your phone from time to time so your phone can accept a new configuration or for troubleshooting proposes.

To restart the phone:

1. Press

2. Select Settings > Basic > Restart Phone. (seen

on the LED panel)

3. “Are you sure?” -appears on the graphic display.

4. If you still want to restart your phone, press the Yes soft key. And the restart

process begins.

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6 Voicemail

ITS Fiber’s Hosted IP-PBX Voicemail can be managed using your Polycom phone handset or our online voice management interface called, ITS Fiber CommPortal. The information here in section 7 refers to using the voicemail

system from your Polycom phone or accessing it from another phone. Directions for using the online ITS Fiber CommPortal are in Section 8.

6.1 Setting up Voicemail the first time

The first time you access you voicemail box you will be asked to set up your mailbox, and record your name and a greeting to be played by callers.

You must do this first time set up from your place of business (the location of your subscribed phone service).

1. Dial *98

2. Follow the audio prompts to create your new PIN (personal identification number)

3. Follow the audio prompts to record your name and Voicemail greeting.

4. Your new Voicemail is now ready.

6.2 Accessing Voicemail

When you have one or more unheard voice messages waiting, your Polycom phone will display a flashing light.

To listen to your messages from your office phone:

1. Pick up the handset and press the Messages button.

2. Press Select soft key, then the Connect soft key.

3. Follow the audio prompt to key in your PIN followed by the # sign if you have the

PIN activated. (You have the option to disable the login function.)

4. Follow the audio prompts to listen to your messages.

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To listen to your voice messages from the main menu:

Press 1

To listen to your other messages from the main menu:

Press 1 1

To save a message once you’ve listened to it:

Press 2

To delete a message once you’ve listened to it:

Press 3

To change your mailbox settings from the main menu:

Press 4

To cancel the current operation:

Press *

To go back to the previous menu:

Press *

To finish entering digits, or recording an announcement:

Press #

To retrieve your Voicemail from a phone other than the Polycom phone connected to your service number:

1. Call 772-597-8642

2. Enter your ten-digit phone number followed by the # sign.

3. When prompted, enter your PIN followed by the # key.

4. If you have new messages, you will be notified.

5. Press 1 to listen to your messages

6. After hearing any messages, follow audio prompts to select options in the Main

Menu.

6.3 Using the Voicemail system

The voicemail system is menu driven, so listen to the voice prompts and then press the keys on your phone to select which option you would like.

Once you become familiar with the system there is no need to wait until the voice prompts have played before pressing a key – you can interrupt the announcements to speed up your experience.

Main Menu Key Options

The most commonly used mailbox commands are as follows.

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7 Using ITS CommPortal

(website interface)

CommPortal provides a web interface to your phone settings and gives you access to:

view recent calls or missed calls view and listen to your voicemail messges set up a contact list change your phone and phone system’s settings.

7.1 Accessing ITS CommPortal

To access the ITS CommPortal go to:

https://myfeatures.itstelecom.net

CommPortal is supported on Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003 and Windows Vista, Windows 7 using the following browser versions:

Internet Explorer 8.1 Mozilla Firefox 2.0 (Mac/Apple) Chrome Safari

JavaScript must be enabled on your browser.

7.2 Logging In

To log into ITS CommPortal :

1. Enter your 10 digit phone number (ex. 7725551212) in Number/Username box

2. Enter your Password.

(FIRST TIME LOGIN – PLEASE CONTACT ITS FIBER AT itsfiber@itsfiber.com or 772-597-3423 FOR YOUR INITIAL ACCOUNT PASSWORD. You may change it to your own after the first-time login.)

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3. Click on LOGIN button.

The following shows a sample CommPortal login page.

7.3 Using ITS CommPortal

Once you have logged in, you will see the ITS CommPortal Dashboard. This gives you a quick at-a-glance summary of your messages, missed calls, contacts and phone settings.

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Along the top of the window are a series of tabs which you can select to take you to the different pages within ITS CommPortal.

