Configuring Conference Calls

Procedure

1. In the NE Explorer, click the NE and choose Configuration > Orderwire from the Function Tree. Click the Conference Call tab.
   
   
2. Click Query to query the conference call configuration of the NE.
3. In the Available Conference Call Ports pane, select the port where you want to configure a conference call, and click .
   NOTE:

   If the optical interfaces that support conference call form a loop, howler tone is generated. Hence, "releasing loop" is a must, that is, only one optical port can be set for the conference call in a certain node.

4. Click Apply.
5. Click the General tab, and set Conference Call number.
   NOTE:

   The conference call number for all NEs must be the same, and must have the same length as the orderwire phone number. If the orderwire phone number has four digits, the conference call number is recommended to be 9999.

6. Click Apply.