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Mitel 3300 - Pet Peeves, DCR's, and Wish lists. June 2010 3

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This is a Continuation of earlier threads:

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thread1329-1569902: Mitel Pet Peeves, DCR's, and Wish lists.
thread1329-1575204: Mitel 3300 - Pet Peeves, DCR's, and Wish lists.
thread1329-1582833


Updated List as of Jun 23, 2010

High -Ability to setup an analog extension/ONS, with a pre-specified prefix, e.g. 9 for outside line (for say fax machines).

Med -A way to have a visual indication of day/night mode (e.g., you can have a call forwarding key which lights up when active, how about one for 'Night 1')

Med -Call screening on trunks. How to block calls from particular numbers. Calling party number based routing, handle calls coming from different area codes in different way.

Med -Sub-attendant function.

Med – DID translation tables. Possibly the same form as Call screening. Have a form specific to DID translations. Configurable so that conflict dialing is avoided. SX-200 has this.

Med – Have an IP page option (multicast) - not using E2T resources – Same IP Phone limit of members as DNIC - 250

Med – Ability to send Calling Party Name, based on DN much the same as Calling Party Number. Default Name, and tables much like the Calling Party Number table/form.

[highlight]Delivered In rel 4.1[/highlight] Med - Currently, automatic switching from day/night, doesn't take into account weekends (so you need to manually handle this?)commentAs Mitel appears to be phasing out opsman, this may become more of an issue. It also doesn't address later closing times on specific days. Need something more like the Business hours for Voicemail.
*** 4.1 has fully configurable calendar.

Med - ACD functionality needs ability to provide pre-announce greeting before presenting call to the agents. Must be done within single queue to avoid reporting issues.

[highlight]New[/highlight] Low - Need Ability to lock user from changing keys including/especially ACD phones

[highlight]New[/highlight] Low - Need the ability, like in the SX200, to capture user digits before activating speedcall. For use in Auto Attendant type Applications.

Low - Have IP page include overhead page (like on the 200icp)

Low - In the web interface, show more than 5 lines/phones/etc at a time, if there is space to do so

Low - Ability to display an extension's number on screen (on likes of 5312/5324, the 5330/5340 do it anyway).

Low - A way to be able to deassign the MAC address from the phone. Sometimes it would be nice to be able to return each phone to: USE Super key TO SEND PIN, from the phone.

Low - Web interface to work on other browsers/platforms (e.g. Mac+Safari)

Low - distinctive ring for different keys on a phone

Low - User configuration should have editable fields for Call routing Assignment.

Low - BLF Lamps for 5550 console. Current method for creating BLF’s for 5550 console is difficult to manage. It also uses costly resources (licensing) A method by which a lamp can be enabled via the User Configuration form would be preferable.

Low - Range Programming for System Speed Dial (Range Delete Also)

Low - Voicemail Menu Nodes need ability to access Dial by Name and Dial an Extension features.

Low - For Multiple- Multicall appearances(of the same DN) on the same phone, only 1 should flash/ring at a time

[highlight]Change from Unrated[/highlight] Low - an option for call timer on phone display to run minutes: seconds not hours: minutes

Unrated - Need ability to associate MWI keys with any valid mailbox. Currently MWI fails if mailbox is single digit.

Unrated - Currently any Keyline / Multicall programmed on a set and only having 1 appearance in the system, is displayed as a single line. Copying the key fails unless the programmer can guess the original programmed type. Functionality of these keys is different, the system should display the type “As Programmed”

Unrated - Current limit of 16 DSS/BLF keys is too low.

Unrated - Ability to turn off canned prompts on Embedded Mail such as “You are being transferred to…”

Unrated - Need Ability to play greeting and hangup, either with Rad or with Announcement Type mailbox

Unrated – Trunk and DN status in SNMP

Unrated - If parking multiple calls, on say a 5340, it would be good to show the caller's number beside each button (e.g. on the LCD screen)Fisher Need more description, parking calls on multiple keys?. Does Superkey provide the info?

Unrated - LCD based PKMs (e.g. 48 key) Self Labeling same as 5340

Unrated - DECT headset/handset for Consoles (Same as SX-200 for 5540 console)

Unrated - Call History key that records all calls ringing the phone (not just the prime DN)

Unrated - Call Park to grab lowest available orbit number (not go from 01 to 99)

Unrated - The ability to pickup a park recall from another phone (can do on 200icp)

Unrated - a way to control SIP debugging, allowing you to decide whether to show debugs for: SIP devices, SIP trunks or both (the current situation)

Unrated - A field-replaceable battery for the cordless handset


[highlight]On the chopping block[/highlight]

To Be removed on next update Return large display phones like 5240 with easy interface. I have lots of complains on 5340 as overcomplicated.comment The market has spoken on the 5240, Mitel sold almost none. 5340 with self labeling keys is here to stay.

To Be removed on next update The call history application on the 5330/5340 (full screen), couldn't return calls, as it was missing the 9 prefix (and didn't pay attention to 'Outgoing external call prefix for apps' in 'System Options Assignment'Comment Sounds like a tech support question

To Be removed on next update Access the configuration as a text file, export it, save it. And then, compare how it was on different dates/between systems. Being able to export the settings to one big text file would be good.Comment Export to csv is quite good as it is


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Occam's Razor - All things being equal, the simplest solution is the right one.
 
Low - In the web interface, show more than 5 lines/phones/etc at a time, if there is space to do so"

was also delivered in a recent release of 4.1

that is just two items off the list ticked off though :-(
 
Fissure - I wondered about that but I only have a single MCD 4.1 and I don't see it very often.

