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NBX Telephone Guide
Telephones
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NBX 1102 Business Telephone
NBX 2102 Business Telephone
NBX 2102-IR Business Telephone
NBX 2101 Basic Telephone
Attendant Consoles
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NBX 1105 Attendant Console
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NBX Complement Attendant Software
Part Number: 900-0095-01 Rev BA
Published: May 2003
ABOUT THIS GUIDE
Conventions
8
Documentation
9
Comments on the Documentation
9
Setting Up Your Password and Voice Mail for the First Time 11
Starting the NBX NetSet Utility 13
Navigation and Shortcut Icons in the NBX NetSet Utility 14
Quick Reference Guides 14
Business Telephone Buttons and Controls 16
Telephone 20
Basic Telephone Buttons and Controls 22
Programmable Access Buttons on the Basic Telephone 23
Status Icons on the Basic Telephone 24
4 NBX VOICE MESSAGING
NBX Messaging Components 25
Important Considerations 26
Changing Your Password 26
Security Tips 27
Other Ways to Manage Your Voice Mail Messages 37
Greeting-Only Mailbox 37
Phantom Mailbox 38
Group Mailbox 38
To Dial Another Call 44
To Put More Than One Call on Hold 45
Transferring a Call 46
Announced (Screened) Transfer 46
Blind Transfer 47
Direct Mail Transfer 47
More About Conference Calls 49
Disconnecting the Last Person That You Called 49
Setting the Volume 49
Off-Site Notification 57
Do Not Disturb 60
Call Permissions 62
Class of Service Override 62
Using a Headset 63
Ending Calls When Using a Headset 64
Returning to the Headset After a Long Delay 64
Internal and External Caller ID 66
Calling Line Identity Restriction (CLIR) 67
Call Pickup 68
Directed Call Pickup 68
Group Call Pickup 68
Hunt Groups 69
Call Park 72
Paging 73
Pulse Dialing 77
Using a Mapped Button 77
Using a Personal Speed Dial 77
Additional Applications 78
8 ATTENDANT CONSOLES
Complement Attendant Software 83
Managing Calls 84
Security Wall-Mount Bracket 87
Moving Your Telephone 88
Cleaning Your Telephone 88
Troubleshooting Problems 89
INDEX
ABOUT THIS GUIDE
This guide is intended for anyone using NBX® Telephones, the NBX 1105
Attendant Console, or the NBX Complement Attendant Software. It
includes information about using the NBX Voice Messaging system and
the NBX NetSet™ administration utility for personal telephone settings.
If the information in the release notes (readme.pdf) on the NBX Resource
Pack CD differs from the information in this guide, follow the instructions
in the release notes.
Analog telephones connected to the NBX system through the Analog
Terminal Card or the single-port Analog Terminal Adapter can use most of
the features described in this book. For a list of features and Feature
Codes, see the NBX Feature Codes Guide in the NBX NetSet utility.
How to Use
This Guide
Table 1 Where to Find Information
If you are looking for information about
How to get started
Turn to
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Appendix A
Index
The NBX Business Telephones, their buttons, and controls
The NBX Basic Telephone, its buttons, and controls
NBX Voice Messaging features
Using standard telephone features
Personalizing your telephone
Enhanced system features
The Attendant Console and Complement Attendant Software
Telephone maintenance and troubleshooting information
References to all topics in this book
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Conventions
Table 2 defines some commonly used words and phrases in this guide.
Table 2 Common Terms
Term
Definition
Auto Attendant
The set of voice prompts that answers incoming calls and
describes actions that a caller can take to access
individual services.
Administrator
Receptionist
The person who is responsible for maintaining your
3Com Networked Telephony Solution.
The person who answers the majority of incoming
telephone calls. In some business environments, this
person may be a switchboard operator.
User
A person who has a single NBX Business Telephone, an
NBX Basic Telephone, or an analog telephone connected
to the NBX system through an ATC card or the
single-port ATA device.
NBX 100
NBX 100 Communications System
SuperStack 3 NBX
3Com SuperStack 3 NBX Networked Telephony Solution
Table 3 lists conventions that are used throughout this guide.
Table 3 Icons
Icon
Type
Description
Information note Information that describes important features
or instructions.
Caution
Information that alerts you to potential loss of
data or potential damage to an application,
system, device, or network.
Warning
Information that alerts you to potential
personal injury.
Documentation
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Documentation
The documentation set for 3Com NBX Networked Telephony Solutions is
designed to help NBX telephone users, installers, and administrators
maximize the full potential of the system.
To order a set of paper copies of the NBX Administrator’s Guide, NBX
Installation Guide, and NBX Telephone Guide, as well as the NBX
Resource Pack CD, contact your 3Com NBX Voice-Authorized Partner.
The NBX Resource Pack CD contains PDF versions of these guides as well
as many additional guides to the NBX products and their related 3Com
applications.
When you log in to the NBX NetSet™ utility as a user or administrator, you
can view the PDF versions of the NBX Telephone Guide and NBX Feature
Codes Guide by clicking the icons at the bottom of the screen.
When you log in as an administrator, you can also see the
NBX Administrator’s Guide.
Comments on the Your suggestions are important to us. They help us to make the NBX
Documentation documentation more useful to you.
Please send your e-mail comments about this guide or any of the 3Com
NBX documentation and Help systems to:
Include the following information with your comments:
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Document title
Document part number (found on the front or back page)
Page number
Example:
NBX Telephone Guide
Part Number 900-0095-01 Rev BA
Page 25
As always, please address all questions regarding the NBX hardware and
software to your 3Com NBX Voice-Authorized Partner.
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ABOUT THIS GUIDE
GETTING STARTED
1
greeting.
This chapter covers these topics:
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Setting Up Your Password and Voice Mail for the First Time
NBX NetSet Utility
Quick Reference Guides
For how to access NBX® features from an analog telephone, set your
password as described next and then see the NBX Feature Codes Guide in
the NBX NetSet™ utility.
Setting Up Your
Password and
Voice Mail
The procedure by which you set up your password and voice mailbox for
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The kind of telephone that you have
for the First Time
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The kind of voice messaging system on your NBX system. Ask your
administrator what kind of voice messaging is active on your system.
Table 4 describes how to set up your first password.
For details on tones and codes on analog telephones, see the NBX
Feature Codes Guide in the NBX NetSet utility.
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Table 4 Setting Your NBX NetSet and Messaging Password
Feature
NBX Business Phones
NBX Basic Phones
Analog Telephones
Password — Set Initially
If your system uses NBX
Msg button and follow
the voice prompts
Msg button and follow 500 ** and follow the
the voice prompts voice prompts
Messaging, follow the NBX voice
prompts to set your NBX password
(which is the same for NBX NetSet
and voice messaging) OR use the
NBX NetSet utility, described next.
If your system uses a voice
OR, for systems that do
not use NBX Messaging: not use NBX Messaging: not use NBX Messaging:
OR, for systems that do OR, for systems that do
messaging application other
than NBX Voice Messaging, use
this code sequence to set your
password for the NBX NetSet utility.
3Com recommends that you use the
same password for NBX NetSet and
your voice messaging application.
Feature
+ 434
+ new password
+ #
+ repeat your new
password
+ #
Feature
#
+ 434
(Feature Entry Tone)
+ 434
+ new password
+ #
+ repeat your new
password
+ #
(Feature Entry Tone)
+ new password
+ #
(Feature Entry Tone)
+ repeat your new
password
FOR ALL VOICE MESSAGING
SYSTEMS:
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Use only 4- to 10-digit numbers
+ #
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Do not use letters, *, or # as part
of your password.
(Confirmation Tone)
Password — Change
If your system uses NBX
Messaging, follow the NBX voice
prompts to change your NBX
password (which changes your NBX + 2
NetSet password, because they are + follow the prompts
the same) OR use the NBX NetSet
Msg button
+ current password
+ #
Msg button
+ current password
+ #
500 **
+ current password
+ #
+ 2
+ 2
+ follow the prompts
+ follow the prompts
utility, described next.
If your system uses a voice
OR, for systems that do
not use NBX Messaging: not use NBX Messaging: not use NBX Messaging:
OR, for systems that do OR, for systems that do
messaging application other
than NBX Voice Messaging, use
this code sequence to change your
password for the NBX NetSet utility.
3Com recommends that you use the
same password for NBX NetSet and
your voice messaging application.
Feature
+ 434
+ current password
+ #
+ new password
+ #
Feature
#
+ 434
(Feature Entry Tone)
+ 434
+ current password
+ #
(Feature Entry Tone)
+ current password
+ #
+ new password
+ #
FOR ALL VOICE MESSAGING
SYSTEMS:
+ repeat your new
password
+ repeat your new
password
(Feature Entry Tone)
+ new password
+ #
(Feature Entry Tone)
+ repeat your new
password
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If you forget your password, the
administrator can reset it to your
extension. Then use this code
(for applications other than NBX
Voice Messaging) or the NBX
voice prompts to change it.
+ #
(Confirmation Tone)
NBX NetSet Utility
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NBX NetSet Utility
The NBX NetSet administration utility has two interfaces:
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Administrator — Your administrator logs on with a special password
and uses the NBX NetSet utility to manage and configure system-wide
telephone settings and many of the settings for your telephone.
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User — As a telephone user, you log in to the NBX NetSet utility with
your own system ID (your extension) and password to:
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View and change your telephone’s personal settings, such as speed
dials, ringer tone, and specify where you want your calls to go
when you cannot answer them (your call coverage point)
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Listen to and delete your voice messages from your computer as an
alternative to managing calls on your telephone.
View your call permissions, current feature settings, and the
to and log out of one or all hunt groups and calling groups of
which your telephone is a member.
See Chapter 5, Chapter 6, and Chapter 7 for discussions about the
standard and enhanced features that you can monitor and change in the
NBX NetSet utility. See Chapter 4 for voice messaging features.
If your NBX system uses a third-party messaging application, off-site
notification and other voice messaging features are available through
your messaging application. See the application’s documentation rather
than using this Guide.
Starting the NBX To use the NBX NetSet utility, you need a computer that is connected to
need Internet access.) To start the NBX NetSet utility:
1 Ask your administrator for the IP (web) address for your NBX system.
You cannot log in to NBX NetSet until you have established your
password through your telephone using NBX voice prompts or the
Feature Code sequence. See Table 4.
2 In the web browser on your computer, enter the IP address in the
Address field. The NBX NetSet login screen appears.
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.5 or later is optimal.
3 Click User to log in as a user. The password dialog box appears.
4 Type your NBX NetSet user identification (always your 3-digit or 4-digit
telephone extension) and your NBX NetSet password, and then click OK.
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Navigation and The icons at the lower right of any Personal Settings window allow you
Shortcut Icons or your administrator to navigate to the following features:
in the NBX NetSet
Table 5 Navigation Icons
Utility
Icon
Action
Back
Where You Go
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User — The main NBX NetSet login dialog box
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Administrator — The NBX NetSet main menu
window.
Help
Help for the fields and procedures related to the screen
The icons below the window are shortcuts to these features:
One-Touch Speed Dials
Off-Site Notification
Telephone Guide (this guide)
NBX Feature Codes Guide
Quick Reference
Guides
To open and print a copy of the Quick Reference Guide for the most
frequently used features on your telephone:
1 Log in to the NBX NetSet utility. See “Starting the NBX NetSet Utility”
earlier in this chapter.
2 Click Telephone Quick Reference. The quick reference guide that
pertains to your telephone model (Business, Basic, or analog) appears.
Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 or 5.0 is required to view the file. Reader 5.0 is
available free on the NBX Resource Pack CD or from the Adobe Web site:
NBX BUSINESS TELEPHONES
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This chapter describes the buttons, controls, and features on the
following NBX telephone models:
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Business Telephone Buttons and Controls
Programmable Access Buttons on the Business Telephone
Status Lights for System Appearance Buttons on the Business
Telephone
For how these features work on an analog telephone connected to the
NBX system, see the NBX Feature Codes Guide below any screen in the
NBX NetSet utility.
For a description of the features on the NBX Basic Telephone, see
Chapter 3.
For instructions on how to connect your telephone to the LAN, see
Appendix A. Exception: To connect an NBX Telephone that has a model
number that ends in PE, see the packing sheet that comes with your
telephone. See the underside of the telephone for your model number.
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Business Telephone
Buttons and
Controls
Figure 1 shows the buttons and controls on the NBX Business Telephone.
Figure 1 NBX Business Telephone (Model 2102-IR Shown)
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1
2 3
5
6 7 8
9
10 a–f
11
20
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13
14
15
16
19
17
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The NBX Business Telephones have these features:
1 Handset
2 MSG (Message) button — Accesses your voice mail messages through
the NBX Messaging system. See “Listening to NBX Messages” in
Chapter 4.
3 Display panel — Provides telephone status messages, Caller ID
information (if enabled), and the number of messages that you have in
your voice mail mailbox. You can also use it to view the directory of
personal speed dial numbers, and system speed dial numbers.
4 FWD MAIL (Forward to Voice Mail) button — Directs all incoming
calls to your voice mail (or to wherever you have specified in NetSet >
Personal Settings > Call Forward) after one ring. See “Forwarding
Incoming Calls to Your Call Coverage Point” in Chapter 4.
