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multiple calls on 7962

gerardobrien
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I have a quick question and I was wondering if anyone had the same?

I have already have a TAK called logged however I’m awaiting a response.

We have a 7962 phone with a 7915 expansion module and I’m wondering how many calls it can handle at once?

Right now this is what happens..

  • •1.       Call comes in and is answered by the receptionist
  • •2.       Another call comes in, reception puts call 1 on hold and speaks to 2nd caller.
  • •3.       Receptionist wants to transfer call 2nd caller, receptionist presses Transfer and types in an extension number of a colleague.  The receptionist doesn’t get to speak to the colleague, the call automatically gets put through.  Origional call 1 is still on receptionist phone.

Just wondering if this can be fixed?  Or is it an issue with the dual line phones?

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Rob Huffman
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Hi Wee,

Just to add a note to the great info from Alex (+5 "A")

Your reference to "dual-line" indicates to me that you are using CME,

if so, then this is working as expected. You will want to look into using

Octo-Lines

First introduced in Cisco Unified CME 4.3

Octo-Line

An octo-line directory number supports up to eight active calls, both incoming and outgoing, on a single phone button. Unlike a dual-line directory number, which is shared exclusively among phones (after a call is answered, that phone owns both channels of the dual-line directory number), an octo-line directory number can split its channels among other phones that share the directory number. All phones are allowed to initiate or receive calls on the idle channels of the shared octo-line directory number.

Because octo-line directory numbers do not require a different ephone-dn for each active call, one octo-line directory number can handle multiple calls. Multiple incoming calls to an octo-line directory number ring simultaneously. After a phone answers a call, the ringing stops on that phone and the call-waiting tone plays for the other incoming calls. When phones share an octo-line directory number, incoming calls ring on phones without active calls and these phones can answer any of the ringing calls. Phones with an active call hear the call-waiting tone.

After a phone answers an incoming call, the answering phone is in the connected state. Other phones that share the octo-line directory number are in the remote-in-use state.

After a connected call on an octo-line directory number is put on-hold, any phone that shares this directory number can pick up the held call. If a phone user is in the process of initiating a call transfer or creating a conference, the call is locked and other phones that share the octo-line directory number cannot steal the call.

From this good doc;

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucme/admin/configuration/guide/cmebasic.html#wp1105668

Cheers!

Rob

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acampbell
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Hi,

Is this on CUCM or CUCME

If CUCME it could be the type of transfer selected under the telephony service config.

Regards

Alex

Regards, Alex. Please rate useful posts.

Hi again,

Checked through the telephone system and it seems to be working now thanks.

Im having an issue adding extensions to the expansion module, expansion

module just saying cisco.

Would you be able to give me a quick call back?

Thanks again

Gerard

On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 2:52 PM, acampbell <

Rob Huffman
Hall of Fame
Hall of Fame

Hi Wee,

Just to add a note to the great info from Alex (+5 "A")

Your reference to "dual-line" indicates to me that you are using CME,

if so, then this is working as expected. You will want to look into using

Octo-Lines

First introduced in Cisco Unified CME 4.3

Octo-Line

An octo-line directory number supports up to eight active calls, both incoming and outgoing, on a single phone button. Unlike a dual-line directory number, which is shared exclusively among phones (after a call is answered, that phone owns both channels of the dual-line directory number), an octo-line directory number can split its channels among other phones that share the directory number. All phones are allowed to initiate or receive calls on the idle channels of the shared octo-line directory number.

Because octo-line directory numbers do not require a different ephone-dn for each active call, one octo-line directory number can handle multiple calls. Multiple incoming calls to an octo-line directory number ring simultaneously. After a phone answers a call, the ringing stops on that phone and the call-waiting tone plays for the other incoming calls. When phones share an octo-line directory number, incoming calls ring on phones without active calls and these phones can answer any of the ringing calls. Phones with an active call hear the call-waiting tone.

After a phone answers an incoming call, the answering phone is in the connected state. Other phones that share the octo-line directory number are in the remote-in-use state.

After a connected call on an octo-line directory number is put on-hold, any phone that shares this directory number can pick up the held call. If a phone user is in the process of initiating a call transfer or creating a conference, the call is locked and other phones that share the octo-line directory number cannot steal the call.

From this good doc;

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucme/admin/configuration/guide/cmebasic.html#wp1105668

Cheers!

Rob

Hi Rob!

Yes thats exactly what i did.. just set reconfigured the ephone as an octo-line and it worked no problem.

Thanks for getting back to me.

Gerard