Conference
DSX Feature Handbook Features ◆ 37
Features
Conference
Description
Conference lets an extension user add additional inside and outside callers to their conversation. The follow-
ing table shows the system’s Conference capacities:
The system’s 32 Conference circuits are dynamically allocated as users request them.
Operation
A user can set up a multiple-party telephone meeting without leaving the office.
Description Capacity
Conference circuits 32
Maximum simultaneous users in Conference
(total of all Conferences system-wide)
32
Maximum simultaneous conferences 8
Maximum parties in any one Conference
(lines and/or extensions)
8
Setting up a Conference
In these instructions:
[Super Display Soft Key]
[Keyset Soft Key]
To set up a Conference:
1.
Establish an Intercom or outside call.
2.
Press CONF.
• Your hear Intercom dial tone.
• Your caller hears Music on Hold (if installed) while they wait for you to set up the Conference.
3.
Do one of the following:
a.
Dial extension you want to add.
b.
Place or answer an outside call.
c.
Retrieve a call from Park Orbit.
4.
Press CONF to set up the Conference.
• If you cannot add additional parties to your Conference, you have exceeded the system’s Conference limit.
5.
Repeat steps 2-4 to add additional parties to your Conference. You can also do one of the following.
a.
To optionally place a Conference on Hold:
Press HOLD.
b.
To reinstate the Conference on Hold.
Press CONF.