Dashboard. This is the at-a-glance summary you see when you first log into

CommPortal.

Messages & Calls. This shows you all of your voice and fax messages, and the

calls you’ve made, answered or missed.

Contacts. You can add and view all of your contacts and their phone numbers in

this tab.

Call Manager. The Call Manager page lets you configure the services on your

phone line, like Call Forwarding and Selective Call Rejection.

Reminders. This page allows you to set up reminder calls. Groups. Here you can view any groups your line is part of in your business, such

as hunt groups. You can also login and logout of groups here.

Settings. The Settings page gives you access to numerous other options, such

as changing your passwords and PINs, and configuring the keys on your phone.

The functions/tabs above are is described in more detail in the rest of this document.

7.4 Getting Help

If you need some assistance with using CommPortal, you can click on the Help icon:

This will cause another browser window to pop-up with help for the page you are currently using.

7.5 Refreshing a Page

If you want to refresh a page, for example to check whether you’ve received any new

voicemails since you last looked, you can click on the Refresh icon: .

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7.6 Logging Out

If you don’t use ITS CommPortal for 30 minutes you will be automatically logged out. However, if you wish to manually log out, for example because you’ve been

accessing CommPortal using a shared computer, you can do this by clicking the LOGOUT icon: .

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8 Using ITS CommPortal Dashboard

The CommPortal Dashboard is shown when you log into CommPortal and gives you an at-a-glance summary of your phone settings. In this section we’ll examine the Dashboard in more detail.

Here is an example Dashboard:

8.1 Messages

In the top left hand corner you can see if you have any new voice messages:

To view and listen to new messages, click on the voicemail link. This will take you to the Messages & Calls page, which is described in Section 9.

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8.2 Missed Calls

This section shows you the most recent calls which you have missed:

To see other types of calls, go the Messages & Calls page, described in Section 9.

8.2.1 Call Back

To call back a number whose call you missed using Click To Dial, follow these steps:

1. Right click on the number of the caller.

2. Select the Dial option.

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8.3 Contacts

The Contacts section displays all of your contacts and allows you to search them:

To search, enter the letters you want to search for in the text box. ITS CommPortal will narrow down the contacts displayed as you type, and the text that matches your search will be highlighted in yellow:

To cancel the search and view all of your contacts, delete the search text you entered. To add, modify or delete Contacts, see Section 10.

8.3.1 Calling a Contact

To call a contact using Click To Dial, follow these steps:

1. Right click on the number of the contact you wish to call.

2. Select the Dial option.

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8.4 Settings

Your main settings will be shown at the bottom right of ITS CommPortal. This shows you the current status of your main phone line settings:

In the example above Call Forwarding Immediate, the Follow Me service and Anonymous Call Rejection are all inactive (disabled).

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9 Messages & Calls

From the Messages & Calls section you have a number of sections which you can select by clicking on the tabs:

Messages shows you all of your new and stored voice messages. Faxes shows you any new and stored fax messages. Missed displays the recent calls you have received and not answered. Dialed displays the recent calls you have made, including those made by Click To

Dial as described in Section 12.

Received shows the recent calls you have answered.

Each of these sections is described in more detail below.

9.1 Messages

This shows you all stored voice messages, both those you have listened to and those you haven’t. Unheard messages are shown in bold:

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9.1.1 Listen To a Message

To listen to a message click on the loudspeaker icon to the left of the message: . This will pop up a Voicemail player which loads and plays the message.

With this player you can:

See when the message was received and how long it is. Pause, rewind and fast forward the message.

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Mute the player or change the volume. Delete the message, or Save it to disk. Close the player.

9.1.2 Deleting a Message

To delete a voice message, follow these steps:

Select the voice message (or messages) to delete by selecting the checkbox to the left of the message:

Click on Delete.

9.1.3 Marking a Message as Heard

Listening to a voice message will mark it as heard. If you want to mark a message as heard without listening to it, follow these steps:

1. Select the voice message (or messages) to mark as heard by selecting the checkbox to the left of the message:

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Click on Mark As Heard.

