2.15 Conference Group Call Features2.15.1 Conference Group CallDescriptionConference group calling allows you to call a pre-determined group (conference group) of partiessimultaneously. Each party that answers the call joins the conference.An extension user can call a conference group of up to 31 parties to establish a conference call, for a maximumof 32 participants. During a conference group call, the caller can restrict the ability of other members to speak.The following telephones will answer automatically and play the announcement through the telephone’sspeaker, even if Hands-free Answerback (® 2.4.4 Hands-free Answerback) is not enabled for the extension:• PTs• KX-TCA175 (PS)• KX-TCA275 (PS)• KX-TCA185 (PS)• KX-TCA285 (PS)• KX-TCA385 (PS)Broadcast ModeWhen Broadcast Mode is enabled through system programming, an extension user can call a conference groupof up to 31 call members to make a voice announcement. Members can listen to the announcement byanswering the call.During the announcement, the voices of members will not be heard. However, the caller can allow up to 31specific members to speak, making a conference call. This conversation can be heard by the other members.[Push-to-talk feature for PT/SLT/PS users]PT/SLT/PS users that are members of a Broadcast Mode call can enable their own ability to speak by pressingany of their dial keys during the Broadcast Mode announcement. This feature can be disabled through systemprogramming.Broadcast Mode can be used to broadcast an announcement to multiple PS users. With Automatic Answerenabled, the PS users will all hear the announcement through their headset or the PS’s hands-free speaker.Then, any PS user can respond by using push-to-talk to enable their ability to speak, and their reply is heardby all broadcast members.For example, a central operator could make a Broadcast Mode call paging PS users working throughout abuilding for assistance, and an available PS user can reply. The reply is heard by the other PS users as well.This makes it easy to assign and coordinate tasks with multiple staff members that are frequently movingthroughout a building.Conference Group Call ControlDuring a conference group call, the caller can restrict or allow members’ ability to speak, and can removemembers from the call using the following buttons. These buttons will function irrelevant of the ConferenceGroup Call mode. Pressing the other buttons during the conversation will be ignored.NoteThe operation of these buttons during a conference group call is different from the operations for theConference feature (® 2.14 Conference Features).Button FunctionDSS Disables or enables the corresponding member’s ability to speak.Feature Guide 2032.15.1 Conference Group Call
