Cisco CP-7985-PAL Phone Guide - Page 38

Maximum Supported Calls on a Shared Line The maximum number of calls that a shared line supports can vary by phone. Thus, at times you might not be able to make a new call on the shared line even if your co-worker can. For example, your phone supports a maximum of four calls on a shared line and your co-worker's phone supports five calls on the same line. If there are four calls on the line, the NewCall softkey is unavailable to you but available to your co-worker. Adding Yourself to a Shared-Line Call Depending on how your phone is configured, you can add yourself to an established call on a shared line using Barge or cBarge. Typically, only one of these features will be available to you. If you want to... Then... See if a co-worker has an active call Look at shared line number. When the line is in use from on the shared line another phone, the remote-in-use icon: (Shared line icon) is displayed. If your co-worker has Privacy enabled, the Barge and cBarge softkeys are not available and you cannot barge the call. In this case, you cannot view information for the private call on your touchscreen, but you can still use the shared line to place and receive new calls. View current calls on the shared line Press (Line button) and select a line. All non-private calls display on the call activity area. Add yourself to call on a shared line Highlight a remote-in-use call on your screen and press Barge. using the Barge softkey (You may need to press the more softkey to display Barge.) Other parties hear a beep tone announcing your presence. When you hang up, the remaining parties hear a disconnect tone and the original call continues. Add yourself to call on a shared line using the cBarge softkey Highlight a remote-in-use call on your touchscreen and press cBarge. (You may need to press the more softkey to display cBarge.) Other parties hear a tone and brief audio interruption, and call information changes on the phone screen. Note that, unlike Barge, cBarge converts the call into a standard conference call, allowing you to add new conference participants to the call. (To learn more about conference features that you can use with cBarge, see the "Making Conference Calls" section on page 26.) When you hang up, the call remains a conference call (provided at least three participants remain on the line). 32 78-16798-02