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Configure VVX Expansion Module
Features
You can configure features for the VVX expansion module using the phone’s interface, the Web
Configuration Utility, or XML configuration files. Using the Web Configuration Utility, you can configure
features and settings for your phone and expansion modules remotely on a per-phone basis. You can
also assign lines to contacts, configure line functions, upload background images, and add or update
contacts’ profile pictures. Additionally, you can use Polycom’s XML configuration files to configure
multiple phones and expansion modules at one time.
Web Info: Polycom Configuration User Guides and Best Practices
For instructions on using the Web Configuration Utility, see the Polycom Web Configuration Utility
User’s Guide.
For information on mass provisioning, read Provisioning with the Master Configuration File Best
Practices.
Web Info: Using the VVX Expansion Modules
You can read more information on using the VVX Expansion Modules and adding contacts on the
modules in Feature Profile: Using Polycom VVX Expansion Modules with Polycom VVX Business
Media Phones.
The following sections cover features you can configure for VVX phones and expansion modules:
● Set Display Backgrounds
● Assign Flexible Line Key Functions
● Customize Enhanced Feature Keys
● Configure Lync Presence
● Generate Configured Line Key Information
Set Display Backgrounds
You can set display backgrounds for your VVX phone and Color expansion module on your phone or by
using the Web Configuration Utility or XML configuration files. You can display an image or a design for
the background on VVX 300, 400, 500, and 600 phones.
The VVX phones display a default background picture. You can select your own background picture or
design, or you can import a custom image. You can also select images from the Picture Frame on the
VVX 500 and 600 phones (see Configuring the Digital Picture Frame in the Polycom UC Software 4.1.0
Administrator’s Guide).
The table Setting Display Backgrounds explains the methods for setting background images and provides
links to parameters and definitions in the section Configuration Parameters. Note that whereas an idle
display image displays on a portion of the phone’s screen (see Adding an Idle Display Image in the