Busy Lamp Field
Adding blf busy lamp field burney below is a brief over view of configuring the blf.
Busy lamp field. Busy lamp field is an integral part of the workday for anyone who needs to call a coworker or whose job description heavily features the word call whether you prefer a desktop interface or a physical handset balanced against your ear you should be able to glance at your phone of choice and see which coworkers are available at any time. Presence information is surfaced to users by using dedicated buttons on ip phones called busy lamp fields. In the following list x in a parameter is the number of the blf entry in the list. Basic blf configuration and ip phones that supports blf.
A modular component of a special telephone set typically used by the receptionist or operator of a key telephone system kts a busy lamp field is an array of line status lamps. Busy lamp field definition. What is busy lamp field blf. Busy lamp field blf is an add on feature pack that you can use with either collaborate or connect bt cloud voice licences to view the status busy or idle of members of your blf group you can have up to 50 members in a blf group.
Busy lamp field configuration parameters the maximum number of blf entries for phones is 50. Busy lamp field actions when a monitored busy lamp field blf resource indicates hold the short press action of the blf line key picks up the call. Not all phones have these buttons so an organization needs to decide if this feature is important to them before purchasing appropriate hardware. A busy lamp field allows the operator to view the sta.
Step 1 enable the blf for call lists enterprise parameter. Busy lamp field amriddle01 programmer 13 jan 11 16 53 then phone manager or one x portal it is phone manager installs a client app that shows 15 blf s for free to go beyond that it s licenced one x is server based and browsed to and costs more but no client side install and without the limit for blf s and if you have a lot of people may work out cheaper than licencing phone manager. Basic blf configuration ip phones that supports blf. A busy lamp field blf is a light on a voip phone also known as an ip phone that tells end users when another extension within the system is in use by displaying a clear status on the phone s display.
The blf must be manually configured on a compatible device by the phone user either as an add on feature that can be connected to the phone or as a software on a computer. Each member s device must be capable of supporting.