Set up a One-way Paging Group
One-way Paging feature allows a broadcaster to make an announcement to users. The called parties' phones will not ring, but instead directly answering into speakerphone mode. This topic describes how to set up a one-way paging group.
Scenario
A company has different departments on different floors in a building. Each department is deployed with a phone for communication. The boss has an urgent case that needs to confirm with marketers. In this case, you can set up a One-way paging group for Marketing Department. The boss can make a paging call to the department and ask marketers concerned to go to the office.
Procedure
- Log in to PBX web portal, go to Add. , click
- Configure a one-way paging group.
- Number: Enter a number for the paging group. In this example, enter 6600.
- Name: Enter a name for the paging group. In this example, enter Marketing Department.
- Type: Select One-way Paging.
- Prompt: Optional. To play a prompt before making an announcement, you can select a custom prompt. In this example, select Default.wav.
- Broadcaster: Optional. To restrict users from making an announcement to the paging group, select allowed extensions or extension groups from the drop-down list. In this example, leave it blank.
- Dial * to Answer: Optional. To allow
users to dial
*
to talk to the broadcaster privately, enable this option. In this example, keep the option disabled.Note: When a user dials*
, announcement will terminate, and the user can have a private talk with the broadcaster. - Play Prompt to
Broadcaster: Optional. To restrict the
broadcaster from hearing the prompt, disable this option. In
this example, disable this option.Note: This option is available only when a custom prompt is selected and is enabled by default.
- Members: Select desired members from Available box to Selected box. In this example, select Marketing Department.
- Click Save and Apply.
What to do next
The boss dials
6600
from any endpoint with extension registered. The
marketers' phones automatically answer into speakerphone mode. Note: If called
parties' extensions are registered on the following endpoints, these endpoints
will ring first, instead of automatically answering into speakerphone mode.
- Analog phone
- Softphone, including Linkus Web Client, Linkus Mobile Client, and softphones of other brands.