If Quadro has limited number of analogue and IP phones connected and much more users wishing to make and receive calls through the Quadro, some of the connected phones can be announced as public. Public phones have no static owners; they are just connected to the analogue or IP lines. Each user that accesses the public phone should first login with the previously created virtual extension and the corresponding password in order to make the phone assigned to the certain extension. From that point forward and unless the user with log off the phone, he may place and receive calls and use all the supplementary PBX services of the Quadro.
The Hot Desking feature is used to organize the user login/logout on the public phones. Each user should have a virtual extension configured in the Extensions Management table. The virtual extensions can be configured as needed to use all the available supplementary PBX features when the user will log in from the phone with that extension. The Hot Desking option should be enabled on the corresponding analogue or IP lines from the Line Settings or IP Line Settings page accordingly.
To login to the phone, use the *78 Feature Code. You will be prompted for the extension and the password. When you login to the phone with your extension, the phone becomes a fully featured phone connected to the Quadro. You may place and received calls with the SIP address configured in the Extensions Management page, use Voice Mail services, etc. When you have finished using the phone, logout with the *78 Feature Code. From that moment forward, your extension becomes again virtual and is not connected to any analogue or IP line but it still can handle calls (using Call Forwarding, Many Extension Ringing, Hunt Grouping, etc. services) and voice mails according to the supplementary service configured on that virtual extension. The phone becomes no more assigned to your extension and is now available for other users to login and use it.