Avaya B179 User Manual
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- Page 1 Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide ENGLISH 16-603918 Issue 1 March 2011...
- Page 2 Avaya does not guarantee that these links will work all the time and has no control over the availability of the linked pages.
- Page 3 User Guide the Software at any given time. A “Unit” means the unit on which Avaya, at its sole discretion, bases the pricing of its licenses and can be, without limitation, an agent, port or user, an e-mail or voice mail account in the name of a person or corporate function (e.g., webmaster or helpdesk), or a directory entry in the...
- Page 4 7 kHz frequency range during VoIP calls, and an equalizer allows you to adjust the sound to suit the room’s acoustics. Warning! Do not expose the Avaya B179 to rain or moisture. Warning! Do not open the case on the Avaya B179.
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Page 5: Table Of Contents
Using the web interface Dropping a line ........14 Checking network addresses ....34 Transferring calls ........14 Logging in to the Avaya B179 ....35 Profiles Managing the phonebook ....... 36 Using a user profile ........15 Managing the conference guide ....39 Changing the profile name and password .16... -
Page 6: Description
Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide DESCRIPTIoN GENERAL The Avaya B179 is a conference phone for IP telephony offering a host of innovative features: • OmniSound audio technology. ® • IP telephony for flexible and affordable telephony. • Option of using two accounts simultaneously. - Page 7 Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide DESCRIPTIoN Speaker Microphone Display screen Keypad LEDs SD memory card port LEDs Flashing blue Incoming call Steady blue light Call in progress Flashing red Hold, microphone and speaker turned off Steady red light...
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Page 8: Keypad
Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide DESCRIPTIoN KEYPAD UP ARRoW MENU DoWN ARRoW Navigation in menus Settings menu Navigation in menus Display of call list Display of call list No/end/back Yes/confirm choice Start/stop recording Answer/connect new line Increase volume... -
Page 9: Display Screen
Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide DESCRIPTIoN DISPLAY SCREEN on Hook Press to display this screen. Date Time Display text (can be changed) Registered Not registered Account name (can be changed) off Hook Press to display this screen. Call duration... -
Page 10: Navigation And Selection In Menus
Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide DESCRIPTIoN Line menu Press LINE to switch to and from this menu. Line/number/name New line (two lines if two accounts are registered) option for creating or splitting conference calls Menu Press MENU to switch to and from a menu. - Page 11 TIME LANGUAGE STATUS STATUS STATUS DEVICE KEY TONE RING LEVEL EQUALIZER AUX PORT TIME FORMAT SCREEN TEXT DEFAULT The simplest way to make settings and edit contacts is using a PC and the Avaya B179 web interface (see page 34).
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Page 12: Answering And Making Calls
Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide ANSWERING AND MAKING CALLS ANSWERING CALLS A ring tone is heard and the blue LEDs start flashing. Press to answer. The LEDs show a steady blue light. ANSWERING CALLS oN HoLD If a call is made to the conference phone during another call, you will hear a double tone, INCOMING CALL will be displayed on the screen and the blue LEDs start flashing. -
Page 13: Calling From The Phonebook
Use the arrow buttons to mark the name in the phonebook. Press The number you have selected is dialled. Avaya B179 also supports an external phonebook in the form of a catalog server (LDAP server). Read more on page 19. -
Page 14: During A Call
You know the feature is activated if you see a closed padlock in the lower right-hand corner of the display screen when the Avaya B179 has a secure connection to the other phone. If the phone or PBX you are calling does not support secure connections, you... -
Page 15: Making Multi-Party Calls
(Conference) button. Select the conference group you want to call and press oK to confirm. The Avaya B179 dials all the contacts in the group. The box in front of a person’s name fills as soon as that person answers. -
Page 16: Managing Phone Lines
MANAGING PHoNE LINES SELECTING ACCoUNT WHEN DIALLING If you have more than one account registered in your Avaya B179, you can use the line mode to select the account that you want to use for the new call. Making a new call ... -
Page 17: Switching Between Lines During Multi-Party Calls
Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide MANAGING PHoNE LINES SWITCHING BETWEEN LINES DURING MULTI-PARTY CALLS Talking privately with one individual Press HoLD. All lines are put on hold. Alternatively, you can press HoLD after opening the line menu or you can select ... -
Page 18: Dropping A Line
Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide MANAGING PHoNE LINES DRoPPING A LINE Individual lines can be dropped out of a multi-party call. Press LINE. The line menu is displayed. Mark the line you want to drop and press TRANSfERRING CALLS If you wish to transfer a call to another telephone. -
Page 19: Profiles
