4 do not disturb, 5 auto-answer, 6 auto-conference – CounterPath eyeBeam 1.11 User Guide for Windows User Manual

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4.4 Do Not Disturb

eyeBeam allows users to set their softphone to a Do Not Disturb mode. When the softphone is set
to this mode all incoming calls will be sent to voicemail or given a “busy” indication. N

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Do Not Disturb is toggled on/off by clicking the on-screen DND button.

4.5 Auto-Answer

eyeBeam allows users to set their softphone to Auto-Answer mode. When the softphone is set to
this mode eyeBeam answers the call automatically after a wait time that can be changed from the
System item found in the Settings menu.

Auto-Answer is toggled on/off by clicking the on-screen AA button.

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4.6 Auto-Conference

eyeBeam includes an Auto-Conference feature which can be enabled or disabled by clicking on
the AC button. When combined with the Auto-Answer feature described above, eyeBeam can
control the way participants get added to a conference. The different levels of control for
managing a conference are shown in Table 1 below:

Table 1: Conference Management

Level of Control

Conference Process

AA off / AC off

Manual conference

Conference Host manually accepts calls and adds
each to conference – see Section 4.1.2

AA on / AC off

Auto-answer, manual add to conference

eyeBeam automatically answers calls and the
conference host manually adds each to conference

AA off / AC on

Individual answer, auto add to
conference

Conference host answers each call and each is
automatically added to conference

AA on / AC on

Conference Server Mode

eyeBeam acts as a fully automated conference server
answering each incoming call and adding them to the
conference

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