Chorus FAQs for ITSS and administrators

You should purchase phones listed on the Supported Devices page as they are the only ones supported.

5. The second and subsequent phones deployed will display an RA2 error, which you can fix in phoneman. All the phones will ring at once - it isn't possible to have a time delay between the phones ringing.

Please see the these instructions.

Please see the error codes page.

Very occasionally, phones in the process of applying a firmware upgrade will get stuck in boot mode.  This will be the display on the screen:

This usually happens is the phone is disconnected when the display shows:

These can be rectifed by the Chorus team (see 1. below) or by local ITSS (see 2. below) if they have the available equipment.

1. Chorus team

Please raise an incident by emailing chorus@it.ox.ac.uk and at the same time, send the phone back with the incident number on the box to:

             FAO Chorus team
            (Dartington House)

             Deliver to:

             University Offices,
             Wellington Square,
             Oxford OX1 2JD

In the incident please specify:

            a) A return address

            b) Whether an extension number needs to be programmed onto the device before return

            c) Whether a divert to another extension (please specify extension number) is required while the issue is being resolved

2.  Local ITSS

If the IT department in your unit has access to an unmanaged switch* that can be set up distinct from the Chorus network, follow these instructions.

Faults can be reported by calling the IT Service Desk on 01865 612345, or by emailing the Chorus team. Please provide the faulty extension, any error codes which appear on your phone's screen, and the nature of the fault.

You can use fax to email or email to fax.  If you require a physical fax machine, order a Mediatrix ATA via the supported devices page.

Yes, this is called a hotdial number.  If you want the call to go to a number if the caller does not call a number in a specified time, this is a warmdial number.  Please email the Chorus team to request.

You can find Frodo and subnet information here, and network configuration information here.  Note - Frodo and network configuration pages are behind SSO and held on sharepoint respectively.  If you have trouble accessing these, please email the Chorus team.

Leavers will automatically be removed from the system after their account expires. If you need their number to be reused before this happens, you can edit the user in Phoneman

It depends whether you are happy for them to take their number with them. If you do, then the billing will need to be changed.  You can request this via this service request.  The adminstrator of the unit taking over the extension will need to request the number using the same sevice request.   If you don't, they will need to be given a different number, which can be edited in Phoneman.

Please submit a service request.

Full Chorus accounts are associated with personal SSO accounts (not cardholder or Virtual Access accounts) and have all the Chorus functionality: UC, softphones, voicemail, conferencing, web collaboration.  If this is not available, then a 'non-person' phone with voice only is the alternative, with the optional addition of a voicemail box.

Please see the Chorus billing pages.

Yes. See the call reporting page for information about the reports that are available. Please submit a Chorus Call Reporting Service Request for access.