User Guide PRofILES The Avaya B179 gives you the option of using a password to protect contact informa- tion in the phonebook and conference guide. All contacts entered by default can be accessed by all users and cannot be password protected. All contacts entered by Admin are also displayed in default mode. -
Page 20: Changing The Profile Name And Password
Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide PRofILES CHANGING THE PRofILE NAME AND PASSWoRD Log in to Avaya B179, see pages 34–35. Select Settings > Basic. Click on the Edit button under the heading Profiles. Enter a name and a new PIN code. -
Page 21: Phonebook
Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide PHoNEBooK The Avaya B179’s phonebook can hold up to 1000 numbers in each user profile. See page 8 for making calls via the phonebook. Please turn to page 4 for instructions on using the keypad to enter text. -
Page 22: Deleting Contacts
Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide PHoNEBooK DELETING CoNTACTS Select MENU > PHoNE BooK > ERASE CoNTACT (2,4). Mark the contact you want to delete and press oK. Confirm that you really want to delete the contact by pressing oK or cancel the deletion of a contact by pressing C. -
Page 23: External Phonebook (Ldap)
The administrator can determine in which database field your search characters will be used, the number of hits that are to be displayed in Avaya B179 and the informa- tion that is to be displayed (name, company, department, telephone number). -
Page 24: Search For And Call A Contact
SEARCH foR AND CALL A CoNTACT Select MENU > EXT. PHoNEBooK (3). Avaya B179 contacts the database, which sends all the contacts. The first 50 are shown in Avaya B179 (with standard default settings). Enter one or more search characters to filter the list. -
Page 25: Conference Guide
CoNfERENCE GUIDE The conference guide makes it easy to set up calls with as many as five people, including your own phone. The Avaya B179 automatically dials all the contacts in the conference group. You can create 20 conference groups in each user profile. -
Page 26: Displaying Conference Group Participants
Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide CoNfERENCE GUIDE DISPLAYING CoNfERENCE GRoUP PARTICIPANTS Select MENU > CoNf GUIDE > SEARCH GRoUP (4,1). Mark the group you want and press oK. The names of the conference group participants are displayed. -
Page 27: Deleting A Conference Group
Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide CoNfERENCE GUIDE DELETING A CoNfERENCE GRoUP Select MENU > CoNf GUIDE > ERASE GRoUP (4,4). Mark the group you want to delete and press oK. Confirm that you really want to delete the group by pressing oK or cancel the dele- tion of a group by pressing C. -
Page 28: Recording
It is possible to record a phone conference on an SD (Secure Digital) memory card so you can listen to it later on. It is possible to record a call in progress and use the Avaya B179 as a dictaphone. -
Page 29: Listening To A Recording
RECoRDING LISTENING To A RECoRDING You can listen to a recorded phone conference on your Avaya B179 or a computer using an SD memory card reader. Recordings are saved in wav format and can be played back on your choice of media player. Listening to recordings on the Avaya B179: ... -
Page 30: Deleting A Recording
Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide RECoRDING DELETING A RECoRDING Select MENU > RECoRDING > ERASE fILE (5,3). Mark the folder you want and press oK. Mark the recording to be deleted and press oK. ... -
Page 31: Settings
The Avaya B179 has two groups of settings: Basic and Advanced. You must enter the Admin. PIN code to access the advanced settings. The simplest way to make settings is using a PC and the Avaya B179 web interface (see page 34). - Page 32 User Guide SETTINGS Settings when connecting external equipment (Aux) The Avaya B179 can be connected to a wireless headset or an external PA system. An optional PA interface box is required for PA system connection. Select MENU > SETTINGS > BASIC > AUX PoRT (6,1,6).
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Page 33: Advanced Settings
Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide SETTINGS Changing text on the display screen The text on the display screen can be changed when the Avaya B179 is on hook. Select MENU > SETTINGS > BASIC > SCREEN TEXT (6,1,9). ... -
Page 34: Settings During A Call
A wireless headset can be used if a person needs to move far away from the conference phone (e.g. during a seminar or presentation). The internal speakers can be turned off temporarily if you wish to use the Avaya B179 as a personal telephone with a headset. ... -
Page 35: System
Confirm that you really want to restart by pressing oK again, or cancel the restart by pressing C. Restore to factory settings This option fully restores the Avaya B179 to factory settings. All settings are deleted, including PIN codes and registered accounts. Alternatively, a PIN code is required for Admin. -
Page 36: Checking Status
SETTINGS CHECKING STATUS The status menu can be used for troubleshooting. Only the administrator is able to change these settings. See “Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone - Installation and Administration Guide” for an explanation of the settings. Account 1 To check account settings for SIP account 1. - Page 37 - NTP SERVER - TIMEZONE Equipment To check the phone’s serial number and software version. Select MENU > STATUS > DEVICE (8,6). This shows the status for: - AVAYA B179 (software version and date) - SERIAL NUMBER - MAC ADDRESS...
