For a few dollars a month, you can add "3-way calling" feature to some or all of the co lines. This allows all three parties to be bridged at the co, all at the same level, and all can hear each other equally. It also eliminates tying up a second outside line. Some central offices even allow up to six connections, and the co conferencing bridge has excellent amplifiers and gain contol, which your pano does not. It's the right place to set up 3 way calling. Don't forget to enable "external feature access" (-flash-)!
Basic customer side conference problem- normal loss from the co to the customer can be 3 to 9 db. That means on a three way, that there can be an 18 db loss between the two outside parties. It's not a pano specific problem, most ksu's work the same way. You can also change the "lines" to "trunks" or bring them in on a channel bank, and specify the loss (typ. 3 db). -larry / dallas John Berry wrote: >I know we have all heard this one before, the conference call volume >is way too low! So I am ordering a conference call chip from VND that >Manny says should do the trick. > >Situation: This customer location is near the city's border and the >telco line volume is low already. We noticed the difference when we >do a *72 fwd to another number. So when we initiate a conf-call of >two outside parties from the PT connected to the kxta1232, we can >hear both sides from the PT, but neither side can hear each-other (as >the volume is so low you have to yell!). I am still a young pup (9 >yrs exp. compared to you guys and gals w/20+ yrs) and have not had to >deal with this much db loss on a phone line. > >Question: What is the typical procedure for handling this issue? >Would it be to install the IC19 conference chip, then contact the >phone company and whine? Is there an after-market device that will >increase CO volume (by juicing up the line)? What do the businesses >in rural areas do about this problem? Should this IC19 chip work? > > >John Berry >Lantex Voice & Data Systems >San Diego, Ca > > >_________________________________________________________________ >KX-T Mailing list --- http://kxthelp.com/ >Subscription changes: http://kxthelp.com/mailman/listinfo/kxt > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ KX-T Mailing list --- http://kxthelp.com/ Subscription changes: http://kxthelp.com/mailman/listinfo/kxt
