Administrator's Guide

Features and technical reference
555-233-5061666 Issue 5 October 2002
■ Any other station linked to the call as part of a bridge or temporary bridge
is able to bridge on to that call.
Making Calls
Calls can be made to any number from the EC500 cell phone. Depending on how
the EC500 XMOBILE stations are administered, the EC500 cell phone can
function both as a standard cell phone and as an office extension when the calls
are made into the user’s office switch. Administering an EC500 cell phone to send
office caller ID allows the EC500 cell phone call to the switch to appear as a local
extension on the switch.
Feature Interactions
Generally, an XMOBILE station may be administered (and used) like an analog
station. The following are exceptions:
Cellular Service Provider Voice Mail
While XMOBILE stations may have standard Avaya Communications Server
voice mail coverage (i.e. AUDIX®), cell phones usually have voice mail coverage
from the Service Provider. Although there is no way to indicate a preference for
use of a specific system, there is a way to coordinate the two systems.
It is generally possible to set up the number of don’t answer rings so that one or
the other always answer first. However, there are coverage options in both the
Avaya Communications Server (busy, active, send-all-calls) and the network (cell
phone unavailable, network congested) that causes a call to immediately go to the
respective voice mail. Users should realize that an unanswered call might result in
a voice mail message in either mailbox.
Distinctive Alerting
Cell phones do not receive distinct rings for different types of calls.
Feature Access Codes
The cell phone can activate Avaya Communications Server features accessible via
the Avaya EC500 Access Number (Avaya Communications Server
Telecommuting Access number).
Message Waiting Indication
The cell phones cannot receive any form of message waiting indication directly
from the Avaya Communications Server.