DEFINITY ECS Release 8.2
Administrator’s Guide
555-233-506 Issue 1
April 2000
Phone reference
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DEFINITY Internet Protocol (IP) Softphones
DEFINITY IP Softphones extend the level of D EFINITY services. They turn a PC
or a laptop into an advanced telephone. DEFINITY IP Softphones allow you to
send voice and fax from the DEFINITY ECS through an Internet Protocol (IP)
network to other DEFINITY systems that have this feature. You can place calls,
take calls, and handle multiple calls on your PC.
DEFINITY IP Softphones extend DEFINITY multifunction, multiline features
support to IP-connected endpoints (typically user PCs). With certain exceptions,
every feature available for wired-endpoint voice calling is available for IP-based
calling; it supports full internetworking with conventional circuit-switched
stations and trunks.
There are three DEFINITY IP Softphone applications available: the road-warrior,
telecommuter, and the stand-alone H.323. CentreVu IP Agent is a modified
telecommuter configuration that uses the Cen treVu IP Agent interface, rather than
the DEFINITY IP Softphone interface.
Figure 53. DEFINITY IP Softphone interface