11.9.1 Conference Rooms
A conference room allows users to meet independently of each other. A Conference Room is represented by the internal number of a specific user known as "Conference". The name "Conference" can only be changed by the Administrator with the help of the configuration wizzard. The Conference Room can be called by the conference participants independently of one another. The arrival of a caller in the conference room is signalled by a tone. The same is true for the departure from a conference.
A Conference Room is set up by assigning numbers to the user labelled "Conference" as you would for a normal user.
Each internal number of the user labeled "Conference" represents a different Conference Room. It is now possible to create rules for this user with the help of the Call Routing Manager in order to limit access to the Conference Rooms for example by PIN request, number of the caller or time of day.
In SwyxWare for DataCenter and SwyxON environment, the configured conference rooms are counted separately in the license report.
To add or remove a conference room is the same as to add or remove an internal number to the user "Conference". These changes will be written in the change log.
See 7.7 Change log.
Silent conference participation
Silent participants, i. e. participants who can listen to the conference call but not speak (ListenOnly), can be allowed to take part in conferences in conference rooms.
This functionality is implemented through an addition to the number of the conference room, the character sequence '#OWC'.
Please note that the complete string of digits (<number of conference room>#OWC) must be dialled as a block number.
The entry / departure of a silent conference participant is also announced by an audio signal. This signal is different from the usual entry/departure signal to indicate that this participant cannot take part in the conference call.
Example:
You set up a conference room with the internal number '219'.
With the help of you create a script that accepts calls to the number 219 and requests entry of a PIN. Depending on the entered pin, the call is branched: Callers who enter the sequence 1234 are forwarded directly into the conference (block 'Deliver'; to number '219'); callers who enter the sequence 6789 are also forwarded into the conference, but as listeners (block "Deliver'; to number '219#OWC').