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Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP Release 6.3 Issue 2 November 2013...
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Contents Chapter 1: Introduction to the 9601 SIP Deskphone............Overview..............................10 Scrolling and navigation..........................12 About icons............................... 12 Call history icons..........................13 Presence icons..........................13 Administrative messages.......................... 14 Telephone stand............................15 Viewing network information........................15 Chapter 2: Avaya Menu...................... Using options and settings........................17 Setting the Phone Screen on calling....................
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Clearing all call history entries........................59 Turning off call history..........................59 Chapter 10: Tracking presence information..............Chapter 11: About Hotline....................Chapter 12: About Team Button..................Viewing the status of monitored stations....................65 Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013...
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Chapter 17: Locking and logging in to and logging out of your deskphone....Logging in to your deskphone........................89 Locking and unlocking your telephone...................... 89 Logging out of your deskphone extension....................90 Index............................. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013...
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Chapter 1: Introduction to the 9601 SIP Deskphone Your deskphone provides many features that include: • Viewing and managing your calls, call logs, and contacts list • Customizing your deskphone • Accessing your voice mail • Using integrated WML browser Your administrator might not have configured all functions and features described in this user guide.
The following section describes the display, keys, buttons, and the associated features that are available on the deskphone. Figure 1: A 9601 deskphone The following table provides descriptions of buttons and features of the 9601 deskphones. Name Description Message waiting...
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Press Contacts to view the entries in your contact list. History Press History to view the history of your outgoing, incoming, and missed calls. Press Avaya Menu to configure options and settings, Avaya Menu access the browser, log out, or view network information.
Introduction to the 9601 SIP Deskphone Name Description Press Speaker to use the speakerphone. To take a call Speaker off speakerphone, lift the handset or press Headset . Headset Press Headset to use the headset if connected. Note: Only HIS headset cords are compatible with your phone.
Answered call Indicates that you have answered the call. Outgoing call Indicates that you have made the call. Presence icons The following icons indicate the presence status of a contact. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013...
Introduction to the 9601 SIP Deskphone Icon Name Description Available Indicates that the contact is available, that is, the contact is registered or logged in, and the phone of the contact is in an idle state. Phone in use Indicates that the contact is currently using the phone.
Viewing network information Your system administrator might ask you to check certain phone or network settings to investigate problems. You can obtain network information from the Avaya Menu. Network Information has seven different screens for viewing the options:Audio parameters, IP (Internet Protocol) parameters, Quality of Service, Interfaces, .
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Web-based applications, get information about your phone and network settings, and log out. When you press Avaya Menu , you see one of the following menus, depending on how your administrator has set up your system and on the applications available to you: Note: The menus and sub-menus that appear depend on how your extension was administered.
Set Phone Screen on Calling to Yes to automatically display the Phone screen when you place a call. Procedure 1. Press Avaya Menu. 2. Select Options & Settings... 3. Press Select or OK. 4. Select Call Settings. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
3. Press Select or OK. 4. Select Call Settings. 5. Press Select or OK. 6. Select Display Call Timers. 7. Press Change or OK or use the Left/Right arrows to change the setting. 8. Press Save. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013...
2. Select Options & Settings. 3. Select Call Settings. 4. Select Visual Alerting. 5. Press Change or OK or use the Right/Left arrows to turn Visual Alerting on or off. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
Edit dialing may not be available to you, depending on how your system is administered. Procedure 1. Press Avaya Menu. 2. Select Options & Settings... 3. Press Select or OK. 4. Select Call Settings. 5. Press Select or OK. 6. Select Dialing options. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013...
Use this task to create a list of favorite contacts or features for quick access. You can include up to nine favorite items in the favorite list. Procedure 1. Press Avaya Menu. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
If the label you want to edit is on the Features menu, scroll right to access the Features menu, and select the label you want to edit. If the label you want to edit is Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013...
The first softkey indicates the other ring tone category, to allow you to switch between categories. 7. Press Change to move from one ring tone to the next. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
1. Press Avaya Menu . 2. Press Select to select Options & Settings > Screen & Sound Options > Team Button Ring Type. 3. Press Change to select the required ring tone. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013...
3. Press Change to select one of the following: • Audible: Provides an audio alert. • Visual: Provides a visual alert. • Both: Provides both audio alert and visual alert. • None: Provides no call pickup alert. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
4. Select Screen & Sound Options. 5. Press Select or OK. 6. Select Error Tones. 7. Press Change or OK or use the Right/Left arrows to turn error tones on or off. 8. Press Save. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013...
4. Select Language & Region. 5. Press Select or OK. 6. Select Language. 7. Select a display language. 8. Press Select or OK. 9. Press Yes to confirm the selected language. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
2. Press Select to select Options & Settings > Advanced Options > Headset Profile. 3. Press Change to select the profile that matches your headset. For more information on headset profiles that Avaya supports, see the document ® Avaya one-X...
