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How to create a paging phone for office visitors?

Checked in the community for posting this and didn't find anything quite like it.

We'd like to place a phone at the front portion of our office that delivery people (and some visitors) can use to let our administrative team members know that they have arrived. Optimally, the phone would be like an intercom with simultaneous ring to 3 desks. I know about the paging group and intercom functionalities in RC but it's unclear how the phone should be set up. It doesn't need to be available for making calls -- just paging intra office.

Anyone done something like this?
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bjsvec answered
I can think of two ways:

1. Just put a regular phone there and provide instructions near it to dial a call group or press a speed dial button that rings the phones you want.

2. Use an ATA and connect it to a call box with autodial programmed to dial a call group when pushed.  Viking makes various devices like this and any analog phone with programmable speed dial buttons could be used as well.


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bjsvec answered
You can also use the new users > roles settings to restrict the user to have no features except internal calling.
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kristan2100 answered
Thanks, Brandon. I was hoping that there was a configuration of the phone that didn't require it having a full-on user account but it sounds like that's what's needed.
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nathan-malone1532 answered
Great suggestions from Brandon. Unfortunately to do any kind of calling you have to set up a full digital line for the phone and assign it to a User.
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