Business Telephone Buttons and Controls
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5 Soft buttons — Allow you to select names from the internal user
directory, select and dial a personal speed dial or system-wide speed dial,
and select and redial a recent call to or from your telephone. See “Using
the NBX Telephone Display Panel” in Chapter 5. The buttons, left to right:
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Slct (Select)
Back (returns you to the next higher level in the menu)
6 Telephone key pad
7 Scroll buttons — Allow you to scroll through user names in the internal
NBX Telephone Display Panel” in Chapter 5.
8 Program button — Reserved for future use.
“Programmable Access Buttons on the Business Telephone” and “Status
10 Programmable Access buttons without indicator lights — See
“Programmable Access Buttons on the Business Telephone” later in this
chapter.
11 Hold button — Places a caller on hold. See “Putting a Call on Hold” in
Chapter 5.
Activated when the telephone is in speaker phone mode, that is, after
13 Transfer button — Sends an incoming call to another telephone. See
“Transferring a Call” in Chapter 5.
14 Conference button — Establishes a single call with up to three
additional internal parties, external parties, or both. See “Establishing a
Conference Call” in Chapter 5.
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15 Redial button — Redials the last telephone number or extension that
you called. See “Redialing a Call” in Chapter 5.
the Speaker button before you dial the call, when your telephone is
ringing, or while a call is in progress. To turn the speaker phone off and
17 Volume control buttons — Adjust the volume of the ringer, the
speaker, and the handset. See “Setting the Volume” in Chapter 5.
18 Infrared Port (NBX 2102-IR Telephone only) — Receives infrared
signals from a hand-held device running the Palm Operating System. See
“Palm Integration” in Chapter 6.
19 Mute button — Enables you to prevent callers from hearing what you
are saying during a telephone call. Press the Mute button to turn off the
telephone’s microphone when you are using the handset or when your
telephone is in speaker phone mode. To turn off the Mute feature, press
the Mute button again.
20 Hands Free button — Allows you to answer internal (intercom) calls
without picking up the handset. To activate this feature, press the
Hands Free button before calls come in to your telephone. The indicator
lights when the feature is enabled. When you receive an internal call,
your telephone sounds a tone and activates the speaker phone.
External calls (calls from outside the NBX system) ring to your telephone
as usual.
Programmable Access Buttons on the Business Telephone
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Programmable
Access Buttons on
the Business
Figure 2 displays the 18 programmable Access buttons. The One-Touch
Speed Dials screen in the NBX NetSet utility shows your telephone’s
current button mappings.
Telephone
Figure 2 Access Buttons
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Default Settings Access buttons have these default settings, which your administrator can
change:
1 Feature button — Allows you to access features that are not directly
assigned to an Access button on your telephone. See the NBX Feature
2 Direct Mail Transfer button — Sends a call directly to another user’s
voice mailbox. See “Direct Mail Transfer” in Chapter 7.
3 Call Park button — Allows you to place a call in a “holding pattern” so
that it can be retrieved from any other telephone on the system. See
“Call Park” in Chapter 7.
call if the line has the Call Waiting service from your local telephone
company, or enables call transfer if the line has the Call Transfer service.
6 Release button — Disconnects calls. This feature is commonly used
when you use a telephone headset. See “Using a Headset” in Chapter 6.
7 Typically, you can use these nine buttons for personal speed dial settings,
although the administrator can map them to other features. See “Speed
Dials” in Chapter 6.
8 In most circumstances, your administrator designates these three system
appearance buttons as lines for incoming and outgoing calls.
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Status Lights for
System Appearance
Buttons on the
The light for each Access button that is set up as an incoming line (system
appearance) indicates the status of the button. Table 6 shows the light
pattern that is associated with the status of each line status.
Business Telephone
Table 6 Status Indicator Lights
Light
Status
Off
The line is available for use.
The line is in use.
The line is ringing.
The line is on hold.
Steady
Fast blink
Slow blink
The display panel on an NBX Telephone shows the name and extension of
an internal caller. If your organization purchases Caller ID service from
information to be broadcast, the display panel shows the external caller’s
name and telephone number.
You can answer the call while the line’s status light is still flashing. Put the
first call on hold and press the Access button for the new incoming call.
For more information, see “Putting a Call on Hold” in Chapter 5.
NBX BASIC TELEPHONE
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to the NBX 2101 Basic Telephone. It covers these topics:
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Programmable Access Buttons on the Basic Telephone
Programmable Access Buttons on the Basic Telephone
For a description of the features on the NBX Business Telephone, see
Chapter 2.
For instructions on how to connect your telephone to the LAN, see
Appendix A. Exception: To connect an NBX Telephone that has a model
number that ends in PE, see the packing sheet that comes with your
telephone. See the underside of the telephone for your model number.
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Basic Telephone
Buttons and
Controls
Figure 3 shows the buttons and controls on the NBX Basic Telephone.
Figure 3 NBX Basic Telephone (Model 2101)
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3
1
4
12
5
6
7
8
9
10
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The NBX Basic Telephone has these features:
1 Handset
2 Display panel — Provides telephone status messages (see Table 7),
Caller ID, Locked Telephone, and other feature information (if enabled),
and the number of messages in your voice mail mailbox. You can also use
it to view and dial from the call logs of your most recent calls, the internal
list.
3 Soft buttons — Allow you to select and dial names from Call Logs (your
recent Missed, Answered, and Dialed calls), the internal user directory, or
the personal and system-wide speed dial lists. See “More Ways to Dial
a Call” in Chapter 5. The buttons, from left to right, are:
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Slct (Select)
Back (returns you to the next higher level in the menu)
Exit
Programmable Access Buttons on the Basic Telephone
user directory, view your personal speed dials and system-wide speed
dials, and view recent calls to and from your telephone. See “Using the
NBX Telephone Display Panel” in Chapter 5.
Chapter 4.
6 Telephone key pad
handset. See “Setting the Volume” in Chapter 5.
Chapter 5.
Buttons on the Basic Telephone” later in this chapter.
10 Call Toggle button — (factory default setting) See “Programmable
11 Feature button — (factory default setting) See “Programmable Access
Buttons on the Basic Telephone” later in this chapter.
12 Switch hook (under the handset) — Pressing and releasing the switch
hook gives you a dial tone. This feature is used with Call Park. See “Call
Park” in Chapter 7.
Programmable
Access Buttons on
the Basic Telephone
The NBX Basic Telephone has three programmable Access buttons. The
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Feature — Press this button before you dial a feature code. See the
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Basic Telephone. Using this button, you can manage two telephone
calls at the same time. See “Answering a Call” in Chapter 5.
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Transfer — Press this button to transfer the current call to another
extension or telephone number. See “Transferring a Call” in
Chapter 5.
Your administrator can program these buttons for other commonly used
functions. However, changing the settings for the Feature or Call Toggle
buttons greatly reduces your ability to use some of the NBX system
features.
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Status Icons on the
Basic Telephone
Your NBX Basic Telephone allows you to use two telephone lines at the
same time.
On the display panel, the behavior of the telephone icon next to the
number 1 (for Line 1) on the first row, or 2 (for Line 2) on the second row,
indicates the status of the lines. See Table 7.
Table 7 Status Indicator Behavior for the Telephone Icon in the Display Panel
Telephone
Icon
Status
Steady
The line is in use.
The line is ringing.
The line is on hold.
Fast blink
Slow blink
If a call comes in on one line while you are on a call on the other line, you
can answer the second call. See “Answering a Call” in Chapter 5.
NBX VOICE MESSAGING
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This chapter covers these topics:
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NBX Messaging Components
Listening to NBX Messages
Replying to a Message
Forwarding a Message
Creating and Sending a Message
Marking a Message as Private or Urgent
Forwarding Incoming Calls to Your Call Coverage Point
Other Ways to Manage Your Voice Mail Messages
Other Kinds of Mailboxes
NBX Messaging
Components
A key component of the NBX Networked Telephony Solutions is the
NBX Messaging system, which includes voice mail, off-site notification,
and several administrative features. Voice mail allows callers to leave voice
messages in your voice mailbox when you are not able to answer your
telephone. You can listen to, save, and forward those messages from any
touch-tone telephone.
If your system uses a third-party messaging application, use the
documentation for your messaging application instead of the instructions
in this chapter.
EXCEPTION: Use the procedures in “Changing Your Password” regardless
of your messaging application.
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Important
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The steps are the same for initially setting up the name
Considerations
Password and Voice Mail for the First Time” in Chapter 1 for details.
(Your administrator creates group mailboxes and their passwords.)
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For changes to passwords and greetings, see “Changing Your
Password” and “Changing Your Name Announcement and Personal
Greeting” later in this chapter.
The default setting for the maximum length of each voice mail
your organization’s NBX messaging system to receive and store voice
mail messages that are up to 10 minutes long.
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notify you when callers leave voice mail messages in your voice
mailbox. See “Off-Site Notification” in Chapter 6.
For information on accessing NBX features from an analog telephone, see
the NBX Feature Codes Guide in the NBX NetSet™ utility. For how to set
Changing Your
Password
You use the same 4-digit to 10-digit password to log in to the NBX NetSet
utility and to access your NBX voice mail. You can change this password
See Chapter 1 for how to set up your password for the first time.
extension number. Then follow the instructions in Table 8 to change it to
a more secure password. See “Security Tips” next.
If your NBX system uses a third-party messaging system:
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Use the feature code method in Table 8 to set and change the NBX
NetSet password.
3Com recommends that you use the same password for your voice
messaging system and for the NBX NetSet utility.
Changing Your Name Announcement and Personal Greeting
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Table 8 Steps to Changing Your Password
Feature
Business Phone
Basic Phone
Analog Phone
Password — Change
If your system uses NBX
Msg button
Msg button
+ current password
+ #
500 ** + extension
+ current password
+ #
Messaging — Follow the NBX
+ current password
voice prompts to change your NBX + #
password and NBX NetSet
+ 2
+ 2
+ 2
password. They are the same.
+ follow the prompts
+ follow the prompts
+ follow the prompts
NBX Messaging users can also use
the Feature Code method, next, to
change passwords.
If your system uses a
Feature
Feature
#
messaging application other
+ 434
+ 434
(Feature Entry Tone)
+ 434
than NBX Messaging — Use this + current password
+ current password
code sequence to change your
password for the NBX NetSet
utility.
+ #
+ #
(Feature Entry Tone)
+ current password
+ #
+ new password
+ new password
+ #
+ #
+ repeat new password + repeat new password
(Feature Entry Tone)
+ new password
+ #
3Com recommends that you use
the same password for NBX NetSet
and your messaging application.
(Feature Entry Tone)
+ repeat new password
+ #
(Confirmation Tone)
Security Tips
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Change your password often.
Do not use passwords that can easily identify you, such as your phone
extension or birth date.
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Avoid simple passwords such as 1234 or 0000.
Use numbers only; do not use * or # as part of your password.
Longer passwords are more secure.
Never tell your password to anyone.
Changing Your
that you are on vacation, available at another number, or unavailable for
a specified amount of time.
Name
Announcement and
Personal Greeting
You may also want to change the greeting to say that your extension is a
“greeting-only mailbox,” so that callers do not attempt to leave
messages. See “Greeting-Only Mailbox” later in this chapter.
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To change your name announcement or personal greeting:
1 Log in to your mailbox at your telephone or remotely.
2 Press 9 for Mailbox Options and then press 1.
3 To review or change your name announcement, press 1 and follow the
prompts.
4 To review or change your personal greeting, press 2 and follow the
prompts.
If you forget your password, the administrator can set it to be your
extension number. Then follow the instructions in Table 8 to change it to
a more secure password. See “Security Tips” earlier in this chapter.
Listening to NBX
Messages
You can listen to your NBX voice mail messages from your NBX
telephone, from any touch-tone telephone, or by logging in to the NBX
NetSet utility. After you listen to messages, you can save or delete them
to clear them from the New Messages queue. For how to set up your
NBX NetSet password the first time, see Chapter 1.
If your system uses a third-party messaging application, use the
documentation for your messaging application instead of these
instructions.
Message Indicators When you have messages in your mailbox:
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On an NBX Business Telephone — The indicator next to the MSG
button lights up, and the display panel shows the total number of
messages. Example: 3 Msgs 2 New.
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On an NBX Basic Telephone — The display panel shows the total
number of messages. Example: 3 Msgs 2 New.
On an analog telephone — Pick up the handset. If you hear the
New Messages Tone (alternating solid tone and rapid stutter tone),
you have new messages (or messages that you have listened to but
did not save or delete). For information on accessing NBX features
from an analog telephone, see the NBX Feature Codes Guide in the
NBX NetSet utility.
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In the NBX NetSet utility — Log in as a user. The list of your
messages appear in the Voice Mail Messages area on the NBX NetSet
> Personal Settings screen. A new message has a * next to it. A
forwarded messages has FWD: next to it.
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From Your Computer To listen to your messages from your computer, you must have a sound
card and a third-party application such as Windows Media Player:
1 Log on to the NBX NetSet utility with your extension and password.
2 Select a message in the Voice Mail Messages area, Personal Settings tab.
3 Click Listen.
4 The third-party application downloads and plays the voice message.
5 To delete the message, select the message and then click Delete.
From Your NBX To listen to your messages from your own NBX Business or Basic
Telephone Telephone:
1 Pick up the handset and press the MSG button to access the mailbox.
2 At the prompt, type your password and press #.
3 See Table 9 for the buttons that you use to manage your messages.
From Any Internal To listen to your messages from any NBX telephone other than your own
1 Pick up the handset and press the MSG button.
2 Press * and dial your extension. You hear your name announcement.
3 Dial your password and press #.
4 See Table 9 for the buttons that you use to manage your messages.
From a Remote To listen to your messages from an external telephone:
Location
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If you can dial your telephone extension directly — Press *
during your greeting. At the prompts, enter your extension and
password, and press #.
