Administrator's Manual 27. Configuring Multicast Paging
Version 2.2.8 193 400HD Series IP Phones
27 Configuring Multicast Paging
The Multicast Paging feature enables you to multicast live voice paged messages from an IP
Phone to other IP Phone extensions that are configured in a configured Paging Group. When
the IP Phone extension is assigned to such a group, it can both send and receive live
messages to and from all the other extensions in the group respectively. The paging
message is multicast via a designated group IP address.
Whenever there is an incoming multicast message and the IP Phone extension is configured
in the same Paging Group as the sender of the message, the name of the Paging Group is
displayed on the IP Phone's LCD. The user can then either automatically hear the multicast
message or be prompted whether or not to hear the message (depending on whether the
Barge-in feature is enabled).
The Multicast Paging feature is enabled in the Services menu. The Paging Group is
configured by assigning a Function Key for this purpose. You can configure up to 12 Paging
Groups, one for each Function Key. You can either assign the IP Phone to an existing Paging
Group (that you have already defined for other IP Phone devices) or define a new Paging
Group.
The Function Keys can be configured using the Web Interface, Configuration File or on the IP
Phone itself. To configure the Function Keys on the IP Phone, refer to the IP Phone User's
Manual.
27.1 Configuring using the Web Interface
This section shows how to configure the multicast paging feature using the Web Interface.
To enable Multicast Paging using the Web interface:
1. Access the Services page (Configuration menu > Voice Over IP > Services):
Figure 27-1: Web Interface – Enable Paging
2. In the Paging pane, from the Enabled drop-down list box, select Enable.
3. Configure the Multicast Paging Group; access the Function Keys page (Configuration
menu > Voice Over IP > Personal Settings > Function Keys).
4. Choose the Function Key that you which you wish to configure paging, and then from
the Type List box, select Paging.
5. Configure the Paging Group that you wish to assign to the IP Phone according to the
configuration parameters that are described in the table below.
6. Repeat the above procedure for each Paging Group that you wish to configure
(assigning a separate Function key for each additional Paging Group).
Table 27-1: Paging Function Key Parameters
Parameter Description
Paging Group Name The name of the Paging Group. All IP Phone extensions that are assigned
to this group are paged whenever one of the extensions in the group
multicasts a message.
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