AltiGen comm MAXCS 80 New Features Guide

 
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Polycom VVX Directory Dialing  
This feature was added in Release 8.0. Directory Dialing requires a MAXCS Polycom Advanced Features license, and 
is only supported on the following VVX model IP phones.  
 VVX 300/310 
 VVX 400/410 
 VVX 500 
 VVX 600 
Polycom users can now choose contact from a corporate directory to place calls, transfer calls, and perform other 
basic functions. 
A default Directory Profile, named System, is provided by default. It...

 
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This feature requires an Advanced Features license. 
Refer to the MAXCS Polycom Configuration Guide for full instructions. 
Polycom #33 Do Not Disturb Feature Profile 
When you clear Call Management feature #33 – do not disturb (in System Configuration > Feature Profiles), both 
the DND button and the DND softkey will be disabled in Polycom phones that have been assigned to that profile. 
However, users will still see the disabled DND softkey until the phone...

 
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This change will prevent you from running Java Service Loader Manager from a LAN or WAN connection. The only 
way to access Java Service Loader Manager now will be from the server itself, via Remote Desktop.  
SIP Group Configuration 
This feature was added in MaxCS 8.0. 
In previous releases of MaxCS, SIP registration was configured by individual channels.  This configuration approach 
had several disadvantages. For example, configuring multiple channels...

 
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 The SIP Trunk Configuration dialog box 
 The Trunk Group Configuration dialog box 
 The SIP Trunk Profile dialog box 
In addition, the Trunk Configuration dialog box has been updated to show the SIP Trunk group, in the Type column. 
The SIP Signaling Channel Configuration dialog box is the main starting point for all SIP channel configuration.  
(Double-click a SIPSP board in Boards view and then click Board Configuration to reach this panel.)  
 
Figure...

 
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Create a New SIP Group 
To create a new SIP Group, 
1. Double-click a SIPSP board in Boards view and then click Board Configuration > SIP Group Configuration. 
2. Below the Groups list, click Add. 
 
Figure 3: Click Add to creating a new SIP Group 
3. Provide a name for the group and indicate whether this is an AltiGen SIP Trunk. 
Note: Release 8.0 includes license checking for AltiGen SIP trunks. Be aware that trunks will show as not 
registered if you...

 
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2. Select the appropriate SIP group in the Groups list. 
3. Below the SIP Servers list, click Add. 
 
Figure 5:  Click Add to add SIP servers to a SIP Group 
4. Enter the Domain name.  
5. (Optional) If you want to copy the settings from another server, choose the group and the server from 
those two pulldown menus.  
 
Figure 6:  The parameters for the SIP Server 
Note: Click Refresh to retrieve the latest registration status. 
To remove a server from a SIP...

 
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Configure SIP Server Registration Parameters 
The Register tab contains all registration-related settings for a SIP server. All of the settings on the SIP Trunk Con-
figuration dialog box from earlier releases of MaxCS are found on this tab.  
 
Figure 7:  The SIP Server registration parameters 
The lone exception is the Enable Channel option, which is now handled in the Channel Assignment panel. 
Note: SIP Server registration status depends upon both the...

 
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Figure 8:  The SIP Server general parameters 
Configure Server SIP Options 
The SIP OPTIONS tab includes the SIP OPTIONS parameters from the previous release of MaxCS. The SIP Server 
Name parameter is essentially the new Domain field. 
 
Figure 9:  The SIP Server SIP Options   

 
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Enable or Disable Channels 
To view a list of channels and determine the SIP Group to which each channel belongs,  
1. Double-click a SIPSP board in Boards view and then click Board Configuration. 
2. Click Channel Assignment. 
 
Figure 10:  Channel Assignment view 
A checkbox indicates whether a channel is currently enabled. 
To disable a channel, clear its checkbox. To enable a channel, check its checkbox. To enable or disable all channels, 
check or clear...

 
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4. Click Assign Group. 
 
Figure 11: The list of available SIP Groups 
5. Choose a SIP Group from the list and click OK. 
Considerations: 
 A channel is not enabled if it is not assigned to any SIP group.  
 If you assign a disabled channel to a SIP group, doing so does not automatically enable it – you must man-
ually enable the channel (see the previous section). 
 In order to assign channels to a SIP group, the SIP group must have at least one SIP...