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If you call the main telephone number of your organization
and:
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The Automated Attendant answers — Press * * during the
greeting. At the prompts, enter your extension and password, and
press #.
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The receptionist answers — Ask to be transferred to your voice
mail. Press * during the greeting. At the prompts, enter your
extension and password and press #.
See Table 9 for the buttons that you use to manage your messages.
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Table 9 Managing Your NBX Voice Messages
Play or repeat a message.
Save the message.
Delete the message from your mailbox. You cannot
retrieve a message after you delete it.
later in this chapter.
Forward the message. See “Forwarding a Message”
later in this chapter.
Listen to date, time, and sender information about
the message. See “Information About Your
Messages” next.
Back up 5 seconds in the current message.
Pause the current message for up to 20 seconds.
Move ahead 5 seconds in the current message.
Move to the next message.
Return to the main menu.
Information About To listen to date, time, and sender information for a message in your
Your Messages mailbox, press 6 during or after the message, and then press one of these
buttons:
Date and time information.
Sender information.
Listen to the previous message.
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Replying to a
Message
You can send a reply to the originator of a voice mail message.
If you receive a message that is marked Private, you can send a reply only
to the originator.
To reply to a message after you listen to it:
1 Press 4.
2 After the tone, record your reply.
3 Hang up, or press # for more options.
4 If you press #, press one of these buttons:
Send your reply.
Re-record your reply.
Listen to your reply.
Mark the message Private or Urgent. See “Marking a
Message as Private or Urgent” later in this chapter.
Cancel your message.
Forwarding a
Message
You can forward most messages, either with or without adding
introductory comments.
If the message that you received is marked Private, you cannot forward it.
To forward a message:
1 Log in to your voice mailbox at your telephone or remotely.
2 Listen to a message that you want to forward, and press 5.
3 After the tone, record an introductory message and then press #.
OR
If you choose not to record a comment, press # when you hear the tone.
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Re-record your introductory comment.
Listen to your introductory comment.
Mark the message Private or Urgent. See “Marking a
Message as Private or Urgent” later in this chapter.
Cancel your message.
6 Dial one of these destination numbers plus #:
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The internal extension or mailbox number of the recipient
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A One-Touch (on the NBX Business Telephone), personal, or
system-wide speed dial number. See “Speed Dials” in Chapter 6.
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A personal voice mail group list number. (See “Creating Personal Voice
Mail Group Lists” later in this chapter.)
A site code plus extension (to send to a user on another NBX system in
your organization). Example: neee or neeee (where n = one or more
site code digits and e = the extension digits on the other system)
For details on valid site codes, see your administrator.
7 To forward the message to several recipients, dial each mailbox number
followed by #.
8 After the last destination number and its #, press #. Your message is sent.
Stay on the line and follow the prompts to delete or save the message.
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Creating and
Sending a Message
To create and send a message directly without actually making a call:
1 Log in to your mailbox at your telephone or remotely.
2 Dial 2 to select Create and Send a Message.
3 At the tone, record a message that is at least 2 seconds long, and press #
to end the recording.
Re-record the message.
Review the message.
Mark the message Private or Urgent. See “Marking a
Message as Private or Urgent” later in this chapter.
Cancel the message.
6 Dial one of these destination numbers plus #:
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The internal extension or mailbox number of the recipient
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A One-Touch (NBX Business Telephone only), personal, or system-wide
speed dial number. See “Speed Dials” in Chapter 6.
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A personal voice mail group list number. (See “Creating Personal Voice
Mail Group Lists” later in this chapter.)
A site code plus extension (to send to a user on another NBX system in
your organization). Example: neee or neeee (where n = one or more
site code digits and e = the extension digits on the other system)
For details on valid site codes, see your administrator.
7 To send the message to several recipients, dial each mailbox number
followed by #.
8 After the last destination number and its #, press #. Your message is sent.
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Creating Personal
Voice Mail Group
Lists
A Personal Voice Mail List, also called a mail group, is a collection of
extensions to which you assign a special “group number.” Use it to send
a message to everyone on the list at the same time.
A Personal Voice Mail List is not the same as a Hunt Group or Calling
Group. See “Hunt Groups and Calling Groups” in Chapter 7.
To create a personal voice mail list (mail group):
1 Log in to your mailbox at your telephone or remotely.
2 Dial 9 for Mailbox Options.
3 Dial 3 for Group Lists, and then 2 for Create Group.
4 Dial any 2-digit number, which becomes the Group Number.
5 After the tone, record a name for the group, and press #. Record the
group number and name.
6 Dial one of these numbers:
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1 to save the group name and proceed to step 7
2 to change the group name and return to step 5
* to exit without saving
7 After you press 1, dial one of these destination numbers plus #:
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The internal extension or mailbox number of the recipient.
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A One-Touch (NBX Business Telephone only), personal, or system-wide
speed dial number. See “Speed Dials” in Chapter 6.
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A site code plus extension (to send to a user on another NBX system in
your organization). Example: neee or neeee (where n = one or more
site code digits and e = the extension digits on the other system)
For details on valid site codes, see your administrator.
8 When you have added all of the destination numbers, press:
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1 to save the group list
2 to cancel creating the group
** to return to the previous menu
OR hang up.
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Modifying or You can review your voice mail groups, add members, or delete a group.
Deleting Groups
To modify a voice mail group:
1 Log in to your mailbox at your telephone or remotely.
2 Dial 9 for Mailbox Options.
3 Dial 3 to select Group Lists.
4 Press 1, 3, or 4:
Review your list of groups.
Create a group.
Delete a group.
Add to the members in a group. See step 5.
Return to the main menu.
5 If you press 4, dial one of these destination numbers plus # to add a
destination address to the group:
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The internal extension or mailbox number of the recipient.
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A One-Touch (NBX Business Telephone only), personal, or system-wide
speed dial number. See “Speed Dials” in Chapter 6.
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A site code plus extension (to send to a user on another NBX system in
your organization). Example: neee or neeee (where n = one or more
site code digits and e = the extension digits on the other system)
For details on valid site codes for your system, see your administrator.
6 When you have added all of the destination numbers, press:
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1 to save the modified group list
2 to cancel this modification to the group
** to return to the previous menu
OR hang up.
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Marking a Message
When you leave a message in another user’s mailbox, you can mark it as
as Private or Urgent Private or Urgent. If you do not select a delivery option, your message is
sent as a Normal message.
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others.
Urgent Messages — Places the message at the beginning of the
recipient’s message queue so that Urgent messages are heard first.
1 Follow the steps in “Replying to a Message”, “Forwarding a Message”,
or “Creating and Sending a Message” earlier in this chapter.
2 In step 4, press 9.
3 To mark the message Urgent, press 1. To mark the message Private,
press 2.
4 To send the marked message, press 1, or listen to the prompts for other
choices.
Forwarding
You can configure your NBX telephone so that all incoming calls go
directly into your call coverage point, which may be your voice mailbox,
the Auto Attendant or receptionist, or a different telephone number.
When a call comes in, the telephone rings once (giving you the chance to
answer the call) and then sends the call to your call coverage point.
Incoming Calls to
Your Call Coverage
Point
On an NBX Business Telephone:
1 Press the FWD MAIL (Forward to Mail) button. The indicator light turns
on.
2 To turn off Forward to Mail, press the button again. The light turns off.
On an NBX Basic Telephone:
1 Pick up the handset.
3 To turn off Forward to Mail, pick up the handset and press the Feature
button and 440 again. FWD disappears from the display panel.
To prevent the telephone from ringing even once, use the Do Not Disturb
feature. See “Do Not Disturb” in Chapter 6.
To view your current Forward Calls to Mail setting, log in to
NBX NetSet > User Information > Feature Settings.
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Other Ways to
Manage Your Voice
Mail Messages
You can listen to and, in some configurations, delete your voice messages
from within an e-mail application or a messaging application using your
Internet browser. For details, see “Listening to Your Messages in Your
E-mail or Browser” in Chapter 7.
Other Kinds of
Mailboxes
The NBX system allows you (for the greeting-only mailbox) or the
administrator (for phantom or group mailboxes) to set up mailboxes for
special situations, as described in this section.
Greeting-Only When you designate that your mailbox is a greeting-only mailbox, callers
Mailbox hear your personal greeting but they cannot leave a voice mail message.
Examples:
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If you are a teacher in a school, you can create a personal greeting
message every day that explains homework assignments. Students call
in to the greeting-only mailbox to get the homework information but
cannot leave a message for you on this mailbox.
When you take an extended leave of absence, you can create a
personal greeting with the scheduled date of return and whom to call
during your absence. Callers can be transferred to other extensions
but are unable to leave voice mail messages for you.
If you are the administrator, you can create a greeting-only mailbox
and use the personal greeting to post information for employees, such
as a notice that the offices are closed because of bad weather.
in NBX NetSet > NBX Messaging, select Greeting Only Mailbox.
When you create the personal greeting, remember to tell callers that they
cannot leave messages in this voice mailbox. For instructions on changing
the personal greeting, see “Changing Your Name Announcement and
Personal Greeting” earlier in this chapter.
In addition to preventing a caller from leaving a message, a greeting-only
mailbox does not allow anyone to:
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Forward or create and send a message to it
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Reply to a message that was sent from its extension
Avoid adding a greeting-only mailbox to a personal voice mail group list.
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Phantom Mailbox A phantom mailbox does not have an actual telephone associated with it.
The administrator sets up a phantom mailbox.
Examples:
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If you are a sales representative who travels constantly for your
organization and never comes into the office, you still need a way to
receive telephone messages. Using your phantom mailbox, you can
retrieve, forward, and save messages in the same way that any other
employee can but without a physical telephone connected to your
NBX system.
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If you are an employee who lives a long distance from your office and
your phantom mailbox and you can call in to the NBX system to
retrieve them.
You retrieve messages from a phantom mailbox in the same way that you
retrieve messages from a personal mailbox. See “Listening to NBX
Messages” earlier in this chapter.
Group Mailbox A group mailbox is a voice mailbox from which a group of users can
retrieve messages. Your administrator creates group mailboxes and can
explain how to retrieve messages that are left in the group mailbox.
Example:
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During nonbusiness hours, the system can send incoming telephone
calls for your sales department to a group mailbox. Your administrator
assigns to the appropriate sales people the ability to listen to, forward,
or otherwise handle all messages that are directed to the group
mailbox.
Your administrator can assign a Message Waiting Indicator for the group
mailbox to an Access button on the NBX Business Telephone of each
group member. The light next to the mapped button indicates when the
group mailbox has messages in it. A group member can press the button
to retrieve messages from the group mailbox.
STANDARD FEATURES
5
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Answering a Call
More Ways to Dial a Call
Putting a Call on Hold
Transferring a Call
Establishing a Conference Call
Setting the Volume
For help on accessing NBX features from an analog telephone, see the
NBX Feature Codes Guide in the NBX NetSet utility. For how to set up
your NBX NetSet password the first time, see Chapter 1.
If your system uses a third-party messaging application, use the
documentation for your messaging application instead of the instructions
in this chapter.
CAUTION: The NBX telephone system operates over the LAN, not
through a traditional telephone connection. Your telephone is connected
to the NBX system through an RJ45 Ethernet connector instead of a
typical RJ11 telephone connection. Your telephone will not work unless it
is connected properly. For instructions on how to connect your telephone
to the LAN, see Appendix A. Exception: To connect an NBX Business or
Basic Telephone that has a model number that ends in PE, see the
packing sheet that comes with your telephone. See the underside of the
telephone for your model number. Ask your administrator if you have
questions about your telephone connection.
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Answering a Call
To answer an incoming call, pick up the handset or, if you are using an
NBX Business Telephone, press the Speaker button.
The display panel on an NBX Telephone shows the name and extension of
an internal caller. If your organization purchases Caller ID service from
your telephone company and if the external caller allows Caller ID
information to be broadcast, the display panel shows the external caller’s
An unanswered call on any telephone on the NBX system is forwarded to
the point that you specify in NBX NetSet > User Information > Call
Forward. To specify the number of times that your telephone rings
before the call is forwarded or to specify where you want the call to go,
see “Setting Your Call Coverage Point” later in this chapter.
Answering a On the NBX Business Telephone, when a new call arrives while you are on
Second Call a call:
2 Press the Access button for the line on which the new call is arriving.
3 To return to the earlier call, hang up the new call, or put it on hold or
transfer it, and then press the Access button for the original call.
On the NBX Basic Telephone, use Table 10 to manage the two lines.
Table 10 Managing Multiple Calls on the NBX Basic Telephone
Line A
Line B
How to Manage New Calls
Active call
Ringing
To answer the incoming call, press Call Toggle. (If
you do not answer, the system sends the second call
to your call coverage point.)
Active call
On hold
On hold
Ringing
To toggle to the call that is on hold, press Call
Toggle. To return to the first call, press Call Toggle.
If you place one call on hold:
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And you DO NOT hang up the handset, and the
other line rings, press Call Toggle to return to the
call on hold. Then press Call Toggle to answer
the incoming call.