9.1.4 Marking a Message as New

To mark a message as new, follow these steps:

1. Select the voice message (or messages) to mark as new by selecting the checkbox to the left of the message:

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Click on Mark As New.

9.1.5 Call Back

To call back a caller who left you a voice message, follow these steps:

1. Right click on the number of the caller.

2. Select the Dial option.

9.1.6 Add Caller to Contacts

To add the number of someone who left you a voicemail to your Contacts, follow these steps:

1. Click on the Add to Contacts icon to the right of the voicemail: .

2. This will take you to the Contacts page. Enter the details for your new contact and click on Save. See Section 10 for more information on using the Contacts page.

9.2 Faxes (optional feature)

The Faxes tab lets you view your read and unread fax messages in the same way as the Messages tab does for voice messages.

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9.3 Missed Calls

The Missed section shows you the recent calls that you have received but did not answer:

If a caller is in your Contacts list then their name will be shown instead of their number, and an icon indicating which of that Contact’s numbers they used to call you:

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9.3.1 Add Caller to Contacts

To add the number of someone who called you to your Contacts, follow these steps:

1. Click on the Add to Contacts icon to the right of the call information: .

2. This will now take you to the Contacts page. Enter the details for your new contact and click on Save. See Section 10 for more information on this.

9.4 Dialed

This page shows you all of the recent calls you have made, including those which you made using Click To Dial (described in Section 12):

9.4.1 Add Dialed Number to Contacts

To add the number of someone you called to you to your Contacts, follow these steps:

1. Click on the Add to Contacts icon to the right of the call information: .

2. This will now take you to the Contacts page. Enter the details for your new contact and click on Save. See Section 10 for more information on using the Contacts page.

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9.5 Received

This page shows you all of the recent calls you have answered:

9.5.1 Add Number to Contacts

To add the number of someone who called you to your to your Contacts, follow these steps:

1. Click on the Add to Contacts icon to the right of the call information:

2. This will now take you to the Contacts page. Enter the details for your new contact and click on Save. See Section 10 for more information on using the Contacts page.

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10 Contacts

From the Contacts screen you can create, import or export contacts to or from your phone. Various tabs are available to do the following:

Contact List allows you to manage your personal contact list. Speed Dials is where you configure your numeric speed dials. Extensions shows you the extensions within your business. Short Codes shows you your business’s numeric speed dials.

Each of these sections is described in more detail below.

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10.1 Contact List

The Contact List shows you all of your contacts:

10.1.1 Searching

To search, enter the letters you want to search for in the text box. ITS CommPortal will narrow down the contacts and the text that matches your search will be highlighted:

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To cancel the search and view all of your contacts, delete the search text you entered.

10.1.2 Add a New Contact

To add a new Contact, follow these steps:

1. Click on New Contact.

Enter the details for your new contact in the text boxes provided.

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Enter any phone numbers for your contact in the text boxes provided. You can select the radio button to the right of a number to indicate that it is the preferred number for this Contact.

Enter any addresses for your contact in the text boxes provided. Hit Save.

You new contact will now have been added.

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10.1.3 Editing a Contact

To edit a contact, follow these steps:

1. Select the contact you wish to edit from the list on the left hand side of the screen.

2. Click Edit.

3. Modify or add any details.

4. Click Save.

10.1.4 Deleting a Contact

To delete a contact, follow these steps:

1. Select the contact you wish to delete from the list on the left hand side of the screen.

2. Click Delete.

10.1.5 Calling a Contact

To call a contact using Click To Dial, follow these steps:

1. Right click on the number of the contact you wish to call.

2. Select the Dial option.

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10.1.6 Groups

You can manage your contacts by assigning them to groups. For example you might have a group for “Work” contacts and another group for “Personal” contacts.

To add a new group, follow these steps:

1. Click on New Group.

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Enter a name for the group in Group Name. Enter an ID for the group in Telephone ID. Select any contacts you want to be in the group from the list on the right hand side.

