Virtual extension forward to cell phone NS700?

[BobHLiton]

Hi friends,

Again, I'm a newbie to the NS700 so please be gentle.

How can I setup a new extension which does not have a handset and just forwards to a cell phone when someone in the building dials the 3-digit extension?

I greatly appreciate any tips or suggestions.

Thank you!
-Bob

 

[Tele-tech]

We do that exact thing when we need to transfer AA dial presses back out into the world. I.e option 5 dials ext 300, but 300 has nothing connected to it, so we call it a phantom extension. That extension has Forward All set to a number, i.e. 9905555555 with the dial code being 9 at the front. Same thing would happen if someone tried to intercom it, it would call said number that it was forwarded to.

 

[BobHLiton]

Hi, and thanks for this!

What about doing portable extensions?

I should have mentioned they'd really like it to show up in Communications Assistant.

Cheers

 

[Tele-tech]

Truth be told, haven't had any experience as far as that goes. Hopefully someone else on here has!

 

[obtsystems]

If you setup a portable station, then do a call forward to the cell phone.

In cos you have to allow external call forward for it to work. Dial the 3 digit extension and it calls to mobile

 

[BobHLiton]

Hi obt.

Yes, it works. I just wish it would go into the central contact list in everyone's Communications Assistant.

 

[obtsystems]

Did you try setting a speed dial with the extension number in as the dial string