Exchange Server. After establishing your credentials, you can set your calendar preferences. Procedure 1. Press Avaya Menu. 2. Press Select to select Options & Settings > Advanced Options > Exchange Integration. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
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Press Change to change the Use Exchange Contacts setting to Yes or • If you want to change the Exchange subscription period, specify in the Use the Exchange Subscription Period field. 7. Press Save to save your settings and preferences. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013...
Web browser vary depending on how your system administrator has configured your deskphone. For more information, contact your system administrator. Access the browser through Avaya Menu. If you do not see the Browser option on Avaya Menu, Web applications are not available for your deskphone. Note: The 9601 deskphone does not support displaying images through the browser.
To automatically display the Phone screen whenever you receive an incoming call, set the Phone Screen on Ringing option to Yes. For more information, see Displaying the Phone screen on receiving a call. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013...
Hold Recall feature, which alerts you visually and with a priority ring to remind you of a held call after a certain period of time. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
2. To switch to the other deskphone, press Bridge on that deskphone. Transferring a call Procedure 1. Select the active call appearance line on which the call that you want to transfer appears. 2. PressTransfer. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013...
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Unanswered transfers may be returned to your telephone as a recalled transfer. In this case, you hear a priority ring and see the display message Return next to the call. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
Some call servers will call back to confirm the emergency status. The phone automatically answers the incoming call on the Speaker by going off hook. 3. To end the emergency call,press End Call or press Speaker. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013...
About this task Your system administrator may set up frequently called numbers such as Information Technology or the Help Desk as Autodial numbers, so you can dial them with one touch. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
Use the dialpad keys to enter the first few letters of the name, and the screen will scroll to the first match in your list. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013...
Use the Contacts button on the phone to initiate either a directory search as described here or to find a contact on your personal Contacts list. To locate a person on your Contacts list, Searching for a contact on page 51. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
Procedure 1. Select the line with the link for the person or number you want to call. 2. Press the line button corresponding to the line with the link or press OK. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013...
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Making a call The deskphone initiates a call to the person or number associated with the click to dial link. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
Use this task to forward your calls to a specified number. Procedure 1. Press the right navigation button to gain access to the Features menu. 2. Select the forwarding feature that you want to activate. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013...
1. Press the right navigation button to gain access to the Features menu. 2. Select the active call forwarding feature that you want to turn off. 3. Press OK . Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
3. Select the call on hold that you want to add to the conference. 4. Press Resume to take the call off hold. 5. Press Join or Conf to add the person to the conference call. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013...
When you put a conference call on hold, the other parties can still talk to each other. Procedure 1. Press Hold during a conference call. 2. Press Resume or OK to resume the conference call. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
When you make a call on a bridged line, you are using another telephone user’s line. The caller ID associated with the call you are making may show the call as coming from you or coming Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013...
1. During an active bridged call, scroll right from the Phone screen to access the Features menu. 2. If necessary, scroll down to Transfer to Voice Mail. 3. Press OK or Enter to transfer the bridged call to its respective voice mail system. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
• Delayed: The deskphone plays an alerting melody after a delay if a call on the bridged appearance is not answered. Your administrator can configure the delay. • Abbreviated: The deskphone plays a single beep to indicate a call on the bridged appearance. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013...
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• To edit the contact information, press More > Edit. Next steps If your administrator has set up a corporate contact list or database, you can extend a search. For information, see Extended searching on page 52. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013...
2. Select the contact you want to view. 3. Press Details to see the information available for that contact. Selecting Details is the only way to dial a second or third number for a contact. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
7. To know the presence information for this person select Yes on the Track Presence field.If presence information is available for this person, presence icons will subsequently appear next to this person's name/number on the Phone or Contact screen. 8. Select the next field. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013...
Procedure 1. Press CONTACTS. 2. Select the contact for which you want to assign a ring tone, and press Details. 3. Press Edit. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
Deskphone: • View the contacts. • Search for a particular contact. • Call a contact. • View the details of a contact. • Copy a contact to your local contacts. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013...
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3. To copy a contact from the Exchange server to the contacts list, press +Local. 4. On the Contact Edit screen, specify the name, telephone numbers, and telephone types for the contact. 5. Press Save. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
See About icons on page 12 for a description of the icons. 3. Scroll up or down to view the entries on the list. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013...
4. If necessary, edit the name and telephone number. 5. Press Save. Removing an entry from call history Procedure 1. Press History. 2. Select the number you want to delete. 3. Press More, and then press Delete. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
• To turn off logging your calls, select History. • To turn off logging the bridged lines, select Log Bridged Calls. 4. Press Change or OK to turn call history logging on or off. 5. Press Save. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013...
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To view the presence information about your contacts, press CONTACTS. The deskphone displays presence icons in your contacts list to show the status of your contacts. For more information on presence icons, see Presence icons on page 13. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013...
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To dial the hotline number, lift your handset, or press SPEAKER. Alternatively, if you are using a headset, press HEADSET. The deskphone automatically dials the number that your system administrator has configured for you. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013...