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And you DO hang up the handset and the other
line rings, pick up the handset to connect to the
incoming call. Press Call Toggle to switch calls.
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Table 10 Managing Multiple Calls on the NBX Basic Telephone (continued)
Line A
Line B
How to Manage New Calls
On hold
On hold
If you have placed two calls on hold:
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And you DO NOT hang up the handset, press
Call Toggle to return to the call you most recently
placed on hold. Then press Call Toggle again to
return to the line you first placed on hold.
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And you DO hang up the handset, pick up the
placed on hold. Then press Call Toggle to be
connected to the line you first placed on hold.
Active or on
hold
On hold
If a third call comes in while you have one active call
and one on hold, or two calls on hold, the system
forwards the third caller directly to your call
coverage point. See “Setting Your Call Coverage
Point” in Chapter 5 for call forwarding details.
See also “Status Icons on the Basic Telephone” in Chapter 3 for the
indicators in the NBX Basic telephone display panel during these calls.
Using the NBX
Telephone
Display Panel
Use the telephone display panel of the NBX Telephone to dial a number:
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Call Logs — Logs of the most recent calls to and from your telephone
(Missed Calls, Answered Calls, Dialed Calls).
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Directory — A list of the users and their extensions on your system
Personal Speed Dials — A list of personal speed dial numbers that
you have set in NBX NetSet > Speed Dials or System Speed Dials,
the list of the system-wide speed dial numbers
To access the display panel lists:
1 Pick up the handset. Press one of the scroll keys to the right of the display.
On an NBX Business Telephone, press a scroll key without picking up the
handset. The Speaker comes on, and you hear the dial tone briefly.
2 Use the scroll keys to move through the lists. When you see the list that
you want to use, press the button under Slct (Select).
3 Use the scroll keys to move to the name or number that you want to call.
Verify that the cursor is at that entry, and press the button under Slct.
4 To move back to the previous menu, press the button under Back.
5 To leave the lists entirely, press the button under Exit, or press an Access
button that is programmed for Release, or hang up.
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Tips on
Using the Lists
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After you press a scroll key, if you do not select an item immediately,
the display alternates between the list:
Call Logs
Directory
and the menu choices:
Select an entry
Slct | Back | Exit
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In the user directory, names appear in alphabetical order. The system
updates the directory when your administrator adds or removes users.
Lee Man Yee
Lee Margaret
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In the user directory, to move quickly to the first name that begins
with a particular letter, use the key pad. For example: press 3 twice to
move to the first name that begins with E; press 3 three times to move
to the first name that begins with F. Then scroll to the name you want.
More Ways to Dial
a Call
This section describes other standard dialing features. For information on
dialing from an analog telephone, see the NBX Feature Codes Guide in
the NBX NetSet utility.
An Internal Call To dial an internal call:
1 Pick up the handset or, on an NBX Business Telephone, press the Speaker
button. You hear the dial tone. For an internal call, if your telephone
defaults to an external line or if you inadvertently choose an external line,
select an internal line.
2 Use the display panel to find and dial the last name in the user directory,
find and dial one of the numbers in a speed dial directory, or dial the
person’s 3-digit or 4-digit extension.
Setting Your Call Coverage Point
3 When you are finished, hang up the handset, or if you are using the
Speaker, press the Speaker button again to end the call.
For details about placing calls to remote or branch offices, see “Dialing a
Call to a Remote Office” in Chapter 7.
An External Call To dial an external call:
1 Pick up the handset or, if you are using an NBX Business Telephone, press
the Speaker button. You hear the Dial Tone. If your telephone defaults to
an internal line, dial 9, 8 or whatever you need to access an external line.
If you are using an NBX Business Telephone and one of the buttons is
configured to access an external line directly, press the Access button.
2 Dial the number, OR use the display panel on an NBX Telephone to scroll
to a recent missed, answered, or dialed number, or a personal or
system-wide speed dial number. If you have programmed one of the
One-Touch buttons on the NBX Business Telephone, press that button.
3 When you finish speaking, hang up the handset, or if you are using the
Speaker, press the Speaker button to terminate the call.
Redialing a Call On an NBX Business Telephone:
Pick up the handset and press Redial to dial the most recent number
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that you called OR use the Call Logs to redial a recently missed,
answered, or dialed call.
On an NBX Basic Telephone:
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Pick up the handset on your telephone and then press the Feature
button + 401 to dial the most recent number that you dialed, OR use
the Call Logs on the display panel to redial a recently missed,
answered, or dialed call.
Setting Your Call
Coverage Point
Use this feature to specify:
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How many times you want your telephone to ring before the system
forwards unanswered calls
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Where you want your calls to go when you do not answer
To change the number of rings or the call coverage point:
1 Log in to NBX NetSet > User Information > Call Forward.
2 Select your choice for the Number of rings before forwarding a call.
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3 Select a call coverage point:
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If you select Forward Call to Phone Number, type that number in
the Phone Number field. Do not use parentheses, hyphens, or spaces.
For external calls, start by entering a 9 or 8 or whatever required to
access an outside line. Example: 912815551212 dials (281) 555-1212.
The number that you choose may be limited by your call permissions. To
view your permissions, see NBX NetSet > User Info > Call Permissions.
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If you select Disconnect (no coverage), the system disconnects an
incoming call if it is not answered after the specified number of rings.
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Calls that come in directly to your extension go to the call coverage
point that you specify in the NBX NetSet utility.
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Calls that come to your telephone through hunt groups and calling
groups follow the call coverage path that your administrator sets up
for the group. See “Hunt Groups and Calling Groups” in Chapter 7.
Putting a Call
on Hold
To put a call on hold for any reason, follow these steps.
On an NBX Business Telephone:
1 Press the Hold button.
2 To return to the call, press the appropriate Access button.
On an NBX Basic Telephone:
1 Press the Hold button.
2 To return to the call, press the Call Toggle button.
To Dial Another Call To place a call on hold to dial a new call:
On an NBX Business Telephone:
1 Press the Hold button.
2 Press one of the Access buttons that is currently not being used.
Typically, the bottom three Access buttons in the row on the right are
reserved for your extension. Your system administrator can verify the
number and location of Access buttons on your NBX Business Telephone.
3 When you hear dial tone, dial the second call.
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On an NBX Basic Telephone:
1 Press the Hold button.
2 To obtain dial tone to make the second call:
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If you DID NOT hang up the handset, press and release the hook
switch.
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If you DID hang up the handset, pick it up again.
3 When you hear dial tone, dial the second call.
To Put More Than To place more than one call on hold:
One Call on Hold
On an NBX Business Telephone:
1 To place the current call on hold, press the Hold button.
2 Make or receive a new call:
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To make a call, press one of the Access buttons that is currently not
being used and when you hear dial tone, dial the call.
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To receive a call, locate the flashing status light that indicates the
incoming call and press the associated Access button.
3 To place the new call on hold, press the Hold button.
4 To return to either call, press the appropriate Access button.
5 To place or receive another new call, repeat the previous steps.
The number of simultaneous calls that you can have on your NBX
Business Telephone is limited by the number of Access buttons defined
for your extension. The default is the three buttons at the bottom of the
row on the right side of your telephone. Your administrator can verify the
number and location on your telephone.
On an NBX Basic Telephone
1 Press the Hold button.
2 Make or receive a new call:
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To obtain dial tone and make a second call:
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If you DID NOT hang up the handset, press and release the hook
switch.
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If you DID hang up the handset, pick it up again.
When you hear dial tone, dial the second call.
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To answer a call:
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If you DID NOT hang up the handset, press the Call Toggle button.
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If you DID hang up the handset, pick it up again.
3 To place the second call on hold, press the Hold button.
On an NBX Basic Telephone, you can place at most two calls on hold.
On the NBX Basic Telephone, if you have placed two calls on hold, how
you return to the calls depends on whether you have hung up since you
put the second call on hold.
If you have placed two calls on hold:
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And you DID NOT hang up the handset, press Call Toggle to return to
the call that you most recently put on hold. Then press Call Toggle
again to put that call on hold and return to the second call.
■
And you DID hang up the handset, pick up the handset to return to
the call that you most recently put on hold. Then press Call Toggle to
put the call on hold and return to the second call.
Transferring a Call
When you answer an incoming telephone call, the Transfer feature allows
you to send that call from your telephone to any other internal line or, if
your call permissions allow, to an outside line. (To view your permissions,
log in to NBX NetSet > User Information > Call Permissions. The
administrator can change your call permissions.)
Announced Before you complete a transfer, you can announce to the recipient that
(Screened) Transfer you are transferring a call. The recipient can then decide whether to take
the call. To announce a transfer:
1 While on a call, press the Transfer button. The system places the caller
on hold and selects a new line.
2 Dial the extension number to which you want to transfer the call.
3 When the recipient answers, announce the call.
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If the recipient wants to take the call, press Transfer again to
complete the transfer, and hang up the handset.
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If you are on an NBX Business Telephone and the recipient does not
want to take the call, retrieve it by pressing the Access button on
which the call originated.
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If you are on an NBX Basic Telephone, and the recipient does not want
to take the call, press and release the hook switch to disconnect the
attempted transfer, and then retrieve the original call by pressing Call
Toggle.
Blind Transfer In a blind transfer, you transfer the call without notifying the recipient:
1 While on a call, press the Transfer button. The system places the caller
on hold and selects a new line.
2 Dial the number to which you want to transfer the call.
3 As soon as you hear a full ring, press the Transfer button and hang up.
(If you press the Transfer button too soon after you dial the number, the
transfer may not occur.)
Your administrator can disable announced Transfers for the entire NBX
system. When that setting is enabled, every time that you press the
Transfer button, the current call is transferred as soon as you dial the
extension — without waiting for you to announce the call.
Direct Mail Transfer
You can transfer a call directly into another user’s voice mailbox. The call
does not ring on that user’s telephone.
Calls transferred to a user’s mailbox by means of Direct Mail Transfer are
always directed into that user’s voice mailbox, even if the recipient has
specified a different call coverage point.
On an NBX Business Telephone:
1 While you are on a call, press the Access button assigned to Direct Mail
Transfer.
2 Dial the extension of the person to whose voice mailbox you want to
transfer the call.
3 Hang up the handset.
On an NBX Basic Telephone:
1 While you are on a call, press the Feature button and 441.
2 Dial the voice mail extension of the person to whose voice mailbox you
want to transfer the call.
3 Hang up the handset.
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Establishing a
Conference Call
You can establish a Conference Call with up to four parties, including
yourself. You must be using a telephone on the NBX system. The other
three parties can be any combination of internal and external calls.
From an NBX Telephone, follow these steps:
On the NBX Basic Telephone, you must use the Feature code instructions
in parentheses. For the NBX Business Telephone, use the Conference
button OR the Feature Code instructions.
1 Dial a call, or receive a call from someone else. Two parties are now on
the call.
2 While on the call, press the Conference button (or press Feature + 430).
The system selects a new line and places the first party on hold.
3 Dial a call to an internal or external third party.
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For an announced conference, wait for the third party to answer the
call, and then press the Conference button (or Feature + 430) again.
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Until you press the Conference button (or Feature + 430) the
second time, the second party remains on hold, and you may
converse with the third party privately.
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For a blind conference, press the Conference button (or Feature +
430) immediately after you dial the number. You return to the
conference, and you and the second party hear the called party’s
telephone ringing.
If the third party answers, three parties are now in the conference call.
If the third party is internal and does not answer, the attempt to
conference is cancelled. You cannot establish a conference call with an
NBX user’s voice mailbox.
4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 to conference in a fourth party.
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On the NBX Business Telephone, to use your speaker phone during
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On the NBX Business Telephone, to turn off the microphone, press the
Mute button. The other parties cannot hear you, but you can hear
them.
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For details about the Speaker and Mute features, see “Business
Telephone Buttons and Controls” in Chapter 2.
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To place your part of a conference call on hold, press the Hold button.
The other parties can talk among themselves, but they cannot hear
you. Music on hold does not play when a conference call is on hold.
To transfer a conference call to another telephone, press the Transfer
button. Dial the number to which you want to transfer the call,
announce to the recipient (optionally) that you are transferring a
conference call, and then press the Transfer button again. All of the
conferenced parties are transferred except yourself.
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Your ability to drop the last person that you added to the conference
is transferred to the person who accepts the transfer.
Disconnecting the Use the Conference Drop feature to disconnect the last person that you
Last Person add to a conference call. This feature is helpful if, when you add a party,
That You Called your call is answered by someone else.
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Only the person who added the last caller to the conference call can
drop that caller.
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Your administrator can configure any Access button on an NBX
Business Telephone or the Attendant Console to be a Conference
Drop button.
On an NBX Basic Telephone, or on an NBX Business Telephone that does
not have a button programmed for Conference Drop:
1 Press the Feature button and 431.
2 The system returns you to the others who are in the conference call.
Setting the Volume
lower the volume.
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or down Volume Control buttons repeatedly while your telephone
is ringing, until the volume is at the level that you prefer. Ringer
volume is different from ringer tone. See “Ringer Tones” in Chapter 6.
You can listen to and change the sound of the ringing on your telephone
in NBX NetSet > Ringer Tones. See Chapter 1 for how to use the NBX
NetSet utility.
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Handset Volume — To raise or lower the volume of the dial tone or
of the sound that you hear on the handset, pick up the handset and
then press the up or down Volume Control buttons repeatedly until
the volume is at the level that you prefer. You can change the volume
during a conversation or by listening to the dial tone.
