Instruction manual

Bridging of System Access Buttons

Description

This feature allows a multiline station user to handle calls on Bridged Access (BA) buttons

associated with System Access (SA) buttons of another multiline station (Figure 2-10).

The following terms are used throughout this feature description:

● Principal station—

a multiline voice terminal that has SA buttons bridged by one or

more other multiline stations.

● Principal—the user of a principal station.

● BA button—a special call appearance button on a multiline station administered to

correspond to a specific SA button on another user’s station (the principal station);

collectively referred to as bridged appearances.

● Bridging station

—a multiline voice terminal with one or more BA buttons.

A BA button can be assigned to any programmable feature button on a bridging station, but

it does not take the place of a SA button. The SA buttons on the bridging station can be

bridged by other stations.

PRINCIPAL STATION

BRIDGING STATION

Figure 2-10. Typical Bridging Arrangement

A bridging station user is able to originate calls from BA buttons and can answer calls for the

principal. The bridging user can also enter existing calls on bridged appearances by simply

going off-hook on the BA button, unless Exclusion has been activated or the maximum of

five active parties on a call has been reached.

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