I also am wondering about the Call History button logging non-prime calls. I think it already does but I was not the contributer of that item. Anyone have any thoughts/insights on that item?

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I don't think call history logs calls to multicalls, so I would like to see that remain on the list (but as a feature which can be enabled/disabled, as otherwise in some environments people could end up with huge numbers of missed calls they don't care about).

Thanks, Neil.
 
Web interface to work on other browsers/platforms (e.g. Mac+Safari) Coming in Release 5.

LCD based PKMs (e.g. 48 key) Self Labeling same as 5340 Never going to happen according to set Product Manager. They don't think they would sell enough.
 
Med – Ability to send Calling Party Name, based on DN much the same as Calling Party Number. Default Name, and tables much like the Calling Party Number table/form.
This can be done. Either send the name that is programmed on the phone or the name programmed in the department field - depending on COS setting. Also depends if your CO will support it.


Would like to add a second Call Pickup - Directed feature access code that will pickup any DN on the ringing phone not just the prime DN.
Recently replaced a couple Toshibas that had this feature.
 
lowradiation - The Calling party Name request is different from the existing method's. Specifically: Default Name, and tables much like the Calling Party Number table/form.

This allows the Tel Dir to be used independantly from Calling Name.

I will add the call pickup but at an unrated level for now.

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Note on the Calender function.
It is system wide. If using tenenting it will switch all tenents. So you can't have different schedules for different tenents. Put in for a DPAR so only time will tell.
 
Please bump that call history (with no 9) thing back up - thats really a killer for us, it makes the call history option useless. (Owners want to know why such an advanced system can't return a call!)

My biggest peeves are with the embedded voicemail:

#1 PEEVE - Ability to switch system greetings from prompting users for letters. Our entire company uses Blackberries and this really caused some serious grief. It would be nice if there was a downloadable set of system greetings that used numbers instead of letters.

Personal contacts - get rid of the system prompts for cell phone or fax when #2 or #3 personal contacts are configured. If people use #2 or #3, let them specify what they're for in their own greeting.

On that same subject, change the system so that pressing ONE wrong key doesn't immediately boot you out of a user's voicemail box. "Invalid key" would be better.

Make the main VM greeting an AA box by default. Having to make single digit mailboxes often conflicts with personal contacts- if someone presses 3 in someone's VM, and they don't have 3 programmed as a personal contact, it'll jump to mailbox 3 which may be part of a menu.

Make the VM system have the ability to fall through to a different extension other than 0. Its a pain to have to hack/program things around 0 after hours when there is no operator available.

Thanks for your work on this!

Jeff

 
Orion3313 - With respect to the voicemail limitations, I hear ya.
That being said, the Embedded Mail has always been a low cost alternative to more fully featured voicemails. With the cost of the Nupoint coming down to reasonable levels I can see no financial advantage to Mitel to enact the changes you suggest. The Nupoint will do all you ask and more.

I'll add them regardless but I don't want the list to become too unwieldly. They might not survive future edits unless they get some backing.

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Orion3313 - In Release 4.0 Mitel added the ability to change the embedded VM prompts to numbers instead of letters. You do this by selecting "English overlaid" as the prompt language in the VM Prompt Languages form. From the Help file:

Select the language to use for voice mail prompts.

Note: English Overlaid (North America) and Dutch Overlaid have numeric prompts (e.g., "Press 7 for Play."). The non-overlaid versions have alphabetic prompts (e.g., "Press P for Play).
 
Thanks SXWizard - Additionally, with respect to blacknerry users. Hold down the ALT key when you press the letters.

ALT-P = 7



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Medium - Further to MW indication key, would like to see that you can monitor any type of mailbox (Or expanded range of). For example you cannot set up a MWI key for a mailbox associated with a hunt group.

Medium - Mxe, Mxe server & Cxi II: Basic IP routing: Ability to config static IP routes would be nice to complement the exiting basic built-in router & Firewall......

Medium - CXi embedded PoE switch: Incorporate either LLDP or CDP advertisement to set Vlan tagging and QOS on handset.


 
Jakt99 - The levels are not set by the poster. Virtually all new entries start at unrated if the request has not been made before. An item needs support/requests from other users to get increased priority. If others agree with you, they can add their voice to bump the priority.

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I have a comment on below:
Low - BLF Lamps for 5550 console. Current method for creating BLF's for 5550 console is difficult to manage. It also uses costly resources (licensing) A method by which a lamp can be enabled via the User Configuration form would be preferable.

After an installation I usually export the user config form and import the DN's into the remote busy lamp form.
Once DN's are in here they are available on console as DSS/BLF's

i think this to be slightly simpler although I agree the entire process could be made a whole bunch easier to administrate.

My five cents ;)
 
Mitelpassion - I tried the remote busy lamp route once and had a problem. Maybe I did it wrong, I don't know. Either way the current method requires extra steps that should not be necessary. Lamping should be automatic (or at least selectable) with the creation of a phone.

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a new request:

voicemail to email use alpha tagging to put the name in the subject line as well as the number (where the number exists for alpha tagging)
 
Fissure - Makes Sense to me.

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I stumbled into one today. Only a small one, the ability to add a secondary DNS address to the DHCP scope on the 3300.
 
bobcheese,

Yes, you can add multiple entries in the DHCP options scope. Just enter the first DNS IP address, put in a space, type the 2nd DNS IP address.

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