Lucent Technologies Definity Enterprise Communication Server 8.2 User Manual

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DEFINITY ECS Release 8.2
Administrator’s Guide  
555-233-506  
Issue 1
April 2000
Features and technical reference 
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Service observing 
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How to observe calls
Observers press the service observing button on their phone or dial a feature 
access code, and then dial the extension they want to observe. When using a 
service observing button, observers start in listen-only mode and can toggle 
between listen-only and listen/talk mode by pressing the button. The button lamp 
indicates which mode the observer is in.
By contrast, there are different feature access codes for listen-only and 
listen-and-talk modes. When observers initiate sessions with a feature access 
code, they must choose one of the two modes at the start of the session. They 
cannot switch to the other mode without ending the session and beginning another. 
The feature access codes for service observing are:
Service Observing Listen Only Access Code
Service Observing Listen/Talk Access Code
NOTE:
Feature access codes are required for remote observing.
An observer can observe an agent who is not active on a call. The observer is in 
wait state until the agent receives a call, and then the observer is bridged onto the 
call.
To deactivate Service Observing, the observer hangs up, selects another call 
appearance, or presses the disconnect or release button.
Restrictions
Two observers can’t monitor the same extension or the same call simultaneously. 
If user A is observing an extension and user B tries to observe it, B gets a busy 
signal. If 2 extensions are being observed independently and one calls the other, 
only the observer of the calling extension observes the call. The observer of the 
called extension goes into wait state until the call is over.
Phone displays
A local observer’s phone display shows exactly what is displayed on the observed 
phone’s display, followed by the letters “so”.