Click on Save.

The new group will now appear in the Contacts & Groups section:

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By selecting a group you can search within it for the group members, by using the Search for box on the right hand side of CommPortal.

To edit a group, follow these steps:

1. Select the group on the left hand side.

2. Click on Edit.

3. Change the group settings, or members.

4. Click on Save.

To delete a group, follow these steps:

1. Select the group on the left hand side.

2. Click on Delete.

10.2 Speed Dials

The Speed Dials section allows you to configure numeric speed dials:

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You use these speed dials by dialing the one or two digit speed dial number from your phone. These are different from speed dials which are assigned to particular

keys on your phone..

10.2.1 Adding a Speed Dial

To add a speed dial, follow these steps:

1. Select the number for the speed dial you’d like to set up from the Speed Dial drop down list.

2. Enter the number this speed dial should call, as you would dial it. For example, if you dial 9 before a number, enter 9 and the number here.

3. Click on Add.

4. Repeat steps 1-3 for any other speed dials you want to set up.

5. Click on Apply to save your changes.

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10.2.2 Deleting a Speed Dial

To delete a Speed Dial, follow these steps:

1. Click on the Trash Can icon to the right of the speed dial: .

2. Click on Apply.

Alternatively to delete all of your speed dials, follow these steps:

1. Click on Clear List.

2. Click on Apply.

10.3 Extensions

The Extensions section lists of all the extensions in your business:

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To use Click To Dial to call any of these extensions, follow these steps:

1. Right click on the number of the extension you wish to call.

2. Select the Dial option.

Your administrator sets up these Extensions.

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10.4 Short Codes

The Short Codes section shows you all of the speed dials set up for all the phones in your business:

You can dial these short codes from any phone in the business to reach the destination.

Your administrator sets up these Short Codes.

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11 Call Manager

Call Manager is another feature/tab within the ITS CommPortal that monitors your

incoming calls and handles them according to your parameters. Call Manager lets you

decide who, how and when callers can reach you. It is a powerful “rules based” call

routing and forwarding function which is available in two different levels.

(Your company will have subscribed to one of these two Call Manager levels)

Easy Call Manager (Basic)

Easy Call Manager within the web-based ITS CommPortal allows you to :

1. Forward calls to another phone number.

2. Control incoming calls by sending to them to voicemail or forwarding them to another phone number when you don’t answer.

The Easy Call Manager only allows you one set of parameters at a time for managing your calls.

Premium Call Manager (includes the Incoming Call Manager)

Premium Call Manager within the web-based ITS CommPortal has all the tools of the Easy Call manager plus the “Incoming Call Manager”, an advanced set of scheduling features.

With Premium Call Manager you can:

1. Forward calls to various different phone numbers with Weekly Schedule Tab.

2. Define special Sets of Rules for your incoming calls

3. Use different Sets of Rules depending on the time of day.

4. Set up Special Days where you define your incoming call routing on days you don’t follow you normal Weekly Schedule.

The Premium Call Manager allows for a great amount of flexibility and options for handling your incoming calls and routing them according to your daily or weekly schedule and who is calling.

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Incoming Call Manager provides end-users with a powerful rules based routing services allowing them to configure when, where and which calls are delivered to them.

Subscriber’s use the advanced rules based routing to configure an advanced Sets of

Rules for their incoming calls. For example, a subscriber might want to forward calls from family and friends to a home phone, while forwarding calls from the office directly to voicemail, or to screen calls from a particular number.

To configure Incoming Call Manager follow the steps defined in this section.

Summary gives you a description of what will happen to incoming calls. Rules allows you to view and change your Call Forwarding settings. Follow Me lets you view and set up an advanced Find Me Follow Me service. Screening lets you screen different types of incoming calls.

Each of these sections is described in more detail below.

11.1 Easy Call Manager

The Easy Call Manager summary page provides you with a single view of how your calls are currently routing and is the ITS CommPortal interface for changing your settings. From this page you can quickly change your call forwarding settings by selecting one of the buttons under the "When I Receive a Call" section.

