Nortel Networks 550 Using Buddy Lists, Presence Settings, Select Features Presence My Status

Using the Advanced Features of Your SoundPoint® IP 550 Desktop Phone

Using Buddy Lists

A buddy list is a list of users/devices whose status or “presence” you can monitor. Users update their presence setting (for example, “Be right back”, “Busy”, or “Out to lunch”), and you can view their status in real-time from your phone.

Your phone can “watch” the status of up to eight other phones or 48 buddies. These other phones form your “buddy list”. Your phone displays the status of your buddies in real time. Your phone can be “watched” by up to eight other phones.

If your SoundPoint IP 550 phone is configured to work with Microsoft Live Communications Server 2005, the behavior of the presence setting and buddy lists is different. For more information, contact your system administrator.

Presence Settings

To view and change your presence settings:

1.Do one of the following:

—Press .

Select Features > Presence > My Status.

—Press the MyStat soft key.

2.Use or to scroll through the list, and then press the Select soft key to select your new status.

The phones watching your status will now display your new status.

Presence information will also be sent to watching phones when you go off-hook or enable Do Not Disturb.

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