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Speaker Volume (NBX Business Telephones only) — To raise or
lower the volume of the speaker when you are using the speaker
phone, press the Speaker button and then press the up or down
Volume Control button repeatedly until the volume is at the level you
prefer. You can change the volume during a conversation or by
pressing Speaker and listening to the dial tone.
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Speed Dials
Off-Site Notification
Do Not Disturb
Preventing Unauthorized Use of Your Telephone
Class of Service Override
Palm Integration
Using a Headset
For help on accessing NBX features from an analog telephone, see the
NBX Feature Codes Guide below any screen in the NBX NetSet utility. For
how to set up your NBX NetSet password for the first time, see
Chapter 1.
If your system uses a third-party messaging application, use the
documentation for your messaging application instead of these
instructions.
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Guidelines About
Features on NBX
Telephones
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If your telephone does not have a button programmed for Feature,
ask your administrator to program one.
Your administrator determines whether some of the features that are
described in this chapter are available for your telephone or for the
entire system, so some of these features may not be available to you.
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The settings on your telephone, including your extension, personal
settings, and system settings, remain the same even when you move
your telephone from one Ethernet jack to another, as long as both
Ethernet connections are part of the same LAN.
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Because your extension and personal settings are associated with your
telephone, you cannot switch your telephone with another user’s
telephone without first having your administrator reassociate your
profile with the other telephone.
Ringer Tones
To help you to distinguish your telephone’s ring from the sound of other
phones, use the NBX NetSet utility to select one of nine ringing tones.
To change the ringer tone:
1 Verify that your computer has a sound card and speaker.
2 Log in to NBX NetSet > Ringer Tones.
3 Click each of the nine Sample Ringer Tone buttons to hear the choices.
4 From the Ringer Tone Setting pull-down list, select the number of the
tone that you want.
5 Click Apply.
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Speed Dials
This section describes the types of speed dials — personal speed dials and
system-wide speed dials, plus the special case for NBX Business
Telephones, called One-Touch speed dials. It also describes how you can
print a list of speed dials and a set of labels for your telephone, showing
which of your buttons are mapped to features and speed dial numbers.
Personal Speed Dials You can create a list of up to 99 personal speed dial ID numbers (600
through 699) for any telephone on the NBX system. These speed dials are
available only from the telephone for which they were created.
You create, view, and print your personal speed dial list using the NBX
NetSet utility. You can view and dial a personal speed dial number using
the telephone display panel of any NBX Telephone.
The first personal speed dial numbers appear on whichever of the Access
buttons at the right of your NBX Business Telephone that:
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Are not used for your extension (normally the bottom 3 buttons)
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The administrator has not mapped to features. See “Special Case:
One-Touch Speed Dials” later in this chapter.
To assign or change a personal speed dial number:
1 Go to NBX NetSet > Speed Dials > Personal.
2 In the Personal Speed Dials box, select an unassigned speed dial ID
number, or select the speed dial ID number for which you want to change
the speed dial number.
3 In the Destination Number text box, type the telephone number that
you want the system to dial when you use that ID number.
Include all of the prefix numbers that you would normally dial, such as a 9
or 8 or 1 to access an outside line, and, if necessary, the country code or
area code. Do not use spaces, hyphens, commas, or other nonnumeric
characters.
4 In the Description text box, type a brief description, usually a name, that
corresponds to the number.
5 After you have made all of your changes to the personal speed dials, click
Apply, and then click OK.
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To use a personal speed dial:
1 Pick up the handset or, if you are using an NBX Business telephone, you
can press the Speaker button.
2 Press the Feature button plus the 3-digit personal speed dial code for the
number you want to call, or scroll to Personal Speed Dials on the display
panel, press Slct, scroll to the number that you want to dial, and press
Slct again.
If you dial a speed dial code that has no number assigned to it, the display
panel shows the message “No number stored.”
System-wide The administrator can set up to 100 system-wide speed dials (using 700
NetSet utility, or you can view and dial from it using the telephone display
panel.
You can ask the administrator to map a system-wide speed dial number
to one of the Access buttons on your telephone. See “Special Case:
One-Touch Speed Dials” next.
To use a system-wide speed dial:
1 Pick up the handset or, if you are using an NBX Business Telephone, you
can press the Speaker button.
2 Press the Feature button plus the 3-digit system-wide speed dial code for
the number that you want to call, or scroll to System Speed Dials on the
display panel, press Slct, scroll to the number that you want to dial, and
press Slct again.
If you dial a speed dial code that has no number assigned to it, the display
panel on your telephone shows the message “No number stored.”
Special Case: (NBX Business Telephones only) In most circumstances, your
One-Touch administrator designates the bottom 3 of the 12 Access buttons at the
Speed Dials right of your NBX Business Telephone (item 7 in Figure 2 in Chapter 2) as
extension lines to manage incoming and outgoing telephone calls. Any of
feature or system-wide speed dial is available for a One-Touch speed dial.
Use either the One-Touch or the Personal speed dial screen to assign or
change the One-Touch speed dial numbers on your telephone. If you
make a change in one screen, it appears in the other screen. See
“Personal Speed Dials” or follow these steps for the One-Touch screen.
To add or change a One-Touch speed dial on an available Access button:
1 Log in to NBX NetSet > Speed Dials > One Touch.
2 Any box that has an asterisk in the right margin is available for a personal
or system-wide speed dial. In any of the asterisked text boxes under
Number, type the telephone number to which you want to assign a
speed dial button. Or change the telephone number in a box that already
has a speed dial number.
Include all of the prefix numbers that you would normally dial, such as a 9
or 8 or 1 to access an outside line, and, if necessary, the country code or
area code. Do not use spaces, hyphens, commas, or other nonnumeric
characters.
3 In the text box under Description, type a brief comment, usually a name,
4 After you have made all of your changes to the One-Touch speed dials,
click Apply, and then click OK.
If you make a change in this screen, the change also appears in the
Personal Speed Dials screen. See “Personal Speed Dials” earlier in this
chapter.
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Printing You may find it useful to have a paper list of personal or system speed
Speed Dial Lists dials. To print a list of speed dials:
1 Log in to NBX NetSet > Speed Dials > Personal or System-wide.
2 Click
3 A list appears with all of the personal or system-wide speed dial numbers
that are allocated to your telephone.
4 Click
to print the list.
Printing Labels for You can print labels for your telephone using the LabelMaker forms in the
NBX Telephones NBX NetSet utility or on the NBX Resource Pack CD. You need Adobe
Acrobat Reader 4.0 or higher to open and add text to the LabelMakers.
You can download Acrobat Reader 5.0 from the NBX NetSet utility, from
To use the LabelMakers:
1 Log in to NBX NetSet > Speed Dials > Telephone Labels. The label
form for your type of telephone appears.
2 To edit the label form, click in the field where you want to add a feature,
name, or number, and then type in the field.
3 Press Tab to move to the next text field in the label.
4 When you are finished, click anywhere outside of the labels to ensure
that all edits take effect.
5 Select Print. In your print dialog box, clear the checkbox for Shrink to Fit
or Fit to Page or any similar choice so that the label size does not change
when you print.
6 Print and cut out the labels, and then place them in the label holders on
your telephone.
The free Adobe Acrobat Reader allows you to print files but not to save
changes. To save the information that you enter, you must purchase the
full Adobe Acrobat application.
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Off-Site
Notification
When you enable off-site notification, the NBX Messaging system notifies
you that you have received voice mail. You can then retrieve your
messages. Off-site notification consists of one cycle of up to five attempts
to reach you, one attempt for each Attempt row that you configure in the
Off-Site Notification screen.
To configure off-site notification for your voice mailbox:
1 In NBX NetSet > NBX Messaging > Off-Site Notification, look for the
System and Group columns in the upper right corner. If the columns
show “Yes,” your system administrator has enabled off-site notification
for the NBX system and for the Class of Service group to which your
telephone belongs. If “No,” ask to have these features enabled.
2 Check Enabled, or, if you want to be notified only about urgent voice
mail messages, check Urgent Messages Only.
3 In the first Attempt row, in the Method drop-down list, select Pager,
VoiceMail, or EMail
The cycle of notice behaviors differs depending on the method that you
specify for the first attempt. See the tables at the end of this topic.
4 In the Number/Address field:
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Enter a pager number. Do not use parentheses, hyphens, or spaces.
Ask your administrator if you need to include the area code and
any other digits that your system needs to dial an outside number
(such as 9, 8, 1, or 0). After you receive the pager message, you
call in to your voice mailbox to listen to your messages.
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In the Numeric Page field, indicate what you want the pager to
display. Enter a series of digits, such as your telephone extension
number.
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If you selected VoiceMail for Method in step 3:
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Enter the telephone number at which you want to be notified. Do
not use parentheses, hyphens, or spaces. Ask your administrator if
you need to include the area code and all other digits that your
system needs to dial an outside number (such as 9, 8, 1, or 0).
When you choose to be notified by voice mail, the NBX system calls
the number that you enter in this field. When you answer the call,
the system announces the new voice message and allows you to
follow the prompts (or log in to the NBX NetSet utility) to access
your voice mailbox and listen to and delete any of your messages.
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If you selected EMail for Method in step 2:
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Enter the e-mail address at which you want to be notified. You can
use different e-mail addresses for different Attempts.
You can listen to the messages using your PC sound card.
If you delete the e-mail notice with its attached WAV file after you listen
to the message, you delete only the copy. The original voice mail message
remains in your NBX voice mailbox. You must log in to the NBX voice mail
system by telephone or through the NBX NetSet utility to delete your
messages.
5 From the Interval drop-down list box, select the number of minutes that
you want the system to wait after each attempt before it moves to the
next attempt.
The “best” time interval depends on the Attempt method that you
choose. For instance, allow sufficient time after a Pager notification for
the usual delay at your pager supplier.
6 Click Apply.
7 Repeat steps 2 through 6 to set up additional attempts if you want.
The cycle of notice behaviors differs depending on the method that you
select for the first attempt. See the tables at the end of this topic.
8 You do not need to configure every Attempt row. When you have
configured all of the Attempt rows that you want, click OK. The NBX
Messaging tab appears.
9 Test your off-site notification settings by leaving yourself a voice mail
message.
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You can use the same notification method for all five attempts, or any
combination of methods.
message, the NBX system does not send you an e-mail notification.
When you activate the Telephone Locking feature on your
telephone, the NBX system sends you off-site notification messages
only if the notification number (for example, your pager number) is a
toll-free telephone number. See “Telephone Locking” later in this
chapter.
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Notice Behaviors
These tables explain how the cycle of notice behaviors depends on the
method that you select for the first attempt. See the definitions as well
as “Resetting the Off-Site Notification Cycle”on the next page.
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If you specify EMail for the first attempt:
Attempt
Method
EMail
Notice Behavior
1
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You receive an e-mail notice for each voice
message.
Each e-mail notice contains information about
the voice message (like time of receipt and the
number that called) and the voice message
attached as a WAV file.
and then you configure:
2 through 5 as
EMail
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You receive an additional e-mail notice for each
voice message.
The second e-mail notice contains no
information about the voice message (like time
of receipt and the number that called) and no
WAV file attachment.
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2 through 5 as
Pager
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You receive a pager call for each voice
message.
VoiceMail
You receive a telephone call for each voice
message. Follow the prompts to log in and
listen to messages, or log in to the NBX NetSet
utility.
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If you specify Pager or VoiceMail for the first attempt:
Attempt
Method
Effect
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Pager or
Voice Mail
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You receive a telephone call or pager call for
only the first new voice message.
and then you configure:
2 through 5 as
EMail
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You receive an e-mail notice for only the first
new voice mail message. The e-mail notice
contains no information about the voice
message (like time of receipt and number that
called) and no WAV file attachment.
2 through 5 as
2 through 5 as
Pager
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You receive a pager call for only the first new
voice message.
Voice Mail
You receive a telephone call for only the first
new voice message.
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Resetting the Off-Site Notification Cycle
When you log in to your voice mailbox and hang up or log off (regardless
of whether you listen to or delete messages), you start the off-site
notification cycle again. You will be notified about the next message that
comes into your voice mailbox.
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Cycle — One round of Attempt methods 1 through 5.
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First new voice mail message — The first voice mail message that
arrived at your mailbox since the last time that you logged in to your
voice mailbox through a telephone OR through the NBX NetSet utility
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Reset — The result of logging in to the NBX NetSet utility as a user.
Do Not Disturb
When the Do Not Disturb feature is enabled, calls coming in to your
telephone immediately go to the call coverage point that you set in the
NBX NetSet utility. See “Setting Your Call Coverage Point” in Chapter 5.
When your telephone is in Do Not Disturb mode:
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Your telephone does not ring when it receives an incoming call.
If you use a Business Telephone or an Attendant Console, the associated
status light does flash when a call arrives.
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You can use the telephone to dial outgoing calls.
You can use the telephone to dial internal and external pages.
An NBX Business Telephone does not broadcast incoming paging
messages over the speaker.
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If your telephone is part of a call pickup group, no other telephone in
the pickup group can retrieve a call that comes directly in to your
telephone. The incoming call goes immediately to the call coverage
point (voice mail, auto attendant, or other extension).
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If your telephone is part of a hunt group, incoming calls to the hunt
group ring on your telephone. Calls coming in directly to your
telephone (not directed to the hunt group) do not ring on your
telephone. To prevent every call from ringing, you must enable Do Not
Disturb and also log out of the hunt group.
