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Cisco CallManager System Guide
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Chapter 40 Cisco IP Phones
Cisco IP Communicator
For instructions on how to configure H.323 clients and CTI ports, refer to
“Cisco IP Phone Configuration” in the Cisco CallManager Administration Guide.
Cisco IP Communicator
Cisco IP Communicator is a software-based application that allows users to place
and receive phone calls using their personal computers. Cisco IP Communicator
depends upon the Cisco CallManager call processing system to provide telephony
features and Voice-over-IP capabilities.
This interaction with Cisco CallManager means that Cisco IP Communicator
provides the same functionality as a full-featured Cisco IP Phone, while providing
the portability of a desktop application. Additionally, it means that you administer
Cisco IP Communicator as a phone device by using the Cisco CallManager
Administration Phone Configuration window.
Phone Button Templates
Cisco CallManager includes several default phone button templates. When adding
phones, you can assign one of these templates to the phones or create a new
template.
Creating and using templates provides a fast way to assign a common button
configuration to a large number of phones. For example, if users in your company
do not use the conference feature, you can create a template that reassigns this
button to a different feature, such as speed dial.
To create a template, you must make a copy of an existing template and assign the
template a unique name. You can make changes to the custom templates that you
created, and you can change the labels of the default phone button templates. You
cannot change the function of the buttons in the default templates. You can rename
existing templates and modify them to create new ones, update custom templates
to add or remove features, lines, or speed dials, and delete custom templates that
are no longer being used. When you update a template, the change affects all
phones that use the template.
Renaming a template does not affect the phones that use that template. All
Cisco IP Phones that use this template continue to use this template after it is
renamed.