Function Key and External Waiting Field

Important: Only available for operation on the PBXs COMpact 4410 USB, COMpact 5020 VoIP, COMpact 4000, COMpact 5000/R, COMpact 5200/R, COMpact 5500R and COMmander 6000/R/RX.

Press the key to place the caller signalled by the key in the waiting field or establish a connection with the caller from the waiting field. Whether you press the key depends on the current status as displayed by the LED on the key. Refer to the description of LED signalling.

LED signalling on the key:
Green	No connection with an external subscriber exists. Information about the communication partner is shown on the display: (If other waiting field receptions have been enabled, the communication partners for these are not signalled.) Press the key once to place the communication partner in the waiting field.
Yellow	An external subscriber is on hold in the waiting field. Information about the calls waiting are shown on the display: (If other waiting field receptions have been enabled, the LED lights up in red.) Press the key once to establish a connection to the call waiting.
Red	An external subscriber is on hold in the waiting field. Press the key once to display information about the call waiting – if no call is in progress.
Yellow (blinking)	An external subscriber is calling. Information about the caller is shown on the display: Press the key once to place the caller in the waiting field. Press the key twice to establish a connection to the caller.
Red (blinking)	An external subscriber is calling. Press the key once to place the caller in the waiting field.

Note: If a caller is placed in the waiting field by pressing the waiting field key, the LED then lights up in yellow next to the key. If a caller is placed in the waiting field either automatically or by another waiting field reception, the LED then lights up in red.

Requirements for operating the function:

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The telephone has been selected in the PBX as a waiting field reception

Proceed as follows by assigning the function key:

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Using COMfortel Set by selecting Waiting field (external)

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Using the telephone by selecting waiting field > external

Note: For further information about the general procedures when assigning function keys, see Function Keys.

Additional settings for this function key are described in the following.

Configuration with COMfortel Set

B-channel