Starting and Joining a Standard Conference

A standard conference allows at least three people to participate in a single call. See the table below for details.

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Start a standard conference call by calling participants

During a connected call, click Confrn to add another party to the call. (You may need to click the more softkey to see Confrn.) Enter the conference participant's phone number. After the call connects and you have spoken to the conference participant, click Confrn again to add this party to your call. Repeat to add additional participants.

Invite current callers to join a standard conference

With two or more calls on a single line, scroll to highlight any call on the line and click Select. Repeat this process for each call you want to add to the conference. From one of the selected calls, click Join. (You may need to click the more softkey to see Join.) Note that the active call is selected and added to the conference automatically.

Participate in a standard conference

Answer the phone when it rings. You do not need to do anything special to participate in a standard conference call.

Barge (add yourself to) a call on a shared line and turn the call into a standard conference call

Highlight a remote-in-use call on a shared line and click cBarge. (You may need to click the more softkey to display cBarge.) Other parties on the call will hear a barge tone. See the "Understanding Shared Lines" topic for details.

View a list of conference participants

Highlight an active conference, and click ConfList. Participants are listed in the order in which they join the conference with the most recent additions at the top.

Get an updated list of conference participants

While viewing the conference list, click Update.

See who started the conference

While viewing the conference list, locate the person listed at the bottom of the list with an asterisk (*) next to the name.

Drop the last party added to the conference

Highlight the participant's name at the top of the conference list and click Remove. (The last participant is always listed at the top of the list.) Or, when not viewing the conference list, click RmLstC. You can remove participants only if you initiated the conference call.

Remove any conference participant

Highlight the participant's name and click Remove. You can remove participants only if you initiated the conference call.

End your participation in a standard conference

Hang up or click EndCall. If you did not initiate the conference call, hanging up will not disrupt the connection for the remaining parties.

If you initiated the conference call, hanging up might end the conference (depending on how your system administrator configured your Cisco IP Communicator). To avoid this, you can transfer the conference to another caller before hanging up. That caller then acts as the "virtual controller" for the conference. A virtual controller cannot add or remove parties; however, the conference continues with the established participants.

If you want to...	Then...
Start a standard conference call by calling participants	During a connected call, click Confrn to add another party to the call. (You may need to click the more softkey to see Confrn.) Enter the conference participant's phone number. After the call connects and you have spoken to the conference participant, click Confrn again to add this party to your call. Repeat to add additional participants.
Invite current callers to join a standard conference	With two or more calls on a single line, scroll to highlight any call on the line and click Select. Repeat this process for each call you want to add to the conference. From one of the selected calls, click Join. (You may need to click the more softkey to see Join.) Note that the active call is selected and added to the conference automatically.
Participate in a standard conference	Answer the phone when it rings. You do not need to do anything special to participate in a standard conference call.
Barge (add yourself to) a call on a shared line and turn the call into a standard conference call	Highlight a remote-in-use call on a shared line and click cBarge. (You may need to click the more softkey to display cBarge.) Other parties on the call will hear a barge tone. See the "Understanding Shared Lines" topic for details.
View a list of conference participants	Highlight an active conference, and click ConfList. Participants are listed in the order in which they join the conference with the most recent additions at the top.
Get an updated list of conference participants	While viewing the conference list, click Update.
See who started the conference	While viewing the conference list, locate the person listed at the bottom of the list with an asterisk (*) next to the name.
Drop the last party added to the conference	Highlight the participant's name at the top of the conference list and click Remove. (The last participant is always listed at the top of the list.) Or, when not viewing the conference list, click RmLstC. You can remove participants only if you initiated the conference call.
Remove any conference participant	Highlight the participant's name and click Remove. You can remove participants only if you initiated the conference call.
End your participation in a standard conference	Hang up or click EndCall. If you did not initiate the conference call, hanging up will not disrupt the connection for the remaining parties. If you initiated the conference call, hanging up might end the conference (depending on how your system administrator configured your Cisco IP Communicator). To avoid this, you can transfer the conference to another caller before hanging up. That caller then acts as the "virtual controller" for the conference. A virtual controller cannot add or remove parties; however, the conference continues with the established participants.

Tips

Calls must be on the same line before you can add them to a standard conference call. If calls are on different lines, transfer them to a single line before using Confrn or Join.
If you get an error stating, "No Participant Info" when attempting to use Join, be sure that you have selected at least one call in addition to the active call, which is selected automatically.
Depending on how your Cisco IP Communicator is configured, if you leave a conference after creating it, the conference might end. See the last row of the above table for more information.