Lockdown Procedure

[Bankesy]

Good morning,

 

Does anybody have any advice or guidance around a lockdown procedure that they are willing to share, please?

 

At the moment our primary method of communication in such a scenario would be the NetGenium tannoy system but this has proved unreliable and their support tell me that to make changes we need to run it using IE10 which I can't quite work out how to do without a Win 7 VM.

 

Thanks in advance

[Olliedawg]

I dont have the policy on hand, but we use our IP phones (Yealinks) as we have one in every classroom/staff area.

 

We do this using some software called BellCommander. This sits on the 3cx server & you are able to configure various alerts, which can be triggered by dialling specific extensions. We have it setup to only allow certain extensions to dial in and trigger the lockdown alert - one in each area of the school with a trusted staff member (usually member of SLT, or head of faculty).

 

Once triggered, the alert pages all IP phones with an audio file which is looped until cancelled by an authorized phone. Never had to use it (thankfully) other than testing - which worked well.

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This popped up in my feeds today:

 

 

[itskdog]

On 22/10/2024 at 10:31, Bankesy said:

run it using IE10 which I can't quite work out how to do without a Win 7 VM

 

Edge has an "IE Mode" for exactly this situation. It's IE11, but I think IE's compatibility mode is also available for if earlier versions are expected by the webpage.