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To enable and disable Do Not Disturb using the feature code:
1 Pick up the handset and press Feature + 446.
2 Hang up. Your telephone is now in Do Not Disturb mode. The display
panel on an NBX Telephone shows DO NOT DISTURB.
3 To disable Do Not Disturb mode, repeat steps 1 and 2. The DO NOT
DISTURB message disappears from the display panel.
To view your current Do Not Disturb setting if you do not have an NBX
Telephone or if you are away from your desk, log in to NBX NetSet >
User Information > Feature Settings.
Preventing
Unauthorized Use
of Your Telephone
You can prevent others from dialing long-distance or other unauthorized
calls from your telephone temporarily with the Telephone Locking
feature, or permanently by having your administrator adjust the call
permissions schedule for your extension.
Telephone Locking To enable and disable the Locking feature using the feature code:
1 Pick up the handset and press the Feature button + 432. The display
panel on an NBX telephone prompts you to enter your password.
2 Enter your password + # and hang up. Your telephone is now locked.
The display panel shows the Lock icon and displays only the directory and
system-wide speed dials.
3 To turn off this feature, repeat steps 1 and 2. The Lock icon disappears,
and your call logs and personal speed dials are again available.
When Telephone Locking is activated, a person using your telephone can
dial only toll-free calls, calls to emergency services (such as 911 in the
United States), or calls to telephone numbers that have been
programmed in your system as “internal” calls.
Even when Telephone Locking is active on your telephone, your off-site
notification choices remain in effect. Your incoming calls are routed to
the outside telephone numbers or paging numbers that you have
specified in NBX NetSet > NBX Messaging > Off-Site Notification,
even if these numbers are not toll-free.
To view your current Telephone Lock setting if you do not have an NBX
Telephone or if you are away from your desk, log in to NBX NetSet >
User Information > Feature Settings.
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Call Permissions Your administrator establishes Call Permissions to control the types of
calls that can be dialed from your telephone. The administrator can
configure these permissions to change depending on the time of day. For
example, your administrator can prevent long-distance calls from being
dialed from your telephone outside of business hours.
To view your current call permissions, log in to NBX NetSet > User
Information > Call Permissions.
Class of Service
Override
The Class of Service Override feature allows you to apply the features of
your own NBX telephone temporarily to another NBX telephone on the
same local network.
Example:
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The telephone in a conference room can be configured so that
long-distance telephone calls cannot be dialed from it. You may,
however, need to place a long-distance call during a meeting. Using
the Class of Service Override feature, you can apply the features of
your own telephone to the conference room telephone for one call
only and dial the call (assuming that your Call Permissions allow you
to make long-distance calls from your own telephone).
To activate the one-call-only Class of Service Override from any NBX
telephone:
1 Pick up the handset.
2 Press the Feature button and 433.
3 Dial your telephone extension.
4 Dial your voice mailbox password and press #.
5 When you hear the dial tone, you can dial the call in the same way that
you do from your own NBX telephone.
When you use Class of Service (CoS) Override, any reports that are
generated on the NBX system indicate that the CoS features of your own
NBX telephone were applied temporarily to the telephone on which you
made the call.
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Palm Integration
(NBX 2102-IR Telephone only) — The infrared port on the front edge
of the NBX Model 2102-IR Business Telephone receives infrared signals
from a hand-held device running the Palm operating system. You can use
your hand-held device to call numbers in its directory and to perform
standard NBX Business Telephone operations, such as Forward, Redial,
and Transfer.
Install the Palm Dialer software (available on the NBX Resource Pack CD)
on your hand-held device. See your administrator for details.
Using a Headset
You can use a headset that has a microphone with any NBX telephones.
These instructions are for a typical headset and amplifier. You may need
to modify some of these instructions for some types of headset or
amplifier equipment.
To use a headset for all calls:
1 Insert the cord for the headset amplifier into the handset cord's
receptacle on the underside of the telephone.
2 Insert the cord for the headset into the headset amplifier and put on the
headset.
3 Pick up the phone’s handset off the phone and lay it down on your desk.
To use either the handset or the headset for each call:
1 Insert the cord for the headset amplifier into the handset cord receptacle
on the underside of the telephone.
2 Insert both the headset cord and the handset cord into the headset
amplifier.
3 For headset calls: Lift the handset off the telephone and leave it off. Use
the headset microphone and earphones.
4 For handset calls: Press the button on the headset amplifier that turns the
headset off, pick up the handset, and speak into it.
When you use a headset, either the headset or the amplifier is plugged
into the handset cord’s receptacle on the underside of the telephone.
Although the handset may be plugged into the amplifier, you must
remove the handset from the cradle to use the headset.
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Ending Calls When To end calls when using a headset with:
Using a Headset
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An NBX Business Telephone, press the Release button.
An NBX Basic Telephone, press the Feature button and 111.
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Returning to the Certain brands of headsets have a power-saving mode that prevents the
Headset After a telephone from ringing for one or more calls when both of these
Long Delay circumstances are true:
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The headset amplifier buttons for Mute and On are both set to On.
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The handset is off the phone for a long time (for instance, overnight).
It may take a few minutes for your headset to return from the
power-saving mode to the active mode when calls first come in, so your
telephone may not ring until the headset has returned to active mode,
and you may miss a call.
If you plan to not use the headset for a long time (for instance,
overnight), 3Com recommends that you set the mute and headset
buttons on the amplifier to Off and hang up the handset on your
telephone. When you are ready to receive calls again, set up the headset
for receiving calls:
1 Pick up the handset on your telephone and lay it down on your desk.
2 Put on the headset. On the amplifier, set headset button to On.
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Caller ID
Call Pickup
Call Park
Paging
Dialing a Call to a Remote Office
Bridged Extensions
Delayed Ringing
Pulse Dialing
Additional Applications
Several of the features described in this chapter include having a
telephone line appear on more than one NBX® Business Telephone. For
any of these features, if one person is using a telephone line, no one else
can listen in on that same line from a different telephone.
If your system uses a third-party messaging application, use the
documentation for your messaging application instead of the instructions
in this chapter.
For help on accessing NBX features from an analog telephone, see the
NBX Feature Codes Guide in the NBX NetSet™ utility. For how to set up
your NBX NetSet password the first time, see Chapter 1.
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Listening to Your
Messages in Your
E-mail or Browser
You can listen to your voice mail from any computer that allows you to
access your e-mail. Your e-mail software application must be IMAP-4
compliant, for instance, Microsoft Outlook.
If you configure your first off-site notification method to send you an
e-mail message when you have voice messages, the NBX system sends
each voice mail message as an attachment to an e-mail message. Voice
mail messages are attached as sound files, so your computer must have a
sound card and either speakers or headphones.
When you delete the e-mail message that has the voice message
attached, you are not deleting the voice message on the NBX system.
To delete voice messages, you must access your voice mailbox.
See your administrator for assistance with this feature. See also “Off-Site
Notification” in Chapter 6 for details of off-site notification behavior.
Account (Billing)
Codes
The Account Codes feature allows your administrator to track calls that
are associated with an individual client or account. When you answer
your telephone or when you dial a call, you dial a numeric account code
that allows the NBX system to track time spent on the telephone with a
client, perhaps to be associated with a billable account.
To activate the Account Codes feature at any time before or during a call:
1 Press the Feature button and 888.
2 Dial the account code assigned by your administrator, and press the # key.
Caller ID
Your administrator can set up your NBX system to allow for Internal and
External Caller ID and can configure the system so that you can block
your identity (telephone number) from the person whom you are calling.
Internal and External By default, the NBX system shows the extension and name of an internal
Caller ID caller on the display panel of your NBX telephone. External Caller ID gives
the number and name for external incoming calls if your organization
subscribes to the service from your local telephone company unless the
caller has blocked the information from being sent to the NBX system.
Availability and service charges for External Caller ID vary by location.
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Calling Line Identity On NBX systems that are configured using T1 lines configured as D1, you
Restriction (CLIR) may need to or choose to prevent the NBX system from transmitting your
Caller ID information to outside parties when you dial a call. This feature
is called Calling Line Identity Restriction, or CLIR. You can restrict calls:
■
For all external (outbound) calls that you dial, or
■
For only the next external (outbound) call that you dial.
Your administrator can configure your system so that CLIR is always
active, in which case you cannot change the CLIR settings on your
telephone to override this option.
CLIR for All External Calls
To enable CLIR-All for all calls from your telephone:
1 Pick up the handset, and press the Feature button and 889. The display
panel on an NBX Telephone shows CLIR-ALL OFF.
2 Dial the number that you want to call.
The NBX system does not send caller ID information on this call or any
future calls until you disable this feature.
To disable CLIR-All:
1 Pick up the handset.
2 Press the Feature button and 889 again. CLIR-ALL ON appears briefly in
the display panel, and then disappears when you hang up the handset.
To view your current CLIR-All setting, log in to NBX NetSet >
User Information > Feature Settings.
CLIR for Next External Call Only
To enable CLIR for the next call from your telephone:
1 Pick up the handset.
2 Press the Feature button and 890. The telephone display panel shows
CLIR-NEXT On.
3 Dial the number that you want to call.
4 When you disconnect the call (or hang up the handset without making a
call), the CLIR feature is no longer in effect. CLIR-NEXT On disappears
from the display panel.
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Call Pickup
Use the Call Pickup feature to answer a call that is ringing on another
telephone. This feature is best arranged in advance when you and
another user know that it would be convenient or necessary to answer
calls ringing on that user’s telephone. You can answer a call that is ringing
on another telephone only if you and that user both are members of the
same Call Pickup group or if that user is a member of a Call Pickup group
that allows “nonmember pickup.”
To view the list of Call Pickup groups of which you are a member:
1 Log in to NBX NetSet > User Information > Call Pickup.
2 Select the group number that you want to view from the Group List, and
click Details to display the list of members of that group.
There are two types of Call Pickup, explained next.
Directed Call Pickup To answer a call that is ringing on another user’s telephone
using the feature code:
1 Pick up the handset.
2 Press the Feature button followed by 455 and the user’s extension. The
call is directed to your telephone.
To answer a call ringing on another user’s telephone
using One-Touch Pickup:
1 Pick up the handset and press the Access button that your administrator
has assigned to Directed Pickup.
2 Dial the extension number of the telephone that is ringing.
Group Call Pickup To answer a call that is ringing on a group member’s telephone
using the feature code:
1 Pick up the handset.
2 Press the Feature button followed by 456 and the group number. The
call is directed to your telephone.
To answer a call that is ringing on a group member’s telephone
using One-Touch Pickup:
1 Pick up the handset and press the Access button that your administrator
has assigned to Call Pickup.
2 Dial the group number.
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Hunt Groups and
Calling Groups
Your administrator can establish informal “call centers” so that incoming
calls can be directed to several telephones. Calls that come in to your
telephone through your extension go to the call coverage point that you
have set up. Calls that come in to your telephone through hunt groups
and calling groups follow the call coverage path set up by the
administrator for that group.
Hunt Groups Incoming calls ring to one member of the hunt group. If that member’s
system “hunts” for another member of the group until the call is
answered or is forwarded to the group call coverage point. For example,
if there are no available members of the hunt group, the call might be
forwarded to a group mailbox or to the receptionist.
Figure 4 shows an example of a hunt group configuration.
Figure 4 Sample Hunt Group Configuration
2
1
3
5
4
1
2
3
4
5
Incoming Telephone Call
Telephone #1
Telephone #2
Telephone #3
Group Voice Mailbox
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Hunt groups can be static or dynamic:
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If you are in a static hunt group, you are always part of that group
along with the other group members.
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If you are in a dynamic hunt group, you must log in to the group to be
part of it.
To log in to a dynamic hunt group using your NBX Telephone:
1 Pick up the handset.
2 Press the Feature button followed by the hunt group number that is
assigned by your administrator. The ranges of possible hunt group
numbers are shown in Table 11.
3 Dial the hunt group password, which is assigned by your administrator.
4 Press #.
To log out of a dynamic hunt group using your NBX Telephone:
1 Pick up the handset.
2 Press the Feature button followed by the hunt group number.
3 Hang up the telephone.
Table 11 Hunt Group Numbers (Assigned by the Administrator)
On an NBX 100 system
On a SuperStack 3 NBX system
850 – 879
850 – 879 and 900 – 969
Your administrator can configure a hunt group to an Access button on an
NBX Business Telephone. To log in to or to log out of the hunt group,
press the specified Access button. The indicator next to the button lights
to show that you are logged in. On the NBX Basic Telephone, the display
panel shows the message IN.
To log in to a dynamic hunt group using the NBX NetSet utility:
1 Log in to NBX NetSet > User Information > Hunt Groups and select
the number of the hunt group that you want to log in to.
2 Click Log In, and then click Close.
If you log in to a dynamic hunt group and do not answer a call when it
rings on your telephone, the system logs you out of the group.
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To log out of a dynamic hunt group using the NBX NetSet utility, log in to
NBX NetSet > User Information > Hunt Groups. Select the number of
the hunt group that you want to log out of. In the Password text box,
type the hunt group password. Click Log Out, and then click Close.
To log in to all hunt groups of which you are a member, log in to NBX
NetSet > User Information > Hunt Groups and click Login all.
To log out of all hunt groups of which you are a member, log in to NBX
NetSet > User Information > Hunt Groups and click Logout all.
button.
