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Business Communications Manager Companion Configuration Guide
Feature access for Companion
It is possible to use many of the same system features available to a Business Communications
Manager telephone on your cordless telephone. For more information about features and the
special codes required to use them, refer to the feature card that came with your portable
telephone. The following table describes the Business Communications Manager call features that
the Companion can access.
Table 13 Features available to a Companion portable handset
Feature Description
Call Forward Send calls to another telephone in your system. The display does not indicate
that calls are being forwarded. Hunt Group calls override all Call Forward
features. A Hunt Group extension can be a Call Forward destination.
Call Information The display shows the name or extension of an internal caller. If your system is
equipped to receive CLASS information (Caller ID), the external call information
appears on the display.
Call Park Park a call.
Call Park Retrieval Retrieve a parked call.
Cancel Call Forward Cancel the Call Forward feature, where calls are automatically sent to another
telephone in the system.
Conference Create a three-way call.
Directed Call Pickup Answer any telephone that is ringing in the system. This feature must be
enabled in the system.
Group Pickup Answer a call ringing on another set within the same pickup group.
Host system signaling Use link and pause.
Line Pool Use line pools the same way a desk telephone does.
Mute Prevent other callers from hearing you. Also, you can mute incoming calls from
ringing on a portable telephone.
Page Page an individual telephone, several telephones, external speakers, or the
entire system. A Hunt Group extension cannot be in a page zone.
Note: Portable handsets cannot receive pages.
Pause Program an external autodial sequence to insert a 1.5 second delay.
Prime line This may be either an Intercom Line, an Assigned Line or a Line Pool.
Handsets without line buttons cannot have a Prime Line assigned.
Privacy In programming, change the privacy setting for an external line assigned to the
portable. This does not give the ability to change the privacy setting on a call by
call basis.
Release End a call or programming session.
Speed Dial System speed dial codes only. No personal speed dial codes. The portable
directory can store up to 50 telephone numbers.
Switching between two
calls
Put one call on hold and speak to another caller.
Transfer Transfer a call to another telephone.
Transfer using directory Transfer a call using your portable telephone directory.
Trunk Answer Answer a ringing call for lines placed in a Service Mode.
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