Cisco 8800 Series, Manual

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Procedure
Step 1 Select Voice > User .
Step 2
In the Supplementary Services section, set Dial Assistance field to Yes .
You can also enable Dial Assisitance in the phone configuration file (cfg.xml).
<Dial_Assistance ua="rw">No</Dial_Assistance>
Step 3
Click Submit All Changes .
Configure Alphanumeric Dialing
You can configure a phone so that the user of the phone can make a call by dialing alphanumeric characters
instead of dialing only digits. In the phone web page, you can configure alphanumeric dialing with speed-dial,
blf, and call pickup.
Before you begin
Access the phone administration web page. See Access the Phone Web Interface, on page 104 .
Procedure
Step 1
Select Voice > Ext .
Step 2 In the Enable URI Dialing (n) , select Yes to enable alphanumeric dialing.
You can also cofigure the parameter in the configuration file (cfg.xml). The parameter is line-specific.
<Enable_URI_Dialing_1_ ua="na">Yes</Enable_URI_Dialing_1_>
In the phone page, you can add a string on a line key in this format to enable speed dial with alphanumeric
dialing capability:
fnc=sd;ext=xxxx.yyyy@$PROXY;nme=yyyy,xxxx
For example:
fnc=sd;ext=first.last@$PROXY;nme=Last,First
The above example will enable the user to dial "first.last" to make a call.
The supported characters that you can use for alphanumeric dialing are a-z, A-Z, 0-9, -, _, ., and +.
Note
Step 3 Click Submit All Changes .
Call Park
With call park, a call can be parked and then retrieved either from your phone or from another phone. The
following LED colors display on the line key when this feature is configured:
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Configure Alphanumeric Dialing