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41-001343-02 REV04 – 05.2014 5-173
Using a BLA Line on the IP Phone
If you have either a global or per-line BLA configuration, and you want to share a call on the line with a BLA group, you
need to press the Hold button before sharing the call with the group.
For example, if line 1 is configured for BLA, and you pick up a call on line 1, you must press the Hold button to share the call
with the BLA group.
If you pick up a call on line 1 configured for BLA, and another call comes in on line 2, you can pick up line 2 without putting
line 1 on hold. The line 1 call will be on hold automatically; however it is on hold locally only. The line 1 call cannot be
shared with the BLA group.
BLA Support for Third-Party Registration
BLA allows an Address Of Record (AOR) to be assigned onto different line appearances for a group of SIP user agents (IP
phones). When a call is made to this BLA number, the call is offered to all user agents that have mapping to this BLA. To
support this, the IP phones need to support third party registration for the BLA along with the registration for its own pri-
mary appearance number. If the IP phone has the primary appearance as a BLA, then there is no need for third party regis-
tration.
When configuring the BLA feature on a per-line basis for third party registration and subscription, the third party name
must be configured using the “sip lineN bla number” parameter. For third party registration to work effectively, one of
the lines should register as generic with its own username.
For example, Bob has Alice’s appearance on his phone. Bob’s configuration is as follows:
#line 1 Bob
sip line1 auth name:4082272203
sip line1 password:
sip line1 mode: 0
sip line1 user name:4082272203
sip line1 display name:Bob
sip line1 screen name:Bob
#line 2 Alice
sip line2 auth name:4082272203
sip line2 password:
#BLA mode 3
sip line2 mode: 3
sip line2 user name:4082272203
#Alice phone number
sip line2 bla number:4085582868
sip line2 display name:Alice
sip line2 screen name:Alice
Alice’s configuration is as follows:
#line 1
sip line1 auth name:4085582868
sip line1 password:
sip line1 mode: 3
sip line1 user name:4085582868
sip line1 display name: Alice
sip line1 screen name: Alice
Note:
The Hold button must be pressed for a call on a BLA line to be shared with the BLA group.