[cisco-voip] 'buzz' secretary's phone?

[James Buchanan]

I think I've got a solution.

1. We need to use an ATA-187.
2. Take the wires and connect them to a metal plate.
3. When he dials the ATA's extension, the secretary will experience a jolt.
One jolt means x, one means y, and one means z.



On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 11:59 PM, Erick Wellnitz <ewellnitzvoip at gmail.com>wrote:

> We already have that set up.  The problem this user has with that is it
> puts their current call on hold.
>
> He uses it almost like a teelegraph.  1 buzz means x.  2 buzz means y.  3
> menas z and so on.  It's really an antiquated methodology but it does have
> it's merits.
>
> He likes it because it doesn't interrupt a call in progress and the
> secretary doesn't need to be looking at the phone or the PC to get the
> 'message'.
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 3:47 PM, Haas, Neal <nhaas at co.fresno.ca.us> wrote:
>
>>  Yes InformaCast can do this.
>>
>>
>>
>> But what we did was just add a speed dial on the Supervisors phones and
>> then add a NON-DID to the secretary's phone that says "Boss is calling"
>> (not really but tell them that any way). Now the boss has a direct line and
>> the secretary has a line that she knows she needs to answer and that does
>> not go to voicemail.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Neal Haas
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* cisco-voip [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] *On
>> Behalf Of *Erick Wellnitz
>> *Sent:* Monday, February 24, 2014 1:35 PM
>> *To:* cisco-voip
>> *Subject:* [cisco-voip] 'buzz' secretary's phone?
>>
>>
>>
>> I have a small group of users who were fond of the old PBX feature where
>> they could 'buzz' their secretary.  I think this was some sort of signaling
>> key in the Nortel world.
>>
>>
>>
>> Does anyone know if there is an XML service that might accomplish this?
>> Would the basic Informacast product be able to accomplish this or would we
>> be better off finding some sort of buzzer box that we could crossconnect to
>> the secretary's location?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
>>
>>
>
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