Upgrading Telephones - Avaya Communication Manager Administrator's Manual

You might also find it handy to set up multiple telephones for testing applications and features
before you provide them to users. You might want to have a telephone that mimics each type of
user telephone in your organization. For example, if you have four basic telephone templates,
one for executives, one for marketing, one for technicians, and one for other employees, you
might want to have examples of each of these telephones so you can test new features or
options. Once you are satisfied that a change works on the test telephone, you can make the
change for all the users in that group.

Upgrading Telephones

If you want to change telephone types for a user and do not need to change locations, you can
just access the station screen for that extension and enter the new model number.
Tip:
This method can be used only if the new telephone type matches the existing
Tip:
port type (such as digital telephone with a digital port).
For example, if a user at extension 4556 currently has a 7410+ telephone and you want to
replace it with a new 8411D telephone:
1. Type change station 4556. Press Enter.
The Station
2. Overwrite 7410+ with 8411D in the Type field.
Now you can access the functions and feature buttons that correspond to an 8411D
telephone.
screen for 4556 appears.
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