Calling Groups One type of hunt group is the Calling Group. Calling groups allow an
incoming call to ring simultaneously on all telephones in a group, for
example, a customer service group. To log in to or out of a calling group
follow the steps in “Hunt Groups and Calling Groups” earlier in this
chapter. Figure 5 shows an example of a calling group configuration.
Figure 5 Sample Calling Group Configuration
2
5
1
3
6
4
1 Incoming Telephone Call
2 Telephone #1
3 Telephone #2
4 Telephone #3
5 After a specified number of rings (no answer)
6 Receptionist
Group Membership To view the list of users that belong to a group:
1 In NBX NetSet > User Information > Hunt Group, select a group.
2 Click Details.
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Call Park
Use Call Park to place a call in a “holding pattern” and make it available
for another person to pick up from any telephone on the system. Use the
internal paging feature, the external paging feature, or both, to
announce the call. The recipient can retrieve the call from any NBX
Telephone by dialing the Call Park extension that you give during your
announcement.
The Call Park feature is useful when:
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The recipient is elsewhere in the building
■
You want to continue a call on another telephone (for instance, in a
conference room for privacy), and transferring the call does not give
you enough time to retrieve it.
When you park a call, you assign it a Call Park extension, which anyone
can use to retrieve it. Table 12 lists the factory default Call Park extension
numbers. Ask your administrator to verify your Call Park extensions.
Table 12 Factory Default Call Park Extension Numbers
System
Default Extension Numbers
6000 – 6099
SuperStack 3 NBX
NBX 100
601 – 609
If the call is not answered within 5 minutes after it is parked, it rings again
at the original telephone. Your administrator can modify the length of
this waiting period.
To park a call:
1 While you are on a call, press the Feature button and 444, or press the
Access button assigned to Call Park.
2 Use the telephone key pad to dial a Call Park extension from the list
shown in Table 12 or the list of extensions at your location.
If you select a Call Park extension that is already in use, the display panel
another Call Park extension.
3 To notify another user about the parked call:
a From an NBX Business Telephone, select an Access button that is
assigned for placing telephone calls, and dial the user’s extension, or
use the paging feature. See “Paging” next for details.
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b From an NBX Basic Telephone, press the hook switch. When you hear
the dial tone, dial the user’s extension, or use the paging feature. See
“Paging” next for details.
To retrieve a parked call:
1 Pick up the handset of any telephone on the system.
2 Dial the Call Park extension that was assigned to the call.
Paging
Depending on your location and equipment, you can broadcast a
message in one of three ways, as described in Table 13.
1 Pick up the handset.
2 Dial the paging extension as shown in Table 13).
3 Speak into the NBX Telephone handset and then hang up.
Do not press the Feature button before you dial the Paging extension.
Table 13 Paging Extension
NBX 100
SuperStack 3 NBX
Feature
(default extension) (default extensions)
External Paging
620
6200
Broadcast an announcement over a public address
system that has a paging amplifier and speaker
system that is connected to your NBX system
Internal Paging
621
622
6201
6202
Broadcast an announcement through the speakers
on all NBX® Telephones on your system
Simultaneous Paging
Broadcast an announcement externally and
internally at the same time
Dialing a Call to a
Remote Office
You can dial calls between sites that are separated geographically but
that are linked by a Wide Area Network (WAN) connection. Typical
configurations are described in the next sections.
Using Unique In the sample network shown in Figure 6, each site must have unique
Extensions telephone extensions. Whenever you make a call to an extension not
located at your own site, your NBX system sets up a connection to the
appropriate site.
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In this example, to call a user in Dallas, a user in Chicago dials a Dallas
extension (3000 through 3999). The dial plan on the Chicago NBX system
sets up the necessary connection to the Dallas NBX system and then to
the extension at that site.
Figure 6 Using Unique Extensions to Dial Remote Offices
WAN
Chicago
Atlanta
NBX System
Extensions
1000–1999
NBX System
Extensions
2000–2999
Dallas
NBX System
Extensions
3000–3999
Using Site Codes Your administrator also can configure your telephone system to use site
codes for dialing remote offices. Each site may have overlapping
telephone extensions. In this example, you dial a site code first, followed
by the extension at the site. Your administrator chooses the site codes.
For example, as shown in Figure 7, to call someone in Atlanta, a user in
Chicago dials the site code 62 and then the extension (1000 through
3999). To reach a user in Dallas, a user in Chicago dials 63 and then the
extension (1000 through 3999). The site code prevents conflicts between
the remote extension and a duplicated extension at the local site.
Figure 7 Using Site Codes to Dial Remote Offices
WAN
Chicago
Atlanta
NBX System
Extensions
1000–3999
Site Code 61
NBX System
Extensions
1000–3999
Site Code 62
Dallas
NBX System
Extensions
1000–3999
Site Code 63
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Bridged Extensions
With a bridged extension, buttons and status lights on one telephone
(the primary telephone) are associated with buttons and status lights on
another telephone (the secondary telephone).
On the primary telephone, you can perform all operations (such as dialing
telephone calls, placing calls on hold, forwarding calls, and so on).
On the secondary telephone, you can answer calls made to the primary
telephone’s extension but you cannot make calls using the buttons that
are associated with the primary telephone.
The administrator can create bridged extensions on:
■
An NBX Business Telephone with or without the Attendant Console
■
An NBX Basic Telephone if an Attendant Console is associated with it.
The bridged extension is created on the associated Attendant
Console.
Example:
An assistant’s job is to answer a manager’s telephone calls. The
administrator can map the manager’s extension on the assistant’s
telephone. The manager’s telephone is the primary telephone, and the
assistant’s telephone is the secondary telephone.
The administrator can map a primary telephone’s extension to one or
more secondary telephones.
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Delayed Ringing
(NBX Business Telephone only) The Delayed Ringing feature keeps
your NBX Business Telephone from audibly ringing until the caller has
heard a specified number of rings (typically, 4). During the first “silent”
rings, the line's status light flashes. This feature works on a single NBX
Business Telephone or on “shared” lines, as explained in the examples.
Your administrator specifies the number of silent rings in the NBX NetSet
utility. The choices are Yes (rings always; default), No (never rings), or
1 through 9 (that is, ringing is delayed for from 1 to 9 rings).
Examples:
■
In a hospital setting where it is important to keep the area as quiet as
from the flashing status light that a call is coming in and pick up the
call before it disturbs the patients.
■
A manager and assistant have a shared line by means of a bridged
station appearance on NBX Business Telephones. (See “Bridged
Extensions” earlier in this chapter.) The administrator can specify
Delayed Ringing for the manager's line that is bridged, that is, on the
primary telephone. When a call comes in, the manager's status light
flashes but the telephone does not ring. The call also comes in on the
assistant's telephone (the secondary telephone), where it audibly
rings. Because of the flashing status light, the manager knows that a
call is coming in and can pick up the call if the assistant is busy or
away from the telephone. After the specified number of “delayed”
rings, the manager's telephone also begins to ring.
■
In a small business, a single incoming analog line is shared by (mapped
to) all three telephones in the store. The administrator can set the line
on the manager's telephone to Delayed Ringing and “No.” This
setting means that the manager's telephone never rings audibly,
although the status light flashes. Incoming calls always ring audibly on
the other two telephones.
To prevent a call from going to your call coverage point before it rings
audibly on the line that has Delayed Ringing set, ask your administrator to
set the number of rings for Delayed Ringing to be lower than the number
that you have set in the NBX NetSet utility for Call Forwarding.
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Pulse Dialing
In some locations, analog telephone users must dial telephone calls using
pulse dialing instead of tone dialing (also called Dual Tone Multi
Frequency, or DTMF, dialing).
Your administrator configures Analog Line Card ports for pulse dialing.
Examples:
■
Some of your telephone lines are provided by a telephone company
that supports only pulse dialing while other lines are provided by a
different telephone company that support DTMF dialing.
■
■
Your organization’s telephone service provider offers low-cost,
pulse-dialing-only service.
In some situations, you must switch to DTMF dialing during a call. For
example, if your call is answered by an automated attendant that
requires that you enter information from your telephone keypad, you
must typically enter the information using DTMF dialing.
Using a Feature Code To change from pulse dialing to DTMF during a call:
1 Press the Feature button and 891.
2 Your connection is switched from pulse to tone (DTMF) for the remainder
of the call. When you hang up, the port you were using on the Analog
Line Card reverts to pulse dialing mode.
Using a Mapped Your administrator can map a button on your telephone so that you can
Button press the button to change from pulse dialing to DTMF during a call.
When you hang up, the port you were using on the Analog Line Card
reverts to pulse dialing mode.
Using a Personal You can configure a personal speed dial in the NBX NetSet utility to dial a
Speed Dial number in pulse dial mode and then to switch to DTMF. Use the left carat
character (<) as the command to switch to DTMF mode. You can also
DTMF. The system dials any digits after the < using DTMF tones. When
you hang up, the port you were using on the Analog Line Card reverts to
pulse dialing mode.
For additional information about programming speed dials, see “Personal
Speed Dials” in Chapter 6.
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Additional
Applications
These software applications are available on the NBX Resource Pack CD:
■
■
■
■
■
■
■
■
■
NBX Call Reports *
NBX TAPI Service Provider (NBXTSP)
Windows 95 Prerequisites (for NBXTSP only)
NBX TAPI Dialer *
Complement Attendant Software *
Palm Dialer
pcXset soft telephone *
NBX Media Driver
Microsoft Internet Explorer R5.5*
* Tested with Window XP Home Edition and Windows XP Professional
Edition.
ATTENDANT CONSOLES
8
The NBX® 1105 Attendant Console and the NBX Complement Attendant
Software (CAS) application enable a receptionist to handle high call
volumes efficiently. Although receptionists are the primary users of the
Attendant Console and CAS, the two can also be used by busy sales
representatives and others who receive a high number of telephone calls
or who make frequent calls to the same telephone numbers.
This chapter covers these features:
■
NBX 1105 Attendant Console — A device that works along with NBX
Telephones to increase call handling capability. In most offices, the
Attendant Console is used by a receptionist or switchboard operator,
referred to in this guide as “the receptionist.”
■
Complement Attendant Software (CAS) — A software application
that allows a receptionist to answer and route calls using a personal
computer. Your administrator installs the Complement Attendant
Software on your computer from the NBX Resource Pack CD.
The Complement Attendant Software requires the installation of a license
key on the NBX system.
The Attendant Console and Complement Attendant Software can be
used at the same time. However:
■
When incoming calls appear on the Attendant Console, you must
handle them using the buttons of the console.
■
When calls appear on the computer screen with CAS, you must
handle them using the computer mouse and the CAS software
features.
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NBX 1105
Attendant Console
preprogrammed buttons.
Each of the Access buttons can handle two assignments, for total
functionality of 100 buttons. The buttons support most of the same
functions as the 12 Access buttons on the NBX Business Telephone. See
Figure 8. In effect, the Attendant Console is an extension of the NBX
Business Telephone or NBX Basic Telephone to which it is assigned.
The Access buttons on the Attendant Console can have two sets of
assignments: 1 through 50, and 51 through 100. To toggle between the
two sets of assignments, press the Shift button on the lower left corner
of the Console.
Your administrator can assign features to each Access button, or the
receptionist can assign features to the buttons using the NBX NetSet™
utility. Possible features:
■
■
■
Status of internal telephone extensions
Status of external telephone lines
Speed dials for:
■
■
■
User extensions
Pager numbers
Cellular telephone numbers
■
Message Waiting Indicators (MWI) for:
■
Group mailboxes
■
■
■
Time of Day Service Modes (see your administrator for details)
Status of Hunt Group and Calling Group lines
The five preprogrammed, single-purpose buttons are labeled 3 through 7
in Figure 8.
NBX 1105 Attendant Console
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Figure 8 Attendant Console
1
2
3
4
6
7
5
1 Access buttons with LEDs — An indicator light next to each button
shows whether the line is available or in use and which assigned features
are enabled. For details of button status, see Table 6 in Chapter 2.
LabelMaker forms in the NBX NetSet utility or on the NBX Resource Pack
CD. You need Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 or 5.0 to open and edit the
LabelMakers. Acrobat Reader is available on the NBX Resource Pack CD
See “Attendant Console Labels” next.
buttons on the console. Press the Shift button for Access buttons
1 through 50. Press the Shift button again for Access buttons
4 Transfer button — Enables you to send a call to another telephone. See
“Transferring a Call” in Chapter 5.
6 Call Park button — Places a call in a “holding pattern” so that it can be
retrieved from any other telephone on the system. See “Call Park” in
Chapter 7.
7 Hold button — Places a caller on hold. See “Putting a Call on Hold” in
Chapter 5.
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Attendant Console To use the Attendant Console LabelMaker:
Labels
1 Log in to NBX NetSet > Speed Dials.
2 Right click Attendant Console Labels and save the file to your PC.
3 On your PC, open the file and edit the label template by clicking on the
square that you want to edit. Type a description of the feature that you
are assigning to the Access button.
4 Press Tab on your keyboard to move to the next text field in the label.
5 When you are finished, click anywhere outside of the labels to ensure
that all of your changes take effect.
6 Select Print.
7 In your print dialog box, clear Shrink to Fit, Fit to Page, or any similar
boxes so that the label size does not change.
8 Print the label template, cut the labels out, and place them in the label
holders on the Attendant Console.