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11.2 Premium Call Manager

The Premium Call Manager summary page provides you with a single view of how your calls are currently routing and is the ITS CommPortal interface for changing your settings. From this page you can quickly change your call forwarding settings by

selecting one of the buttons under the "When I Receive a Call" section.

11.3 Premium Call Manager - Rules Based Routing

Rules based routing allow the user to configure how all calls are routed based on a set of pre-configured rules. Rules based routing is configured by selecting the rules tab from the Incoming Call Manager page. If setting up rules for the first time, a short description of rules based routing is displayed along with a link to "Get Started with some Typical Sets of Rules". By selecting this link, three rules will be created, "Normal", "Reject Calls and "Screen Calls".

For each rules, there will be to type of routing, match the call to a rule, and route calls not matching a rule. To modify how your "Normal" calls will be handled with no rules defined or when an inbound call does not match a rule, click on the "Normal Calls" Rule, then click on the link contained in the text under the “Normal” rule section

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“This Set of Rules does not contain any rules for specific callers so when it is active, "all calls will ring your phone using the Standard Ringtone". To override this behavior for specific callers, click the "Add New Rule" button below.”

From this page, you can select you can configure the following

1. Ring your phone with a standard or distinctive ringtone

2. Send the call to voicemail

3. Inform the caller that I am unavailable and reject the call

4. Prompt the caller to record their name then prompt you to accept or reject the call

5. Ring more than one phone simultaneously or in sequence

6. Prompt the caller to record their name then ring more than one phone and prompt you to accept or reject the call.

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In order to define a new rule for Normal calls, select the click on the Normal call rule and click the “Add New Rule” button.

Begin configuring your rule by selecting which caller or callers the rule will apply to. The options are:

1. This individual contact - Apply to individual contact (in your contact directory)

2. This group of contacts - Apply group of contacts as defined in my contact directory.

3. Anyone in my contact list – Apply to all callers for which you have a contact defined.

4. Anyone in my business group – Apply to all other members of your business, with the hosted PBX service.

5. This phone number – Apply to a specific phone number. Can be any number.

6. A withheld number – Apply to any caller that have restricted their calling number.

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Select the individual or group of callers that this rule will apply to; click the “Next” button.

Next you will select how the system will route your calls when you receive a call from selected user or group. The available routing options are:

1. Ring your phone with a standard or distinctive ringtone

2. Send the call to voicemail

3. Inform the caller that I am unavailable and reject the call

4. Prompt the caller to record their name then prompt you to accept or reject the call

5. Ring more than one phone simultaneously or in sequence

6. Prompt the caller to record their name then ring more than one phone and prompt you to accept or reject the call.

To have the system route calls to one or more phones, select the appropriate option, click the “Next” button and follow the steps below.

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1. Add the first phone number to ring by entering a number in the Phone Number

Field

2. Enter the start ring time and end ring time for the phone (one ring cycle is 6

seconds, however for mobile phones, you may have to allow more time depending on the mobile networks post dial delay)

3. Click the “Add” button.

4. Continue to add numbers as defined in steps 1-3 until all numbers have been

added.

5. Select the preferred ringtone for your desk phone.

6. Select the number to transfer calls to in the event the lines are all busy or not

answered. Options are voicemail or any Dialable number.

7. Click Finish

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11.4 Premium Call Manager Schedule Based Routing

The Weekly Schedule functionality of Incoming Call Manager allows you to apply different routing rules based on time of day and day of week. For instance you may want all calls to ring your desk phone during working hours and ring your mobile phone during lunch or after business hours. When first configuring your weekly schedule, you will be presented with two options.

1. Begin with a blank weekly schedule that you can set up from scratch.

2. Begin with a typical weekly schedule that you can fine tune. For ease of use, select option 2 - Begin with a typical weekly schedule that you can

fine tune, and follow the steps below..

1. Select the period that you want to modify.

2. Using your mouse, point to the day and time you want to change and click the mouse. To change multiple time periods, left click and hold the mouse button and drag across the days and time periods you wish to change.

