User guide

LIP-8040E Gigabit Phone User Guide

5.3 Broker Call: Switching between two calls

You may switch between the active call and a call on

Hold, placing the active call on Hold acting as a broker

between two or more parties (Broker Call). iPECS

Phone users may ‘broker’ for multiple calls up to the

number of CO/IP line buttons.

5.4 Joining Multiple People in a Conference

You can establish a Conference with up to 3

parties(iPECS-LIK)/13 parties(iPECS-MG), or 32 parties

when using a Multi-Party Conference Interface Module

(MCIM)(iPECS-LIK). The other parties in the

Conference may be internal or external.

A Conference can be placed on Hold and is subject to

Hold Recall.

You may also use the Conference operation to join 2

external parties in a private conversation. This is an

Unsupervised Conference, which is not subject to the

normal Hold Recall operation.

To switch between two calls (Broker Call):

• Press the desired CO/IP line button.

To establish a Conference:

• Establish call with one of the desired conference

parties,

• Select the Conf Soft button,

• Establish call with the other conference party,

• Select the Conf Soft button,

• Select the Conf Soft button again to establish the

conference.