The free Adobe Acrobat Reader allows you to print files but not to save
changes. To save files, purchase the full Adobe Acrobat software.
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Complement
Attendant
Software
On your personal computer, the Complement Attendant Software
displays your telephone directory in a series of tabs. Each tab sorts the
department, or by extension.
When you answer a call using the Complement Attendant Software, you
can select a user from the directory and transfer the call to that user.
Table 14 describes the main elements of the Complement Attendant
Software screens.
Table 14 Elements of the Complement Attendant Screens
Field
Purpose
Display Panel
Displays Caller ID information (name and extension number),
the status of a call, and the duration of the call. The number of
calls displayed depends on the number of access lines that you
have specified in your general settings.
Find/Phone# Display Provides the extension number and name of the person
selected in the directory.
Clear Button
Extension Tab
Cancels previous criteria.
Sorts the data in the directory by listing the extension numbers
in ascending order.
First Tab
Sorts the list of users in alphabetical order by first name.
Sorts the list of users in alphabetical order by last name.
Sorts the directory by the user department.
Last Tab
Department Tab
Hidden Tab
Hides entries in the NBX directory that you do not want to
appear on other tabs, such as conference room telephones.
Quick Tab
Provides quick access to the most frequently used entries in the
directory.
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Table 15 describes Complement Attendant Software buttons and the
keyboard shortcuts to functions on the Action menu.
Table 15 Attendant Software Buttons and Keyboard Shortcuts
Keyboard
Shortcut
Button
Answer
Dial
Purpose
Answers an incoming call.
Alt+A
Dials a selected number to place an outgoing call. Alt+D
Park
Places a call in a “holding pattern” so that it can
be retrieved from another telephone on the
system.
Alt+K
UnPark
Release
Hold
Releases a caller from a “holding pattern.”
Terminates a call.
Alt+U
Alt+R
Alt+H
Alt+N
Places a caller on hold.
UnHold
Removes a caller from being on hold and returns
to the call.
Transfer
Forwards a call to another telephone.
Alt+T
Alt+M
Alt+S
Complete Transfer Completes the transfer of a call.
Cancel Transfer
Conference
Cancels a transfer.
Establishes a single call with up to three additional Alt+C
internal or external parties.
Complete
Completes the conference call.
Alt+P
Conference
Cancel Conference Cancels the addition of a party to a conference
call.
Alt+E
Managing Calls To manage incoming calls using the Complement Attendant Software,
click the buttons at the bottom of the screen, as described here:
1 Select a sort method by clicking the appropriate tab. For example, to
select a user by last name, click the Last tab.
2 Click the user’s name. The user’s extension number and name appear in
the Find/Phone # field.
3 Click the button for the way that you want to handle the call. For
example, to transfer a call, click Transfer. To park a call, click Park.
For additional information on using the Complement Attendant
Software, see the Help system in the software.
TELEPHONE INSTALLATION,
MAINTENANCE, AND
A
This chapter covers these topics:
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■
■
■
■
■
Moving Your Telephone
Swapping Telephones
Cleaning Your Telephone
Troubleshooting Problems
Connecting the
Telephone
The underside of an NBX Telephone is shown in Figure 9.
Figure 9 Underside of the NBX Telephone
1
6
2
3
4
5
For an NBX Telephone with a model number (found on the label) that
ends in PE, see the packing sheet that came with your telephone.
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The underside of the NBX Telephone includes:
1 Handset cord (connects to the handset)
2 Computer cable (optionally connects to your desktop computer)
3 Ethernet cable (to the LAN jack)
4 Power cord (to an electrical power source)
5 Strain relief tab that prevents the power cord from becoming
disconnected
6 Tabs for the mounting bracket
Attaching and
Adjusting the
Support Bracket
Each NBX Telephone is shipped with a support bracket that you can
attach to the telephone’s underside in low profile, high profile, or wall
mount positions.
Tabs on the underside of the telephone slip into slots on the bracket, and
the opposite mounting points snap into place. See Figure 9, Item 6.
Low-Profile and In Figure 10, the support bracket is outlined to show you how to install
High-Profile Positions the NBX Telephone in the low-profile and high-profile desktop positions.
Figure 10 Low-Profile and High-Profile Desktop Positions
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Wall-Mount Position To mount the NBX Telephone on a wall, put the bracket on the opposite
end of the telephone in the low-profile position. Pull and twist the knob
on the underside of the phone 90 degrees (Figure 11) so that the spring-
loaded peg projects out on the top of the phone (Item 1 in Figure 12).
Figure 11 Knob for the Handset Support Peg
Figure 12 shows the NBX Telephone in the wall-mount position.
Figure 12 Wall-Mount Position
1
2
3
1 Handset support peg
2 Wall with a solid backing
3 Support bracket in the low-profile position on opposite end of telephone
Security Wall-Mount For how to order the optional security wall-mount bracket for NBX
Bracket Telephones, consult your 3Com NBX Voice-Authorized Partner. Read and
follow the instructions that come with the bracket.
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Moving Your
Telephone
All NBX Telephones have the Automatic Telephone Relocation feature.
Each telephone has a unique “address.” You can move your telephone to
another location, connect it to any Ethernet jack on the LAN, and still
maintain all of your personalized features, speed dials, and extension
number.
Swapping
Telephones
Because your extension number and personal settings are associated with
your physical telephone, only your administrator can move phone
extension settings from one telephone to another.
Cleaning Your
Telephone
Always unplug your telephone from the power source before you clean it.
Use a soft cloth dampened with mild detergent.
WARNING: Failure to unplug the telephone before you clean it could
result in electrical shock.
Troubleshooting Problems
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Troubleshooting
Problems
Table 16 lists possible problems that you may encounter and the most
likely solutions. Where possible, each solution refers to the section in this
guide where you can find detailed information.
Table 16 Possible Problems
Possible Problem
Suggested Solutions
My telephone has no dial tone and the display
panel is blank.
■
Verify that the power cord is fully inserted in the correct
connector on the underside of the telephone. Use the strain
relief tab to prevent the cord from becoming unplugged (as
shown in Figure 9).
■
■
■
Verify that the Ethernet cables are connected, and that each
cable is in the proper connection.
Remove and add power to the telephone by unplugging the
power cord at the electric outlet and plugging it back in.
My telephone has “locked up.”
Your telephone has lost the connection to the system. Remove
the Ethernet cord from the jack, and then re-insert it into the
jack.
■
Wait a few seconds. If the telephone display panel still appears
to be locked, disconnect the electrical power for your
telephone, and then plug it back in.
Callers cannot leave messages on my voice
mail.
■
■
Your mailbox may be full. Log in to your voice mailbox and
delete some messages.
Your telephone may be set up for Greeting Only Mailbox. Log
in to NBX NetSet > NBX Messaging, and then clear Greeting
Only Mailbox.
When I park a call, the display panel shows
“Park xtn in use,” and the call returns to my
telephone.
You have selected a Call Park extension that is already in use. Try
When I dial 9 or 8 to access an outside line, the No outside lines are available. Try again in a few minutes.
display panel shows “All Ports Busy.”
After I call another user in my organization, I
hear a tone but no ringing.
The other user may have the Hands Free Active on Intercom
feature enabled. Begin speaking after you hear the tone. For
details, see “Business Telephone Buttons and Controls” in
Chapter 2.
On my NBX Business Telephone, all incoming
internal calls come over my speaker phone.
You have the Hands Free Active on Intercom feature enabled.
For details, see “Business Telephone Buttons and Controls” in
Chapter 2.
When I try to access the NBX NetSet utility, I do Ask your administrator to verify the IP address that you typed into
not get a response after I type the NBX system’s your web browser.
IP address and press Enter.
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Table 16 Possible Problems (continued)
Possible Problem
Suggested Solutions
I am unable to log in to the NBX NetSet utility. You must set up your voice mail before you can use the NBX NetSet
setup. Then use your voice mail password to access the NBX NetSet
utility. See “Setting Up Your Password and Voice Mail for the First
My telephone is not forwarding my incoming
calls to my voice mailbox.
In NBX NetSet > User Information > Call Forward, verify that
you have selected Forward to Voice Mail as your call coverage
point. For details, see “Setting Your Call Coverage Point” in
Chapter 5.
On my NBX Business Telephone, I added a
Use only numeric characters in your Speed Dial setup. For details,
One-Touch speed dial, but the telephone does see “Special Case: One-Touch Speed Dials” in Chapter 6.
not dial that number.
I try to pick up a call ringing on another
telephone using Directed Call Pickup, but it
fails.
The telephone that you are using to pick up the call may not be in
the same group as the telephone that is ringing and the ringing
telephone does not allow nonmember pickup. See “Call Pickup” in
Chapter 7.
My telephone keeps ringing after I pick up the
handset.
■
Your telephone may have lost connection to the system
immediately after a call came in. Remove the Ethernet cord from
the jack, then re-insert it into the wall jack.
■
Wait a few seconds. If the telephone continues to ring,
disconnect the electrical power for your telephone, and then
plug it back in.
The labels that I print for my telephone or
Attendant Console do not fit the telephone or In the Print dialog box, be sure that the check box for Fit to Page
console.
When you are in Adobe Acrobat Reader, select File and then Print.
or Shrink to Fit (or similar names) is not selected.
The display panel shows “Wait for NCP.”
Your telephone may be disconnected from the system. Hang up
your telephone and wait a few seconds. Then pick up the handset.
If the message still appears on your telephone display panel,
contact your administrator.
INDEX
call logs
button on Business Telephone 19
call permissions 62
A
Access buttons
administrator 8
answering calls 40
applying your call permissions to another
telephone 62
Access buttons 81
call pickup 68
directed 68
group 68
button 23
caller ID
calling group
calling groups 69
cleaning telephones 88
CLIR 67
B
blocking
unauthorized outbound calls 61
bracket
codes
branch offices, calling 73
bridged extensions 75
broadcasting announcements 73
buttons
Complement Attendant Software (CAS) 79, 83
Basic Telephone 22
adding parties 48
dropping last party 49
connecting telephones
electrical power 85
jacks (RJ-45 and RJ-11) 39
conventions, typographical 8
creating voice mail messages 33
C
call centers 69
call coverage point 43
call forward
problems with 90
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D
delayed ringing 76
creating 34
dialing calls 42
redial 43
modifying 35
headsets, using 63
hold 44
display panel
call logs, user directory, and speed dial lists 41
on Basic Telephone 22, 24
Do Not Disturb feature 60
hunt groups 69
and the Do Not Disturb feature 60
calling groups 71
dynamic 70
static 70
E
electrical shock, avoiding 88
e-mail
getting voice mail messages in 37
external paging 73
navigation 14
shortcuts 14
incoming calls
F
Feature button
Basic Telephone 23
feature settings
hunt groups 69
transferring 46
Do Not Disturb 61
Forward Calls to Mail 36
Flash button 19
mailbox 47
forwarding calls to your voice mailbox
as your call coverage point 43
from an NBX Basic Telephone 36
from an NBX Business Telephone 16
forwarding unanswered calls 43
forwarding voice mail messages 31
Fwd Mail button 16, 36
intercom
Hands Free button 18
internal caller ID 66
internal calls, dialing 42
internal paging 73
J
jack, Ethernet 52
INDEX
L
N
LabelMakers
changing 27
problems with printing 90
lights, status 20
NBX 100 8
changing 12
listening to messages
from remote telephones 29
lists
forgotten 12
initial 12, 13
blocking unauthorized calls 61
off-site notification restriction 58
logs on NBX telephone display panel
answered calls 41
NBX NetSet utility
getting started 13
overview 13
NetSet password
dialing 42
M
mailboxes
greeting-only 37
group 38
phantom 38
P
message (MSG) button
message indicators 28
messages
forwarding 31
private 36
changing in the NBX NetSet utility 13
permissions
sending 33
urgent 36
Messaging, NBX 25
microphone 17
personal greeting
changing 27
setting the first time 12
personal speed dial numbers 53
personal voice mail group lists
creating 34
moving telephones 52, 88
MSG button 16, 23
Mute button 18
modifying 35
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phantom mailboxes 38
private messages 36
site codes 74
speaker phone 18
Program button, Business Telephone 17
programmable Access buttons
Attendant Console 81
using 43
volume 50
Business Telephone 17, 19
public address system 73
pulse dialing 77
speed dials 53
One-Touch 55
problems with 90
Q
system-wide speed dial numbers 54
support bracket
R
receptionist 8
redialing calls 43
screens 83
Release button 19
relocating telephones 88
remote notification 57
replying to voice mail messages 31
ringer
tone, choosing 52
volume 49
ringing
telephones
cleaning 88
connecting 85
mounting 86
tones, ringer selection 52
Transfer button
Attendant Console 81
delayed 76
S
security
sending messages 33
shared telephone lines
bridged extensions 75
delayed ringing 76
hunt groups 69
Shift button, Attendant Console 81
simultaneous paging 73
list of possible problems 89
U
unauthorized use of telephone, preventing 61
urgent messages 36
user 8
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V
voice mail
components 25
forwarding 31
indicators 28
initializing 11
retrieving from a remote location 29
sending 33
third-party 25
urgent messages 36
voice mailboxes, greeting-only 37
volume buttons on NBX Telephones 18, 23
volume setting
volume settings for ringer tone 49
volume settings for speaker 50
W
Wait for NCP message 90
wall-mount bracket 87
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