3. To rename a period, click the rename button and enter the new name.

4. Click apply

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11.5 Premium Call Manager - Special Days (Holidays)

You can define special days such as Holidays or days when you are away from the office and would like special call treatments. To configure Special Days, select the Special Days tab and follow the steps below:

To select individual special days:

1. Select the month using the key and the year using the Key

2. Click on an individual day, or click and drag to select multiple days

3. Click Apply To have the system automatically define public holidays:

1. Click on the “Add Public Holidays” button

2. Select the holidays you wish to add (US Public Holidays)

3. Click Apply

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12 Additional CommPortal Features

The ITS CommPortal has a few other features that your business may or may not subscribe to as part of the ITS CommPortal:

Reminders CommPortal Assistant App Call Me App Click to Dial

12.1 Reminders

The Reminders page lets you set up reminder calls:

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12.2 Adding Reminders

To add a new reminder, you use the New Reminder section:

To add a new reminder, follow these steps:

1. Select when you want the reminder call to happen from the dropdown list. You can either choose for it to happen once in the next 24 hours, or for it to happen weekly on a certain day of the week:

Enter the time you would like the reminder call using the Time boxes and dropdown list. Click on Add. Click on Apply.

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12.3 Deleting Reminders

To delete a reminder, you use the Reminders list:

To delete a reminder, follow these steps:

1. Click on the Trash Can icon to the right of the reminder in the list: .

2. Click on Apply.

Alternatively to delete all of your reminder calls, follow these steps:

1. Click on Clear List.

2. Click on Apply.

12.4 Comportal Assistant App

The CommPortal Assistant offers instant access to your most frequently used features and settings right from your computer’s desk top. You can search and dial contacts just like you would from your mobile phone. Notifications will pop up on your computer screen and tell you when you have an incoming call or a new message.

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12.5 Call Me App

Call Me Buttons

Make it easy for people to reach you by using graphical buttons that you can add to a webpage or email signature. When someone clicks the button, they just enter a phone number and we automatically connect the call when you answer.

To set up a Call Me Button:

1. Go online to ITS CommPortal, click on the App tab

2. Click on link: Webpage or Email

3. Enter the telephone number you want to be called when Call Me button is clicked

on.

4. Choose what type of icon or link you want for Call Me.

12.6 Click To Dial

You can make a phone call from within CommPortal by clicking on the Click To Dial icon:

This pops up a window in which you can enter the number you want to dial:

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12.7 Click to Dial - Calling from your Regular Phone

To make a call from your regular desk phone, enter the phone number you want to call in the space provided and click Dial. Your phone will now ring.

When you answer it the number you entered will be called.

Once the person you called has answered this will be displayed on your screen:

12.8 Click To Dial - Calling from Another Number

Click To Dial also allows you to make calls, from any phone with a direct dial number, so that they appear to come from your business line. This could be your cell phone, a payphone, or your home number.

Once you’ve selected a Click To Dial call, select Configure.

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This takes you to the Preferences section of the Settings page. Under Click To Dial select Use remote telephone and enter the number of the phone you want to use to make your call.

If you have a remote telephone number configured the Click To Dial icon changes to:

You can now place a Click To Dial call. This will cause the number you entered as the remote telephone to ring. When you answer this phone your Click To Dial call will be set up.

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13 Other Hosted IP PBX Features

ITS Hosted IP-PBX offers some optional advanced features to accommodate businesses who need to communicate to or with many people at one time.

Business Conference Bridge

The ITS Fiber Business Conference Bridge system allows your business to host conference calls with many participants.

Mass Announcement Service

Our Mass Announcement Service enables you to automate calling to a typically large number of contacts, and playing them a pre-recorded announcement.

13.1 Business Conference Bridge

Our ITS Fiber Conference Bridge has both a call moderator and call participants. Unique codes or PINs are assigned for both to use for calls and will be assigned to you by ITS when you subscribe to this service.

