Installation guide
Operational Features
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Configuring the Display for Blank BLF/List Softkeys
Use the following procedure to configure the display for blank BLF/List softkeys:
Ring Signal Type for BLF
There is a global parameter “play a ring splash” that controls whether or not a ring splash is played when there is an
incoming call on a Busy Lamp Field (BLF) monitored extension. For the 6865i, 6867i, and 6869i IP phones, you can config-
ure the phone to play the ring splash when idle only or when idle and also in an active call state. For all other phones, the
ring splash can only be configured to play when in an idle state.
In addition to this global ring splash control, administrators can control the ring splash alert pattern on a per key basis.
Each type of key can have a different ring splash alerting pattern and volume. When the phone UI receives the event
update from the line manager for BLF transitions to ringing state, the ring splash value is checked to take the appropriate
action.
The following alerting patterns are available for all IP phones:
• 0: Silence (ring splash off).
• 1: Normal (same as current BLF ring splash).
• 2: Normal delayed (After a delay of [x] seconds, the ring signal that is the same as the current BLF ring splash is played
[use the “ring splash delay” parameter to define the delay]).
• 3: Periodic (similar to the normal ring signal that is used by the phone itself. The actual ring melody is based on the
current melody set for the line to which the BLF key is associated [use the “ring splash frequency” parameter to
define the frequency interval).
• 4: Periodic delayed (same as Periodic but after a delay of [x] seconds, the ring signal that is used by the phone is
played [use the “ring splash frequency” parameter to define the frequency interval and the “ring splash delay”
parameter to define the delay]).
• 5: Low volume (same as the current BLF ring splash but at a lower level to be less intrusive).
• 6: Low volume delayed (after a delay of [x] seconds, the ring signal that is the same as the current BLF ring splash is
played at a lower level [use the “ring splash delay” parameter to define the delay]).
For the 6865i, , 6867i, and 6869i IP phones, the additional alerting patterns are available:
• 7: The behavior is determined by the global parameter “play a ring splash”.
– If “play a ring splash” is defined as 0 then the feature is disabled.
– If “play a ring splash” is defined as 1 then the behavior is the same as Normal.
– If “play a ring splash” is defined as 2 the the behavior is the same as Normal but the ring splash plays when idle
and also during the active call state.
• 8: In call delayed (same as Normal delayed but ring splash plays when idle and also during the active call state [use the
“ring splash delay” parameter to define the delay]).
• 9: In call periodic (same as Periodic but ring splash plays when idle and also during the active call state [use the “ring
Configuration Files
To configure the display for blank BLF/List softkeys on the IP phone using the configuration files, see Appendix A, the section, “Configurable Display
for Blank BLF/List Softkeys” on pageA-206.
Note:
Applicable to the 6865i, 6867i, and 6869i IP Phones only.
Note:
The “play a ring splash” parameter is not dynamic. Changes to this parameter will take effect only after the phone has
been rebooted.