Presence And Instant Messaging Features - Polycom SoundPoint IP 600 SIP Administrator's Manual

Administrator Guide - SoundPoint

3.4 Presence and Instant Messaging Features

SoundPoint
ence and instant messaging features are compatible with Microsoft
MSN
saging features are integrated with the contact directory features, using its contact
database.
3.4.1 Presence
SoundPoint
users/devices and allows other users to monitor it. The status of monitored users is
displayed visually and is updated in real time. The user can block others from moni-
toring their telephone and is notified when a change in monitored status occurs
phone status changes are broadcast automatically to monitoring telephones when the
user engages in calls or invokes do-not-disturb. The user can also manually specify a
state to convey, overriding, and perhaps masking, the automatic behavior.
Central
(boot
server)
Local
3.4.2 Instant Messaging
SoundPoint
alerted to incoming messages visually and audibly. The user can choose to view the
3. Notification when a change in monitored status occurs will be available in a subsequent release.
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®
IP
® IP contains both presence and instant messaging features. These pres-
®
Messenger versions 4.6 and 4.7. SoundPoint
® IP's presence feature allows the telephone to monitor the status of other
XML file: <Ethernet
address>-direc-
tory.xml
Web Server
(if enabled)
Local Phone User
Interface
®
IP supports sending and receiving instant text messages. The user is
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®
IP's presence and instant mes-
The <bw>0</bw> (buddy watching) and <bb>0</bb>
(buddy blocking) elements in the <Ethernet address>-
directory.xml file dictate the presence aspects of directory
entries.
• For more information, see 3.1.16.1 Local Contact
Directory File Format on page 26.
None.
The user can edit the directory contents. The Watch
Buddy and Block Buddy fields control the buddy behavior
of contacts.
Changes will be stored in the telephone's flash file system
and backed up to the boot server copy of <Ethernet
address>-directory.xml if this is configured. When the
telephone boots, the boot server copy of the directory, if
present, will overwrite the local copy.
Features
® ®
Windows and
3
. Tele-