3Com 900-0208 Telephone User Manual


 
88 CHAPTER 6: GETTING MORE FROM YOUR TELEPHONE SYSTEM
You can also press the Access Button if one is configured for Monitor
and follow the prompts.
You join the call, either silently or with a tone announcing the call to
the agent depending on system configuration.
Your display panel now shows options to Whisper, Change Agent,
or Barge-In.
Only the supervisor’s display panel indicates that supervisory
monitoring is in use.
Whisper Whisper (also called Coaching) allows a supervisor to speak to the agent
during a monitored call without the customer hearing this advice. The
administrator configures the NBX system to specify if a tone audible to
the agent is played when the supervisor enables Whisper.
To use Whisper or Barge-In, a supervisor must first be monitoring the call.
To whisper to an agent:
1 Monitor the ACD or Hunt Group call.
2 Press the soft button to select Whisper from the display panel.
Whisper is enabled for you, either silently or with a tone announcing
the change, depending on system configuration.
Your display panel now provides options to Monitor, Change Agent,
or Barge-In.
Barge-In Barge-In allows a supervisor to speak to both the agent and customer
during a monitored call. The administrator configures the NBX system to
specify whether a tone audible to the agent and customer is played when
the supervisor enables Barge-In.
To use Whisper or Barge-In, a supervisor must first be monitoring the call.