3Com VCX V7000 Manager's Manual - page 91

Enabling Bridged Extensions

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To view the functions currently mapped to buttons on your phone:

1 Log in to the VCX User Interface, select the My Extensions option, then 

access the Button Mappings tabbed page. 

2 Choose your telephone model (for example, the Model 3103 Manager’s 

phone) and click Select. 

CAUTION: The VCX User Interface cannot determine your telephone 

model. You must select the correct model from the drop down list. 

The VCX User Interface displays a graphic of the selected phone model 

and shows the function mapped to each button. If a function name 

appears dimmed (light gray text), your administrator has locked that 

function-button mapping and you cannot remap it. See the online help 

for more information.

Enabling Bridged 

Extensions

This section describes how to enable and use bridged extensions set up 

through the VCX User Interface. 

The VCX system allows you to set up your extension so that other users 

can receive your calls at their phones. Through the VCX User Interface, 

you can grant permission to up to four other users to receive calls 

intended for your extension; that is, you are “bridging” your extension to 

their phones. 

With a bridged line, the VCX User Interface Selective Ringing feature 

allows you to change the default ring tone to one of 27 ring tones, delay 

the ring for a specified number of seconds, or silence the ringer and only 

allow the phone to flash.

The bridged phone is sometimes referred to as the primary phone. The 

phone receiving bridged calls is sometimes referred to as the secondary 

phone. 

A bridged extension is typically used by an administrative assistant (the 

secondary phone) to accept calls for one or more managers (primary 

phones). Or one manager (primary phone) may be monitored by multiple 

assistants (secondary phones). The primary phone and the secondary 

phone (or phones) can be located at different sites.