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Polycom VVX Expansion Module Administrator’s Guide Addendum UC Software 4.1.6
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Assign Flexible Line Key Functions
You can customize the function of a line key anywhere on the phone’s screen and expansion modules.
By default, functions are assigned to line keys in chronological order. This feature enables you to change
that ordering and assign a line key function to any line key in any order anywhere on the phone’s screen
or expansion module. You can configure the following flexible line key functions:
● Line Appearance (Registrations) Allows a line extension or phone number to occupy multiple
line keys on a single phone.
● Favorites Enables you to customize line, hard, and soft keys functions.
● Busy Lamp Field (BLF) Enables you to monitor and control the status and call activity of lines on
remote phones.
● Presence Enables you to monitor the status of other remote users and phones.
You can configure line keys on the user interface, using the Web Configuration Utility, or using Polycom
configuration files in XML format.
Settings: Configuring Flexible Line Key Assignments on Expansion Modules
To configure the Flexible Line Key assignment feature on the expansion modules, you must set the
parameter lineKey.reassignment.enabled to 1 to enable the reassignment of line key
functions. The default value for lineKey.reassignment.enabled is 0, which does not allow any
line key reassignments.
The table Flexible Line Key Assignment lists the configuration parameters you need to configure to assign
flexible line key functions.
Flexible Line Key Assignment
Central Provisioning Server ................................................................................................ template > parameter
Enable flexible line key assignment .......................................... reg-advanced.cfg > lineKey.reassignment.enabled
Specify the line key category ..................................................................... reg-advanced.cfg > lineKey.x.category1
Specify the line key number (dependent on category) ...................................... reg-advanced.cfg > lineKey.x.index
You can apply flexible line keys to any line key function including line appearance, Favorites, BLF, and
Presence. Line keys that you configure using this feature override the default line key assignments as
well as any custom line key configurations you have made.
To use this feature, you need to specify the function of each line key on the phone by assigning a
category (x) and an index (y) to each line key, both of which are explained in the table Line Key
Parameters and the following example configuration.
Specific conditions apply when you assign BLF or Presence to line keys. If you are assigning BLF or
Presence to a line key, you need to assign that line key to index=0 to indicate automatic ordering. By
default, BLF and Presence line keys are self-ordering, meaning that if you assign these features to
multiple line keys, you can specify the line key number of the BLF or Presence line key but not the order
in which they display. For example, you can assign a BLF line key to indexes 1, 3, and 5, but you cannot
specify how the contacts are ordered and displayed on line keys 1, 3, and 5. In addition, to assign BLF