Configure voicemail number

You can configure the internal or external phone number or URL for the voicemail system. If you use an external voicemail service, the number must include any digits required to dial out and any required area code.

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Access the phone administration web page.

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Select Voice > Phone.

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In the General section, enter the Voice Mail Number that is a phone number or URL to check the voicemail.

You can also configure this parameter in the configuration file (cfg.xml) by entering a string in this format:

<Voice_Mail_Number ua="na">123</Voice_Mail_Number>

Default: Empty

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Click Submit All Changes.

Configure voicemail for an extension

Configure an extension to subscribe to a voicemail server. You can also specify the expiration time of the subscription and set up the message waiting indicator that help.

Table 1. Voicemail parameters

Parameter

Description

Voice Mail Enable

Enables or disables the subscription to the voicemail server for the specific extension.

Perform one of the following:

  • In the phone configuration file (cfg.xml), enter a string in this format:

    <Voice_Mail_Enable_1_ ua="na">Yes</Voice_Mail_Enable_1_>

  • In the phone web interface, set this field to Yes or No to enable or disable the function.

Allowed values: Yes and No

Default: Yes

Voice Mail Server

Identifies the voicemail server for the phone, generally the IP address, and port number of the server.

Perform one of the following:

  • In the phone configuration file (cfg.xml), enter a string in this format:

    <Voice_Mail_Server_1_ ua="na"></Voice_Mail_Server_1_>

  • In the phone web page, enter the IP address of the voicemail server.

Default: Empty

Voice Mail Subscribe Interval

The expiration time, in seconds, of a subscription to a voicemail server.

Perform one of the following:

  • In the phone configuration file (cfg.xml), enter a string in this format:

    <Voice_Mail_Subscribe_Interval_1_ ua="na">86400</Voice_Mail_Subscribe_Interval_1_>

  • In the phone web page, enter an appropriate value.

Allowed values: An integer from 0 through 86400

If the value is set to 0, then the phone uses the default value instead.

Default: 86400

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Access the phone administration web page.

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Select Voice > Ext(n), where (n) is the number of an extension.

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In the Call Feature Settings section, set the parameters as listed in the table Table 1

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Click Submit All Changes.

The phone reboots.