Overview Of The Phones; Cisco Attendant Console; Changing The Cisco Spa500Ds Attendant Console Display - Cisco SPA301 Administration Manual

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Overview of the Phones

Overview of the Phones

Cisco Attendant Console

Cisco Small Business SPA300 Series, SPA500 Series, and WIP310 IP Phone Administration Guide
The Cisco SPA IP Phone family is a line of full-featured VoIP (Voice-over-Internet
Protocol) phones that provide voice communication over an IP network. They
provide all the features of traditional business phones, such as call forwarding,
redialing, speed dialing, transferring calls, conference calling, and accessing voice
mail. Calls can be made or received with a handset, a headset, or a speaker.
For more information on phone features, see the data sheets for each product.
The Cisco Attendant Consoles are accessory consoles for the Cisco SPA500
Series IP phones. The Cisco SPA500S provides 32 three-color (red, green, and
orange) programmable line buttons, and the Cisco SPA500DS provides 30
buttons. The Cisco Attendant Console attaches to the IP phone with the
attachment arm provided. It obtains power directly from the IP phone; it does not
require a separate power supply. Two Cisco Attendant Console units can be
attached to a single IP phone to monitor a total of 64 (SPA500S) or 60 (SPA500DS)
separate lines.
Detailed information on the installation of the Cisco Attendant Consoles are
provided in the Cisco Small Business SPA500S Attendant Console Quick Start
Guide and the Cisco Small Business SPA500DS 15-Button Digital Attendant
Console for SPA500 Family Phones Quick Start Guide.

Changing the Cisco SPA500DS Attendant Console Display

The Cisco SPA500DS provides a backlit LCD display. The backlight is controlled
by the backlight settings of the phone display and is not separately configurable;
that is, the Cisco SPA500DS display is lit when the phone display is lit, and is off
when the phone display is off.
You can choose the font size (10 or 12 point) of the text displayed on the Cisco
SPA500DS. You can also configure the text contrast, or how dark the text appears
on the display.
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