Phone Information and Display Settings
The phone web user interface allows you to customize settings such as the phone name, background picture, logo, and screen saver.
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The phone web user interface allows you to customize settings such as the phone name, background picture, logo, and screen saver.
Access the phone administration web page. See Access the Phone Web Interface.
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Select . |
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Under General, enter the phone name in the Station Display Name field. This name displays on the phone screen. You can also configure this parameter in the configuration file (cfg.xml) by entering a string in this format:
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Click Submit All Changes. |
You can create a text or an image logo to display when the Cisco IP Phone boots up. A logo displays during the boot sequence for a short period after the Cisco logo displays.
Access the phone administration web page. See Access the Phone Web Interface.
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Click . |
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In the Screen section, select any option from the Boot Display field.
The allowed values are Default|Download Picture|Logo|Text. The default option is Default. |
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To display a picture or a logo, enter the path in the Picture Download URL or Logo URL field. For example:
When you enter an incorrect URL to download the image, the phone fails to upgrade to the new image and displays the existing image. If the phone does not have any image downloaded earlier, it displays a gray screen. The logo must be a .jpg or a .png file. The phone has a fixed display area. So, if the original logo size doesn't fit into the display area, you need to scale it to fit the screen. The logo display area is at the mid-center of the phone screen. The display area sizes are:
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To display text at bootup, enter the text to display in the Text Display field following the requirements:
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Click Submit All Changes. The phone reboots, retrieves the image file, and displays the picture, logo, or text when it boots next time. |
You can set the phone to display a custom logo or picture as the background on the phone screen.
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On the phone web interface, select .User can also change the wallpaper in the phone web interface. |
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In the Screen section, choose one of the options for the Phone Background field:
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Upload the custom wallpaper to a TFTP, HTTP, or HTTPS server. The image is a .jpg or .png file. Preferred dimension is 480x272 pixels for Cisco IP Phone 6871. If the image is not the preferred size, user still can upload it but it will resize to fit the screen. |
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In the Picture Download URL field, enter the path where the wallpaper image has been uploaded. The URL must include the TFTP, HTTP, or HTTPS server name (or IP address), directory, and file name. Don't exceed 255 characters for the URL.
When you enter an incorrect URL to download a new wallpaper, the phone fails to upgrade to the new wallpaper and displays the existing downloaded wallpaper. If the phone does not have any wallpaper downloaded earlier, it displays a gray screen.
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Upload the logo image to a TFTP, HTTP, or HTTPS server. The logo must be a .jpg or a .png file. The phone has a fixed display area. So, if the original logo size doesn't fit into the display area, you need to scale it to fit the screen. The logo display area is at the mid-center of the phone screen. The display area sizes are:
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In the Logo URL field, enter the path where the logo image has been uploaded. The URL must include the TFTP, HTTP, or HTTPS server name (or IP address), directory, and file name. Don't exceed 255 characters for the URL.
When you enter an incorrect URL to download a new logo, the phone fails to upgrade to the newer logo and displays the existing downloaded logo. If the phone does not have any logo downloaded earlier, it displays a gray screen.
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Click Submit All Changes. The phone reboots after you change the background image URL. |
You can configure a screen saver for the phone. When the phone is idle for a specified time, it enters screen saver mode.
Any button press returns the phone to normal mode.
You can also configure the parameters in the phone configuration file with XML (cfg.xml) code. To configure each parameter, see the syntax of the string in Parameters for Screen Saver.
Access the phone administration web interface. See Access the Phone Web Interface.
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On the phone web page, select .The user can select to add screen saver to the phone. |
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In the Screen section, set up the fields as described in Parameters for Screen Saver. |
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Click Submit All Changes. |
The following table defines the function and usage of the screen saver parameters in the Screen section under theVoice> User tab in the phone web interface. It also definesthe syntax of the stringthat is added in thephone configuration file (cfg.xml) with XML code to configure a parameter.
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Screen Saver Enable |
Select Yes to enable a screen saver on the phone. When the phone is idle for a specified time, it enters screen saver mode. Perform one of the following:
Allowed values: Yes|No Default: No |
Screen Saver Type |
Types of screen saver. Options you can choose:
Perform one of the following:
Allowed values: Clock|Download Picture|Logo Default: Clock |
Screen Saver Wait |
Amount of idle time before screen saver displays. Enter the number of seconds of idle time to elapse before the screen saver starts. Perform one of the following:
Allowed values: An integer from 30 through 65000 Default: 300 |
Picture Download URL |
URL locating the (.png) file to display on the phone screen background. The image can display as the screen background, the screensaver, or at bootup depending on the settings of the Phone Background, Screen Saver Type, or Boot Display field. When you enter an incorrect URL to download a new image, the phone fails to update to the new image and displays the existing downloaded image. If the phone does not have any image downloaded earlier, it displays a gray screen. Perform one of the following:
Allowed values: A valid URL not exceeding 255 characters Default: Empty |
Logo URL |
Enter a URL or path for the location where the logo image is saved. The logo image can display as the screen background, the screensaver, or at bootup depending on the settings of the Screen Saver Type, Boot Display, or Phone Background field. Perform one of the following:
Allowed values: A valid URL not exceeding 255 characters Default: Empty |
You can save energy by disabling the backlight on each phone at a preset time.
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Select . |
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In the Screen section, select a duration for the Back Light Timer parameter.
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Click Submit All Changes. |
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Edit the phone configuration file (cfg.xml) in a text or XML editor. |
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Add a value for the element For example:
Default: Empty Value range: 0 to 64 characters If the tag doesn't exist in the cfg.xml file or the parameter value is empty, then the Configuration version menu item doesn't display on the phone screen Product information.
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Save the changes to the cfg.xml file. |
By default, the focus on the phone screen automatically moves from the active call to the incoming call. However, you can configure the phone to ensure that the active call always remains in focus, even when the user has an incoming call.
The focus still moves to an incoming call in the following situations:
The user places an active call on hold and then receives one or more incoming calls, the focus automatically moves to the first incoming call.
The user is on an active call and receives one or more incoming calls, if the user places the active call on hold, then the focus automatically moves to the first incoming call.
Access the phone administration web page. See Access the Phone Web Interface.
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Select . |
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In the Supplementary Services section, set the parameter Keep Focus On Active Call to Yes. You can also configure this parameter in the configuration file:
Allowed values: Yes and No Default: No |
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Click Submit All Changes. |
You can configure a phone to report the connected or disconnected peripheral information to the server. The peripherals that the Cisco IP Phone Multiplatform Phones support are Key Expansion Module (KEM) and Cisco headset.
The supported Cisco headsets are Cisco Headset 500 Series and Cisco Headset 700 Series.
Access the phone administration web page. See Access the Phone Web Interface.
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Select . |
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In the Peripheral section, set the Peripheral Inventory Enable parameter to Yes. You can configure this parameter in the phone configuration XML file (cfg.xml) by entering a string in this format:
When one peripheral is connected or disconnected to the phone, next scheduled Register provides the peripheral information in the Peripheral-Data header. All subsequent Registers do not carry peripheral information. The Peripheral-Data header is included for each peripheral, for example, if there are two headsets present, the header appears twice. |
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Click Submit All Changes. |