Chapter B Setting Up and Using a Cisco Unified IP Phone as a Cisco IPICS Push-to-Talk Device

Using the Cisco IPICS Service on a Cisco Unified IP Phone

Using the Cisco IPICS Service on a

Cisco Unified IP Phone

This section describes how to use the Cisco IPICS service from a Cisco Unified IP Phone. Before a user can access the Cisco IPICS service from a

Cisco Unified IP Phone, the prerequisites that are described in Table 0-1must be met:

Table 0-1 Prerequisites for Using the Cisco IPICS Service

Prerequisite

Reference

 

 

Cisco IPICS service must be

See the “Configuring Cisco IPICS as a

configured.

Phone Service for Cisco Unified

 

Communications Manager” section on

 

page B-2or the “Configuring

 

Cisco IPICS as a Phone Service for

 

Cisco Unified Communications

 

Manager Express” section on

 

page B-4.

 

 

Login credentials must be configured

A Cisco IPICS user can configure

for the user.

personal login credentials as described

 

in the “Managing Your User Profile”

 

section on page 5-2.

 

A Cisco IPICS operator can configure

 

login credentials for a user as

 

described in the “Managing Dial Login

 

Information for a User” section on

 

page 3-13.

 

 

Users in a Cisco Unified

See the “Subscribing to the Cisco

Communications Manager

IPICS Service” section on page B-5.

environment must subscribe to the

 

Cisco IPICS service.

 

 

 

In addition, users should be aware of the following guidelines:

To obtain help with using the Cisco IPICS service on a Cisco Unified IP Phone, press the Help softkey.

 

 

Cisco IPICS Server Administration Guide

 

 

 

 

 

 

OL-12997-01

 

 

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Cisco Systems OL-12997-01 appendix Using the Cisco Ipics Service on a Cisco Unified IP Phone

OL-12997-01 specifications

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