
Managing Phones
Adding an IP Softphone
Administrator’s Guide for Avaya Communication Manager
99
November 2003
8
In the
Multimedia Mode
field, type enhanced.
9
Press
ENTER
to save your work.
Now you can install and configure the software on the user’s PC. In this example, the user will login by
entering their DCP extension (3001) and password (1234321).
Fixing problems
Instructions for adding a telecommuter mode
Assign this configuration to remote users who have two available phone lines. For example, to administer
a telecommuter mode for a home user at extension 3010, complete the following steps:
1
Type add station 3010 and press
ENTER.
The
Station
screen appears.
NOTE:
Use the
add station
command if this is a new DCP extension. Use the
change station
command for an existing DCP extension and ignore steps 2 and 3.)
2
In the
Port
field, type x for virtual phone or enter the port number if there is hardware.
3
In the
Security Code
field, enter the password for this remote user, such as
1234321
.
This password can be up to 7 digits in length.
4
In the
IP Softphone
field, type y.
5
On page 2, in the
Service Link Mode
field, type as-needed.
Set this field to permanent only for extremely busy remote phone users, such as call center
agents.
6
In the
Multimedia Mode
field, type enhanced.
7
Press
ENTER
to save your work.
Now you can install and configure the software on the user’s PC. In this example, the user will login by
entering their DCP extension (3010) and password (1234321).
Related topics
See the online help and to Avaya IP Softphone Overview and Troubleshooting for customer information
on Avaya IP Softphone modes. This document is a Portable Document Format (PDF) document that is
located in the Overview Document folder on the Avaya IP Softphone CD.
Also see Getting Started, located on the Avaya IP Softphone CD for more information on how to install
and configure the IP Softphone software.
Problem
Possible causes
Solutions
Display characters on the
phone can not be
recognized.
Microsoft Windows is not set
to use Eurofont characters.
Set the Microsoft Windows
operating system to use Eurofont.