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Viewing the status of monitored stations Procedure 1. Go to the Features screen. 2. Scroll to view the status of all the monitored stations. Note: The Team button screen remains active till you close the screen. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013...
The deskphone makes a call to the selected extension. Assigning ring tone to a monitored station About this task Use this task to set a ring tone for a specific monitored station. Procedure 1. Press Avaya Menu . Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
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2. Select Options & Settings > Screen & Sound Options > Team Button Ring Type. 3. Scroll through the list to select the monitored deskphone. 4. Select the required ring tone from the list. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013...
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You can use this feature only if your administrator has enabled this feature. Logging into your voice mail Procedure 1. To log in to your voice mail, press the Message button. 2. Follow the voice prompts from your voice mail system. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013...
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Depending on how your system is administered, not all features shown here may be available to you. For detailed information about a feature, click its link in the Feature Name column. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013...
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78 Tracing a malicious call MCT Act page 79 Recording a call on page 80 Audix Record Making a priority call on page 80 Priority Call Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
The administrator might just allot a specific button to be an Autodial number, but leave the number itself blank; in this case you can add the number yourself. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013...
Two numbers display with the Auto Icom feature, for example “Auto icom 2 3”. The first number denotes the intercom group number for the Dial Intercom feature. The Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
1. From the Phone screen, scroll right to access the Features menu. 2. Select CPN Block. To stop calling party number blocking, see Displaying your extension on outgoing calls on page 76. 3. Press OK. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013...
1. During an active call, gain access to the Features menu. 2. Press OK or the corresponding line button to choose Call Park. After parking the call successfully, the deskphone provides a confirmation tone. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
7. Select the ringtone using the navigation keys. 8. To set the type of alerts for call pickup, select Call Pickup Indication. 9. Select the call pickup indication type using the right or left navigation keys. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013...
About this task When your administrator has set up your phone as part of a "pickup group" use the Call Pickup feature to answer any other phone in the group. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
1. During an active call, scroll right from the Phone screen to access the Features menu. 2. If necessary, scroll down to MCT and the corresponding line button to start the trace. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013...
Use the Priority Calling feature to provide a special type of call alerting between internal telephone users, including the attendant. The called party hears a distinctive ringing when the calling party uses Priority Calling. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
You can use the mute alert feature to get an alert if you start to speak while you have put your phone on mute. You can select any of the following alerts: Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013...
Using the EC500 feature, you can program your deskphone in such a way that the deskphone and your cell phone rings simultaneously when there is an incoming call. With this feature, you Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013...
2. Scroll to Extend Call , and press OK to forward the call to your mobile phone. 3. Answer the call on your cell phone. The call remains active on your deskphone, so you can switch back to your deskphone at any time. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013...
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Chapter 15: Using the Calendar If your administrator has set up the Exchange Integration option through Avaya Menu > Advanced ® Options, you can integrate the Microsoft Exchange Server calendar with your phone. When Exchange Calendar is active, the phone displays the Calendar label beneath your last call appearance on the phone screen.
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• If you pressed More and want to re-display the previous set of softkeys, press More again. • To exit the calendar and return to the Phone screen, press More > Exit. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
• Once the transition to a new server has occurred, bridged call appearances are available. Despite a "Log Bridged Calls" option setting of yes, bridged calls are not logged during failover but are available once the phone transitions to the alternate server. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013...
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• You can access the Web applications during failover. However, any “click to dial” links will not work until the phone transitions to the alternate server. • Transitions back to the normal server will restore all original functionality. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
About this task Use this task to log in to your deskphone. Avaya Deskphone SIP 6.3 supports Multiple Device Access (MDA) using which you can register up to 10 SIP devices with your extension. If you register to multiple devices, you can perform functions, such as switching to another registered device during an active call or bridging on to calls at multiple registered devices.
3. To unlock your phone, pressUnlock and enter the password you use for telephone login. Logging out of your deskphone extension Procedure 1. Press Avaya Menu. 2. Press Log Out to choose Log Out. 3. Press Yes when the deskphone prompts for confirmation. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
............. adding a person on hold ........configuring ............contacts .......... Button labels ............... adding from call history ........personalizing ............calling a person ............ Button labels, restoring to default labels ....Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013...
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....Intercom group ............failover ................ Favorites ..............setting up ............. Feature abbreviations ..........Feature table .............. key repeat delay ............Features ..............about ..............accessing ............. Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013...
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Setting speed dial numbers ......... calling a person ............ outgoing calls ............Speed Dialing ............. making a call ............setting up ............. making a call on a bridged line ......switching deskphone ..........Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013...
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Voice mail, logging in ..........about ..............Voice Mail, transferring bridged call to ....... Time format ..............tracing calls ............Transfer ..............Whisper page ............. WML browser, browser ..........Unparking calls ............Using Avaya 9601 IP Deskphone SIP November 2013...
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