Adding, Removing, And Modifying Telephones; Adding A New Telephone - 3Com NBX 100 Administrator's Manual

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Adding, Removing,
and Modifying
Telephones
Adding a New
Telephone
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ONFIGURATION
This section describes how to add, remove, and modify telephones in the
NBX NetSet utility. You can also review the status of each device and
configure button mappings for NBX telephones.
You can configure a new telephone in two ways: using Auto Discovery or
manually.
Auto Discovery method — Auto Discovery is the simplest and most
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common method of adding a new telephone. When you enable Auto
Discovery and then connect a new NBX Business or Basic Telephone to
the LAN, several messages pass between the Call Processor and the
telephone. The result is that the new telephone receives a default
telephone number, which appears on the telephone's display panel.
The telephone receives the next lowest available extension and a
default set of properties.
Manual method — You can disable Auto Discovery and configure
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telephones manually using the NBX NetSet utility. However, if you
have many telephones to configure, manual configuration can be a
tedious and error-prone process.
For either method of adding a telephone, you must connect the
telephone to the network. If you use Auto Discovery, you must enable the
Auto Discover Telephones check box before you connect the telephone. If
you add a telephone manually, it does not matter whether you connect
the telephone before or after you use the NBX NetSet utility to add it.
Connecting the Telephone
Instructions for connecting the phone to power and the network depend
on your power source and the type of telephone. See Chapter 3 in the
NBX Installation Guide or the telephone packing sheet for telephone
connection information.
Adding a New Telephone Using Auto Discovery
Before you enable Auto Discovery, verify that a 3-digit or 4-digit dial plan
is installed on the Network Call Processor and that you have specified a
starting extension. See the NBX Installation Guide.
To add a new telephone using Auto Discovery:
1 Select System Configuration > System Settings tab.
2 Click System-wide. The System Settings dialog box appears.