Administering Features On Softkeys - Avaya 9608 Administrator's Manual

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Administering features on softkeys

Release 2.0 onwards, you can administer call server features on softkeys on the deskphhone. The
number of features you can place on a set of softkeys depends on the call state the deskphone is
presenting to the user.
The chart below lists the call states for which you can administer softkeys, the relevant system
parameter associated with a call state, the maximum number of features you can specify in that
system parameter, and the softkey numbers that can take administered features.
Call State
Idle
Dialing
Active with ringback
Active with talk path
Note:
For more information about the system parameters, see
system parameters
Administration of softkeys works as follows:
• Administer feature buttons for the deskphone on the call server as you normally would, and the
call server sends these button assignments to the deskphone as it always has.
• In the 46xxsettings file, administer any or all of the system parameters indicated in the chart
above. Each parameter consists of a list of one or more feature numbers, up to the maximum
indicated in that chart, with each feature number corresponding to a specific administrable
feature. CM Feature Numbers for Assigning Softkeys
features and their associated numbers.
• The deskphone compares the list of features administered on the call server with the list of
features in the system parameters administered. If a given feature occurs both in call server
administration and in a given system parameter, that feature is displayed on a phone
June 2014
Parameter and value
System Parameter
IDLEFEATURES
DIALFEATURES
RINGBKFEATURES
TALKFEATURES
on page 68.
Administering 9608/9608G/9611G/9621G/9641G IP Deskphones H.323
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Administering features on softkeys
Dependency
out. If the administrator has
set APPSTAT to a value
other than 1, the user cannot
make changes to Contacts,
so the administrator might
prepopulate Contacts, and
enable or disable entries to
display the contacts as
Favorites or not.
Maximum number of
features allowed
6
5
3
3
9600 Series H.323 customizable
on page 111 lists the administrable
Available Softkeys
All softkeys
1, 3, & 4
3
4
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