User Interface

Desktop

Your desktop is the Attendant P program window . This window contains the

Menu bar ,

Toolbar ,

Attendant monitor ,

Busy lamp field , and

System bar .

You can also open another window containing the:

electronic directory or

notebook ,

the telephone directory CD or

the search window for the LDAP server .

Menu bar

The menu bar contains a series of main menu options. Clicking one of these main menu options with the left mouse button opens a corresponding submenu (pull-down menu) with additional menu options.

File This menu allows you to configure general settings for the Attendant P. The Exit command terminates the Attendant P application.

Edit Use this option to activate DTMF suffix-dialing during a call and select the night answer destination.

Window With this menu, you can call the busy lamp field, notebook and electronic directory.

Repdial keys (optional) If you have configured repertory dial keys, you can dial your party directly from this menu. (This menu option appears only if you have configured repdial keys in the Attendant P).

Find From this menu, you can selectively search for the names, companies, cities, postal codes or station numbers of any stations that are stored in the directory.

Paging (optional) This menu option allows you to broadcast a speaker announcement to telephones in a specific group. (This menu option appears only if you have configured paging groups and have activated them in the Attendant P.)

Language Use this option to set the language that you want Attendant P to use for menus and dialog boxes (windows)

? (Help) Use the "Help" option to access Attendant P online help function, where you will find general information on the program layout and explanations of the individual functions.

If there is a check mark next to the context-sensitive "Quick Help" option, the program displays information on the areas where the mouse pointer is located.

Use the "About..." option to view general information about Attendant P.

Toolbar

In the talk state or idle state you can call important functions from the toolbar by clicking them with the mouse. Some functions appear in the toolbar only if they are configured for your telephone.

In the Idle State

Step by Step
	Call electronic directory .
	Call busy lamp field .
	Display list of most recently dialed numbers .
	Activate/deactivate night answer .
	Send message .
	Open door lock .
	Activate/deactivate call forwarding .
	Release trunk .
	Transfer trunk .
	Start telephone directory CD .
	Open search window for LDAP server (company telephone directory) .

In the Talk State

Step by Step
	Call electronic directory .
	Call busy lamp field .
	Initiate callback .
	Override busy station .
	Initiate conference .
	Terminate conference .
	Set volume .
	Open door lock .
	Start telephone directory CD .
	Start search window for LDAP server .

System Bar

The system bar tells you which functions are activated in your system.
The following symbols may appear:

Ringing off:

Night answer on:

Callback active:

Park slot in use:

Call is held:

Call waiting tone off:

Privacy on:

Call forwarding on:

Message waiting:

Microphone off (mute):

When the mouse is pointed at a symbol, a context-sensitive help text ("quick-reference help") appears at the mouse position if this function has been configured .

Status Bar

Advisory and system messages on the status bar:

The status bar displays the current status of Attendant P during the loading operation. The program is ready when System ready is displayed in the status bar. If the data of the communications platform has been modified, the Please wait message appears in the system bar to inform you that the program is being updated with the new system data.

The status bar also displays explanations of the buttons on the attendant monitor when you operate these buttons with the mouse.

The park slot number appears for 10 seconds when a user in the CS parks a call or picks up a parked call.