How do I join a conference bridge?
You can join a conference bridge from an internal or remote phone.
From an Internal Phone
- Dial the conference bridge extension.
- Enter the conference bridge participant or host pin (if required).
- Record your name and then press # (if required).
From a Remote Phone
There are three ways for callers to access a conference bridge externally:
- Blind transfer the caller to the conference bridge extension.
- Route the caller to the conference bridge through a dial plan (Auto Attendant node or Conference Room node).
- Give the caller a direct phone number to the conference bridge.
In-Call Conferencing Controls
There are several in-call conferencing controls. Controls vary based on whether participants access the conference bridge as a participant or host.
Dial * to access conferencing controls.
- 1: Mutes/Unmutes your microphone.
- 2: Locks/Unlocks the conference. (hosts cannot be locked out after joining)
- 3: Ejects the last user who joined the conference. (hosts cannot be ejected after joining)
- 4: Decreases the conference volume.
- 5: No action.
- 6: Increases the conference volume.
- 7: Decreases your microphone volume.
- 8: Exits the in-call conferencing controls menu.
- 9: Increases your microphone volume.
