Extension Presence

Extension Presence is linked to the call forwarding settings and Linkus ring strategy.

in2pbx provides five presence statuses:

  • Available
  • Away
  • DND
  • Lunch Break
  • On a Business Trip

Note: If the presence status is set to DND, the extension won’t receive any calls

Presence status

Select a Presence status, then configure the Call Forwarding and Ring Strategy for the Presence status.

Transfer Destination (Call Forwarding)

Always: All the calls will be forwarded regardless of the extension status.

No Answer: Calls will be forwarded if the user doesn’t answer the call.

When Busy: Calls will be forwarded when the user is busy in a call.

Ring Strategy

Set the ring strategy of the user’s Linkus clients and IP phones.

Ring First: When a call reaches the extension, which terminal will ring first.

Ring Secondly: If the incoming call is not answered on the terminals that are

Set Call Forwarding Prompt

By default, when the PBX is forwarding an incoming call to another number, the PBX will play the call forwarding prompt “please hold when I try to locate the person you are calling”, and then play the MoH music when the caller is waiting. You can disable the call forwarding prompt and change the MoH music to a normal ring tone. In this way, the caller will not realise that the call is forwarded.

  1. Go to Settings >PBXVoice PromptsPrompt Preference.
  2. Uncheck the option Play Call Forwarding Prompt.
  3. Set the Music on Hold for Call Forwarding to Ringing Tone. call-forwarding-prompt
  4. Click Save and Apply.

Activate/Deactivate Call Forwarding

Extension users can dial the Call Forwarding feature codes on their phones to activate or deactivate the Call Forwarding function.

Below are the default call forwarding feature codes and the description of how to use the feature codes.

CodeActionExample
*71Activate call forwarding ALWAYSDial *71 to forward all calls to voicemail. Dial *716000 to forward all calls to extension 6000.
*071Deactivate call forwarding ALWAYSDial *071 to deactivate call forwarding ALWAYS.
*72Activate call forwarding WHEN BUSYDial *72 to forward calls (when the user is busy) to voicemail. Dial *726000 to forward calls (when the user is busy) to extension 6000.
*072Deactivate call forwarding WHEN BUSYDial *072 to deactivate call forwarding WHEN BUSY.
*73Activate call forwarding NO ANSWERDial *73 to forward calls (when the user doesn’t answer) to voicemail. Dial *736000 to forward calls ((when the user doesn’t answer) to extension 6000.
*073Deactivate call forwarding NO ANSWERDial *073 to deactivate call forwarding NO ANSWER.

To raise a ticket for in2pbx, please email issue@web2-external.in2tel.ie.

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