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Pincher SAR has a phone system called phone.com that allows us to give
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Pincher SAR uses both Telus and Phone.com to make remote changes to the Call Back destination possible.
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out a permanent phone number that doesn't change when new people switch
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into roles.
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I've set up the extension for you:
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Caller
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403-627-5804 (Telus)
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permanently forwarded to
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587-315-0065 (Phone.com)
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forwards to
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Manager(s)/Call-Back Person
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It's configured to forward to your home number.
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(We used to be able to do this with just Telus, but they no longer offer the Advanced Call Forwarding feature we relied on.)
== Changing the destination phone number ==
== Changing the destination phone number ==
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See {{subpage|Change destination number}}
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[[Image:Phone.com call-back extension login labelled.png|200px|right]]
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== Help ==
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You can change the destination phone nmuber by going to:
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Phone.com provides
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online help in the menu at the top of its pages under "Support".
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https://control.phone.com/login?role=voip
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You can read further about our
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use of phone.com [[Phone.com|here]].
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== Advanced ==
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Phone.com has lots of features and can do just about anything you can imagine a phone system might do.
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See the online help or talk to the [[Technology Committee]] if you'd like to explore them.
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Click on the word '''EXTENSION'''
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If you're using a complex setting, you might want to save it for the next time you're responding
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('''<span style='color: #ba0000;'>A</span>''').
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to the call-back number.
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We can set up a special extension for you so you don't have to reenter the same configuration.
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== Wrong Numbers ==
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* Phone number: 855-727-6825
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Wrong numbers going to the manager on-call are inevitable. People misdial. People get confused. People have old or wrong numbers.
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* Extension: 200
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* Password: XXXXXX
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('''<span style='color: #ba0000;'>B</span>''').
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Because there are two entries into the call-back forwarding chain, the number of wrong numbers will be approximately twice that received on a typical single phone number.
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and your password. Your password defaults to XXX, but you can change it later if you want.
 
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I looked into P K F Medical which we occasionally get calls for on the call-back line.
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They were a Calgary business which now appears to be shut down. There are no current listings for them on the web, just old yelp-like reviews/listings.
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At one time they had the phone number 587-315-0065. We've since taken up that number as a necessary link of our call-back system through phone.com.
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Click on "Settings" on the left.
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We get wrong number calls to this number which get forwarded to the manager on-call. Those wrong numbers will decrease as the old clients of P K F Medical realize they are no longer in business.
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The wrong numbers are directed to phone.com (as illustrated above). They should not affect the phone bill for 403-627-5804.
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Choose the menu on the left "Settings" and then "Call Handling Rules" (A).
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Change the phone numbers as you like. Add phone numbers using "ADD ANOTHER NUMBER". Remove phone numbers with the garbage can. All the phone numbers listed will be called simultaneously.
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For each phone number, click on the "Advanced" button (B). This will cause some additional information to show up under the phone number as illustrated.
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Set "Caller ID to show me" to "Called Number" if you want the caller ID to show up as 1-855-855-5899. Otherwise the original caller's caller ID will be sent (e.g. Shell). Using our line (Called Number) can be useful if you set a special ring tone on your phone for calls from the alert line.
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"Screening" must be "On". (C) Otherwise when one of your lines goes to voice mail or answering machine, everyone else will stop ringing. Call screening means that when you answer a forwarded call, the phone system will play a message to you before connecting you to the calling party. The message will sound like:
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Hello. Call from 855-855-5899 to "Emergency Alert". Press 1 to accept or 2 to ignore.
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Set "Voice Tag" to something you'd like the phone to say when it calls you. I use "Emergency Alert".
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When you make changes, click on "SAVE RULE SETTINGS". (Not shown in diagram.)
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There's online help in the menu under "Support". You can read about our
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use of phone.com here:
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http://pcsar.dyndns.org:8080/mediawiki/index.php/Members:Phone.com
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(You'll need to log into the wiki to read these pages).
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== Test your personal emergency extension ==
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Now you can test your call forwarding settings.
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# Call 1-855-855-5899 from another phone line (not one of the phone lines you specified)
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Your call should be forwarded to all the phones you specified.
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Check to see if things ring the way you want, and that you can talk to the calling party.
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If you share the phone numbers with other people in your family or coworkers, let them know that if they can't pass the phone to you
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Your other phones will continue to ring.
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And in a real emergency, this will allow the phones of the other agency members to continue to ring until someone is able to take the call.
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Current revision

Pincher SAR uses both Telus and Phone.com to make remote changes to the Call Back destination possible.

Caller
  |
  v  
403-627-5804 (Telus) 
permanently forwarded to
  |
  v
587-315-0065 (Phone.com)
forwards to
  |
  v
Manager(s)/Call-Back Person

(We used to be able to do this with just Telus, but they no longer offer the Advanced Call Forwarding feature we relied on.)

Contents

[edit] Changing the destination phone number

See Change destination number

[edit] Help

Phone.com provides online help in the menu at the top of its pages under "Support".

You can read further about our use of phone.com here.

[edit] Advanced

Phone.com has lots of features and can do just about anything you can imagine a phone system might do. See the online help or talk to the Technology Committee if you'd like to explore them.

If you're using a complex setting, you might want to save it for the next time you're responding to the call-back number. We can set up a special extension for you so you don't have to reenter the same configuration.

[edit] Wrong Numbers

Wrong numbers going to the manager on-call are inevitable. People misdial. People get confused. People have old or wrong numbers.

Because there are two entries into the call-back forwarding chain, the number of wrong numbers will be approximately twice that received on a typical single phone number.


I looked into P K F Medical which we occasionally get calls for on the call-back line.

They were a Calgary business which now appears to be shut down. There are no current listings for them on the web, just old yelp-like reviews/listings.

At one time they had the phone number 587-315-0065. We've since taken up that number as a necessary link of our call-back system through phone.com.

We get wrong number calls to this number which get forwarded to the manager on-call. Those wrong numbers will decrease as the old clients of P K F Medical realize they are no longer in business.

The wrong numbers are directed to phone.com (as illustrated above). They should not affect the phone bill for 403-627-5804.

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