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Page 38: Using The Web Interface
For security reasons, recordings can only be managed directly on the Avaya B179. All other settings that can be made directly on the Avaya B179 can also be made via the web interface. It is also possible to import and export contacts and conference groups, name user profiles and change PIN codes, which can only be done via the web inter- face. -
Page 39: Logging In To The Avaya B179
Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide USING THE WEB INTERfACE LoGGING IN To THE AVAYA B179 Enter the phone’s network address in the web browser address bar. Select Default or an empty user profile in Profile and enter the PIN code. -
Page 40: Managing The Phonebook
Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide USING THE WEB INTERfACE MANAGING THE PHoNEBooK Select Phone Book. Here, you can add, change and delete contacts. You can also import existing contacts. When you call or are called by a contact who is already in the phonebook, that person’s name is displayed on the screen. - Page 41 Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide USING THE WEB INTERfACE Editing contacts Click on the Edit contact button after the contact you want to change. Edit the contact and click on Save contact. Deleting contacts Click on the Erase contact button after the contact you want to delete.
- Page 42 Click on Import. The name is limited to 15 characters, since the Avaya B179 screen cannot display more than 15 characters. Exporting contacts You can export your contacts as a CSV document in order to import them into another phone.
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Page 43: Managing The Conference Guide
Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide USING THE WEB INTERfACE MANAGING THE CoNfERENCE GUIDE Select Phone Book > Conference guide. Here, you can add, change and delete conference groups. It is also possible to import groups that you have created. - Page 44 Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide USING THE WEB INTERfACE Deleting a conference group Click on the Erase group button next to the group you want to delete. Confirm that you want to delete the group. ...
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Page 45: Checking The Call List
Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide USING THE WEB INTERfACE CHECKING THE CALL LIST Incoming, outgoing and missed calls are displayed in the call list in chronological order. Select Call list > Recent. Select one of the tabs Incoming, outgoing or Missed to filter the list. -
Page 46: Basic Settings
Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide USING THE WEB INTERfACE BASIC SETTINGS The settings only affect the user profile you selected when you logged in. Select Settings > Basic. Select Settings > Basic. Changing PIN code and profile name The PIN code can be changed from the default setting to protect against unauthorised use. - Page 47 User Guide USING THE WEB INTERfACE Select default account The Avaya B179 can save settings for two accounts, e.g. a company PBX and a public IP telephony service provider. This setting determines which account should be used as default. You can select the account you want to use for a call by pressing LINE before dialling the number.
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Page 48: Restarting The Avaya B179
Select Soft, Neutral or Bright under the heading Equalizer and click on Save. Display text The display text appears on the screen when the Avaya B179 is on hook. Enter the text in the text field and click on Save. -
Page 49: Checking Status
Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide USING THE WEB INTERfACE CHECKING STATUS Although it is not possible to make settings in the Status menu, the information here may be useful when troubleshooting. Select Status. You can find the phone’s serial number, network port address and current software version on the Basic tab. -
Page 50: Ip, Sip, Uri And Ip Telephony
Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide IP, SIP, URI AND IP TELEPHoNY IP stands for Internet Protocol and is the standard protocol for transferring information over the Internet between computers and other devices. The same standard is normally used in local networks too. An IP address is the unique network address that a compu- ter has in the network. - Page 51 Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide IP, SIP, URI AND IP TELEPHoNY IP phone’s network address. The address that you use instead is easier to understand, i.e. the phone’s e-address or public address. These addresses are designed like email addresses, i.e. name@domain, for example bob@company.com.
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Page 52: Technical Specifications
Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide TECHNICAL SPECIfICATIoNS Size Diameter 240 mm, height 77 mm Weight 1 kg Colour Liquorice black Display screen Illuminated graphics (LCD), 128x64 Keypad Alphanumerical 0–9, *, on, off, mute, hold, volume up, vol- ume down, 5 buttons for menu navigation, line, conference... -
Page 53: Technical Specifications
Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide TECHNICAL SPECIfICATIoNS Sound Technology OmniSound 2.0 Wideband ® Microphone Omni-directional Reception area Up to 30 metres , >10 people Speaker Frequency band 200–7000 Hz, Volume 90 dB SPL 0.5 m Equalizer Three pitches: soft, neutral, bright... - Page 54 110225-61-001 Rev 1A...