The Users Telephony Control

The telephony control enables the user to control calls at the monitored local phone. The call control has a limited active queue with the maximum of two calls in the list.

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The following call control methods are available in the control:

Pickup

Answer an alerting call at the device.

Hangup

Clear a connected call at the device.

Transfer

Transfer a connected call to the number in the number field.

DTMF

Send DTMF tones through the connected call

Consult

Consult a connected call to the number in the number field.

Back

Cancel a consulted call and retrieve the original call.

Call

Create a call to the number in the number field.

Conference

If there is an active call between User 1 and User 2, then User 2 makes a Consultation call to User 3. User 3 answers the consultation call. User 2 can now click the Confere button to establish a conference between all three users.

Telephony Control is not visible when running a Switchboard client.

DTMF tones

The user can use the Totalview client to send DTMF tones through an active phone connection. This enables the user to send information such as customer id or menu selection to a telebutler system by using the Totalview client.

An example of the DTMF tones form is shown below.

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The user can send DTMF tones to the active connection using the following functions:

  • Send digits using the onscreen numeric display

  • Write or copy digits into the edit box and select send (or press enter)

It is possible to send up to 26 characters at the same time.

Allowed characters are: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, *, #, A, B, C, D