User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Vocera Badge User Guide
- Contents
- Welcome to Vocera
- Badge Features
- Commands
- Basic Calling
- Advanced Commands
- Blocking and Accepting Calls
- Broadcasting to a Group
- Calling Telephone Numbers
- Calling an Address Book Entry or Buddy
- Forwarding Your Calls
- Getting Other Information
- Issuing Urgent Commands
- Joining or Leaving a Group
- Locating a Vocera User or Group Member
- Navigating IVR Phone Trees with a Badge
- Placing a Three-Way Conference Call
- Redialing Phone Numbers
- Sending and Receiving Numeric Pages
- Using Instant Conferences
- Optional Commands
- Special Features
- Communicating with Multiple Sites
- Commands for Group Managers
- Sending Text Messages to Vocera Devices
- Using Vocera Access Anywhere
- The User Console
- Maintaining Your Badge
- Notification Prompts
- Reference
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Why does the Genie have trouble understanding me?
- Why is my device chirping or beeping?
- Why does my device beep when I'm talking to someone?
- Why does my device display say "Searching for Server"?
- Why does the Genie ask me to wait when I press Call?
- Why can't I receive calls or messages?
- Why do some text messages begin with strange characters?
- Why does my badge beep and then restart?
- What can I do if badge buttons are not working?
- How can I stop getting logged out when I charge my badge?
- Agreements, Specifications, and Notices
- Important Safety Instructions
- Command Reference
- Block and Accept Calls
- Broadcast to a Group
- Call a User or Group Member
- Dial a Telephone Number
- Environmental Services
- Forward a Call
- Getting Help
- Locate Users and Groups
- Log In and Log Out
- Manage Groups
- Miscellaneous
- Place a Three-Way Conference Call
- Play Messages
- Record Your Name and Greeting
- Send and Receive Numeric Pages
- Send Messages
- Summon and Dismiss the Genie
- Transfer a Call
- Use Instant Conferences
- Work With Your Groups
- Work with Sites
- Frequently Asked Questions
ADVANCED COMMANDS
57 VOCERA BADGE USERGUIDE
Action Recommended Voice Commands
Initiate a conference call Conference James Madison and Mary Lamb.
Add another party to a call
(unsupervised method)
1. Press the Hold/DND button to put your call on hold.
2. Press the Call button to summon the Genie and say: Invite Robin
Hood.
Add another party to a call
(supervised method)
1. Press the Hold/DND button to put your call on hold.
2. Press the Call button to summon the Genie and say: Call Robin
Hood. Your device connects to the new party.
3. After speaking with the new party, press the Hold/DND button.
When the Genie asks if you want to conference the parties, do
either or the following:
• Answer "Yes" to create a three-way conference call between
you and the other two parties.
• Answer "No" to place the new party on hold while you speak
with the original caller.
Switch between an active call and
a call on hold
Press the Hold/DND button.
End a conversation and return to
the other party
Press the Call button while talking to the person you want to
disconnect.
To talk with a third person:
1. While on a two-party call, press the Hold/DND button.
2. Wait for the Genie to confirm that your first call is on hold, and then press the Call button.
3. Say Call New Party's First and Last Names.
4. When you finish speaking to the new party, press the Hold/DND button.
The Genie asks if you want to conference the parties.
5. Answer in either of the following ways:
• Say "Yes" to create a three-way conference call between you and the other two parties.
• Say "No" to place the new party on hold while you speak with the original caller.
6. If you placed one call on hold, you can optionally press the Hold/DND button at any time to
switch between the original caller and the new party.
Each time, the Genie asks if you want that party to join your existing call.
7. To end a call, press the Call button.
Either of the following situations occurs:
• If the calls are conferenced together, your device hangs up and the other two parties may
continue to talk or hang up also.
• If one call is on hold, the party you were speaking with is disconnected and your device
returns to the other call.
Redialing Phone Numbers
Your Vocera device can redial the last phone number it called as a result of any of the following
actions:
• Calling an extension or outside phone number
• Transferring a call from a Vocera device to an extension
• Sending a numeric page
Use the following voice command to redial a phone number:
Action Recommended Voice Commands Alternative Forms
Redial the last phone number
you called
Redial number.