Procedure
Step 1
Select
Voice
>
Phone
.
Step 2
In the
Multiple Paging Group Parameters
section, enter a string in the
Group Paging Script
field in this
format:
pggrp=multicast-address:port;[name=xxxx;]num=yyy;[listen={yes|no}]];
where:
• multicast-address = Multicast IP address of the phone that listens for and receives pages.
• port = Port on which to page; you must use different, even-number ports for each paging group.
Multicast paging doesn't work with odd-numbered ports.
Caution
• name (optional) = xxxx is the name of the paging group. Replace
xxxx
with a name. The name can consist
maximum of 64 characters.
• num= yyy is a unique number that the user dials to access the paging group. Replace
yyy
with a number.
The number can consist maximum of 64 characters and the allowed range is 1024 to 32767.
• listen = Indicates whether the phone listens on the page group. Only the first two groups with listen set
to
yes
listen to group pages. If the field is not defined, the default value is
no
, so you must set this field
to listen to the group pages.
You can add more paging groups by appending to the configuration string. Here is an example of several
paging groups.
pggrp=224.168.168.168:34560;name=All;num=500;listen=yes;
pggrp=224.168.168.168:34562;name=GroupA;num=501;listen=yes;
pggrp=224.168.168.168:34564;name=GroupB;num=502;
pggrp=224.168.168.168:34566;name=GroupC;num=503;
This example creates four paging groups:
All
,
GroupA
,
GroupB
, and
GroupC
. Users dial 500 to send
pages to all phones, 501 to send pages to phones configured as part of the
GroupA
group, 502 to send pages
to phones configured as part of the
GroupB
group, and 503 to send pages to phones configured as part of the
GroupC
group. The configured phone receives pages directed to the
All
and
GroupA
groups.
Step 3
Click
Submit All Changes
.
Add Priority Paging
You can set paging priority. You no longer need to register the phone to send or receive a page and this feature
is known as “Out of Band Paging” feature. You can configure maximum of five paging groups on the phone.
When a paging is initiated during an active call, your user sees an incoming page or outgoing page icons on
the phone.
Priority has no impact during a regular page. Only when the phone receives a call during an active page,
priority impacts the active call. Following scenarios explain how priority of an active page impacts an active
call:
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