3.2.6. Convenience functions

Call waiting and toggling (switching)

If you are already in a call, the open line will light up at the top left in your call line monitor.

To establish a second call enter the phone number which you want to call in the edit control. Then, please click  . Alternatively, simply Drag & Drop a phone number from the contact list onto the edit box.

If you are also receiving a call from a second person a line monitor will flash and the call waiting tone will sound. Click  to accept the call.

You will now be able to switch between the calls by clicking the line windows. The current call will be indicated with a blue speakerphone icon and the waiting call(s) with a "hold" icon.

To end a call click  .

Unattended call transfer

Each call is displayed as one line in the line monitor. Please consider the following two options to initiate an unattended call transfer:

Simply enter the phone number of your transfer target. Then drop the telephone line of the caller onto the edit box.

If the targetted person is already in your list of contacts, you can alternatively drag the origin onto a phone number of the desired contact and drop it there. It is finally also possible to drag and drop a phone number of one of your contacts on the line that is to be forwarded.

The call will promptly be transferred and your line is “open” again.

Attended transfer

You have answered a call and the display now shows an open call line. You wish to transfer the caller but would like to first announce the caller.

Simply enter the phone number of your transfer target and click  . Alternatively, simply drag the telephone line of the originating party onto the the tlelephone line of the second party.

A new connection is being established and the current caller will be placed on “Hold”.

After announcing the caller during your call with the target person please drag & drop the telephone lines onto each other.

The connection between these parties will be established promptly and your line is “open” again.

Conference call

If there are calls on more than one line (on hold or active), a simple click at the "conference" button  in the main navigation panel is sufficient to create a conference.

If you click at an unused line (a line that is idle) while being in a conference, e.g. to reply to an incoming call or to make a new call, all participants of the conference are set "on hold". By clicking at the "conference" button again  , the conference between all active parties and the parties that had been "on hold" is reestablished.

Auto conference

With this feature you can control whether the participants should be added to a conference automatically or not. Please activate the Auto conference function  in the main navigation panel to have a conference with all incoming calls automatically.

Ban

This feature blocks a specific caller ID. Incoming calls from banned parties are automatically handled as if "Do Not Disturb" was activated.

Simply ban the phone numbers you don't want to receive any incoming calls from anymore. To do so, please ban an incoming call by clicking  in a call line. The status will be recorded in the “Banned numbers” list and can be released again by deleting it from the list. Until the blocked number is removed from the list
the caller will be unable to reach you. The caller will hear the regular ringing tone.

Ignore

With an incoming call click  in a call line window.

An incoming call can be ignored for one time with this function. The caller receives a "dial tone".

Record call

After answering a call you're able to record an active conversation.

Press the  key in the main navigation panel during the call. Your call will now be recorded. You will find the recorded call under Recordings.

Contacts

By clicking the key in your main navigation panel the Nsoftphone client opens the contact overview within the "Contacts" tab.

This allows you to quickly access your contacts and place calls. The Nsoftphone premium also allows you to add new contacts, delete existing contacts and edit them easily by right mouse click.

Furthermore, you're able to search your contacts via the contacts filter  to show contacts which matches with the entered text string. Additionally, you're able to export your contacts as CSV file or to import contacts via CSV file .

Moreover, the Nsoftphone premium client shows the classic call status of a call via busy lamp fields (BFL's). Please find a detailed description within Contacts.

Call History

Please find a detailed description within chapter Call history.

Microphone/speaker volume

Please define the microphone volume  as well as the speaker volume  via the volume control function  in the main navigation panel.

Mute/unmute

To mute your telephone click  in the main navigatoin panel. Your microphone is now muted. To unmute yourself please click the Mute/unmute function in the main navigation panel again. Your microphone is now unmuted.

You're able to mute/unmute yourself with several Plantronics headsets as well.

Further information

Please press the  key to find further information and help.