3Com 3C892 - OfficeConnect ISDN Lan Modem Router User Manual

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Call Waiting 79How to Use Call Waiting To use Call Waiting, do the following.Table 1 How to Use Call WaitingThe ISDN LAN Modem can support a maximum of two simultaneous voice callsper phone port. If you already have two calls up (one active and one on hold) anda third call comes in, that caller hears the “user busy” tone unless you have VoiceMail, in which case the call is sent to your voice mail box.How Do I Do ThisAnswer a call using CallWaiting?When you hear the Call Waiting tone, press and release theswitch hook button to put the first call on hold and connect tothe second call.If you do not answer the second call, the caller will hear a ring.Switch back to the first call? To put the second call on hold and switch back to the first call,press and release the switch hook button.Toggle back and forthbetween the two calls?Press and release the switch hook button.End a call when I hear theCall Waiting tone (instead ofputting the call on hold)?Hang up the phone and wait for it to ring. (The phone rings toindicate that there is an incoming call and the B-channel LEDflashes.)You are connected to the second call when you pick up. Or, ifyou already have a call on hold while on an active call and youwant to end the active call before returning to the call on hold,hang up the phone and wait for it to ring back. Pick up thephone to reconnect to the call on hold.Disconnect a call on hold? To disconnect a call on hold, make the call on hold active bypressing and releasing the switch hook button. Then, simplyhang up the phone to drop the active call. If the other caller isstill waiting on the line, the phone will ring.What if the active callerhangs up from the far end?If the active caller hangs up from the far end, the call on holdwill remain on hold until you retrieve it by either pressing andreleasing the switch hook button or by hanging up the phoneand then answering it when it rings.What if the caller on holdhangs up from the far end?If the caller on hold on the far end hangs up, you will receive nonotice. When you try to access that caller, either you will remainon the same call (if you do not have Flexible Calling) or you willget a dial tone (if you have Flexible Calling and it is enabled).