Additionally, there is an online web interface that includes a management tool for the moderator to use to monitor the conference call from a computer.

13.2 How to Use Business Conference Bridge

The ITS Fiber Business Conference Bridge system allows your business to host conference calls with many participants. The Moderator must call the official local ITS Fiber Business Conference Bridge access number to set up a conference bridge. Participants may call either of the official ITS Fiber Business Conference Bridge Access Numbers to use the service.

These are the Conference Bridge Access Numbers:

Local Conference Access Number: 772-597-2743

Toll Free Access Number: 877-680-6338*

* Use of toll free number by call participants will incur charges to your business phone account.

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You and your call participants can use either of the phone number listed above for the same conference call.

Moderator code: _____________(assigned by ITS Fiber)

Participant code: _____________ (assigned by ITS Fiber)

The moderator needs to decide the day and time of conference call, then let call participants know this information and the call in phone number(s), participant code and basic instructions.

The moderator should set up the call prior to the time given to participants to join the conference. However, participants may be added/joined to the conference call during the conference if needed (See Dialing Out to Invite a Participant).

13.3 Moderator Instructions

Give all the conference participants:

The date and time of the conference call. The conference call number. The 6 digit participant code.

To start the conference call, follow these steps:

1. Dial the local conference call number.

2. Enter your 6 digit moderator code followed by #. (The moderator code is for the

administrator only; the use will enter the participant code)

3. If asked, say your name and then press #.

The conference call will now be set up. The conference starts when the moderator has dialed in.

Your account can be configured to either continue the conference or end the conference when the moderator leaves the call.

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Dialing out to invite a participant into the conference:

1. To invite the participant into the conference, press *1 and then dial the

participant's telephone number followed by #.

2. You will hear an announcement giving instructions for linking the participant into the conference; you can skip this announcement by pressing #.

3. You will then hear the usual ringing or busy tone while the participant is being called.

4. When the participant answers, press 1 again to return to the conference. You then hear a prompt to record the participant's name before joining the conference, in the same way as a participant dialing in. Record the name and then press #.

5. If the participant is not available or does not want to join the conference, press

* to cancel and return to the conference.

Leaving and returning to the conference

1. To leave the conference, simply hang up the phone.

If the conference is set up to announce participants joining and leaving, an announcement will be played to the remaining participants, indicating that you have left.

If you want to return to the conference while it is still running, dial in again as you did when joining the conference for the first time. If you hear on-hold music or silence when you do this, it generally means that the conference has already ended and you can no longer join it.

13.4 Participant Instructions

To join a conference call, the participant should follow these steps:

1. Dial the conference call number.

2. Enter the 6 digit participant code followed by #.

3. If asked, say their name and then press #.

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The participant will then be placed into the conference if the moderator has started it, otherwise they will be put on hold until the conference starts. (They may hear on-hold music while they are waiting.) If configured the conference may start as soon as there are 2 participants, whether or not the moderator is one of them.

13.5 Moderator Commands (telephone key pad)

Quick Telephone Key Reference During Conference Calls

The following “quick key” options may be used to control the functions of your Conference Bridge Service after the conference call has started.

To activate the key options, you must first press the star key (*), then the number for the key option. For example, to mute a call you would press *2.

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13.6 Moderator Commands - Web Access

When moderating a conference you can use the web interface to view and control the conference. To access this, follow these steps:

1. Access the online/web interface for business conference bridge at:

https://conf.itstelecom.net

2. Enter your moderator and participant code. (see How to Use Business Conference Bridge section or the Quick Reference Guide at beginning of this manual)

3. Select Log On. You are now able to use the online Business Conference Bridge tool.

When you have logged on successfully, a list of options for managing conferences appears on the left-hand side of the screen.

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Current Call

The Current Call window allows you to manage a conference. If this window is not already shown on the screen, click on the Current Call button to display it. If you have not yet started a conference, the screen shows the message "There is no conference at this time”

Options available with Current Call- Record, Lock, Mute, and Drop.

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