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

[Mike King]

On a slightly more serious note, you could just do an external alerter
(Flashing light / Ringing Bell) that rings when he calls the extension
setup for it.

I'm sure the secretary would appreciate a strobe light or a Klaxon going
off.




On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 1:31 AM, James Buchanan
<james.buchanan2 at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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