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Cisco Unified IP Phone 6921, 6941, 6945, and 6961 Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8.5 (SCCP and SIP)
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Automatically Disabling the Cisco Unified IP Phone Backlight
Table 6-1 explains the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration fields that control when
the backlight turns on and off. You configure these fields in Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Administration in the Product Specific configuration window. (You access this window by choosing
Device > Phone from Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration.)
Table 6-1 Backlight On and Off Configuration Fields
Field Description
Days Backlight Not
Active Days that the backlight does not turn on automatically at the time specified
in the Backlight On Time field.
Choose the day or days from the drop-down list. To choose more than one
day, Ctrl-click each day that you want.
Backlight On Time Time each day that the backlight turns on automatically (except on the days
specified in the Days Backlight Not Active field).
Enter the time in this field in 24 hour format, where 0:00 is midnight.
For example, to automatically turn the backlight on at 7:00 a.m., (0700),
enter 7:00. To turn the backlight on at 2:00 p.m. (1400), enter 14:00.
If this field is blank, the backlight will automatically turn on at 0:00.
Backlight On Duration Length of time that the backlight remains on after turning on at the time
specified in the backlight On Time field.
Enter the value in this field in the format hours:minutes.
For example, to keep the backlight on for 4 hours and 30 minutes after it
turns on automatically, enter 4:30.
If this field is blank, the phone will turn off at the end of the day (0:00).
Note If Backlight On Time is 0:00 and the backlight on duration is blank
(or 24:00), the backlight will remain on continuously.
Backlight Idle Timeout Length of time that the phone is idle before the backlight turns off. Applies
only when the backlight was off as scheduled and was turned on by an
end-user (by pressing a button on the phone or lifting the handset).
Enter the value in this field in the format hours:minutes.
For example, to turn the backlight off when the phone is idle for 1 hour and
30 minutes after an end-user turns the backlight on, enter 1:30.
The default value is 0:30.