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Administering your phone
Usage: Specifies the name that must match with the incoming VDN name to auto-answer. The
incoming VDN name can be longer but the vector matches only the first 15 characters.
AUTOANSALERT
Parameter Name and (default value): AUTOANSALERT ('0')
Valid Values: 1 ASCII numeric digit, '0' and '1'
Usage: Specifies whether the deskphone will audibly alert with auto-answering calls.
Note:
If AUTOANSALERT is 0, the deskphone will not provide audible alerting when auto-answering
a call, regardless of any other setting (e.g. AUDASYS). Similarly if AUTOANSALERT is 1, the
deskphone will provide audible alerting when auto-answering a call, if and only if the phone is
administered to provide audible alerting at all, for example by user Volume setting.
Scenarios addressed using the parameters
You can configure these parameters to address the following scenarios for an incoming call on
primary appearance A and a bridged appearance B:
Note:
To avoid conflicts when using Phone-based conditional auto-answer, configure auto-answer
settings on CM to none.
Table 14: Parameter values and results
Value of AUTOANSSTAT
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
May 2018
Value of AUTOANSSTRING
Specified or null value
Null value
Specified and matches the VDN
Specified but does not match
VDN
Null
Specified and matches the VDN
Specified and does not match
VDN
Not specified
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Resulting scenario
The deskphones do not auto-
answer the call.
Auto-answer is attempted on both
primary and bridged call
appearances (BCAs), and CM will
adjudicate any race condition.
Auto-answer is attempted on both
primary call appearances (PCAs)
and BCAs, and CM will adjudicate
any race condition.
No auto-answer on either PCAs
or BCAs.
Auto-answer is attempted on
PCAs but not BCAs
Auto-answer is attempted on
PCAs but not BCAs.
No auto-answer on either PCAs
or BCAs.
Auto-answer is attempted on both
PCAs or BCAs only for
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