Polycom IP 500 manual Distinctive Ringing / Call Treatment, Presence / Status / Buddy Lists

Distinctive Ringing / Call Treatment

Users can set distinctive incoming ringing tones for callers in their local directory. This allows you to identify a contact by a specific ring tone.

To set a distinctive ring for a local contact:

1.Press ConferenceDirectories and select Contact Directories.

2.Using the arrow keys, scroll through the directory to choose a contact person.

3.Press Edit to give details on that contact.

4.Scroll down to Ring Type.

5.	Press Del	to change any default ring
	type and enter a number correspond-
	ing to one of the 21 ring types avail-
	able. (See Ring Type in this guide
	for further details.)
6.	Press the Save soft key. Press
	Menu	to return to the idle dis-
	play.

Incoming calls from this contact will now have the distinctive ringing pattern applied.

This is a local feature to the telephone, and may be over-ridden by server settings. Contact your System Administrator for more details.

Presence / Status / Buddy Lists

The SoundPoint IP 500 SIP telephone combines interactive message services and status monitoring to complement a tradi- tional messaging application such as email. Live interaction within a pool of telephones is possible by measuring the “presence” of the parties involved.

To add, delete, or block a contact from your buddy list:

1.Press ConferenceDirectories from the idle display.

2.Select Contact Directories and scroll up or down to the desired contact.

3.Press the Edit soft key.

4.Scroll down to the Watch Buddy and/or Block Buddy fields.

5.Press Del to switch between Enable and Disable status.

6.Press Save to confirm and Exit twice to return to the idle display.

The application software running on the telephone is compatible with Windows™ and MSN Messenger™ for peer-to-peer presence and instant messaging.

Each telephone can “watch” the status of up to eight other telephones. Each telephone can also be “watched” by up to eight other telephones. The status of monitored users is displayed and updated in real time. This pool of up to eight tele- phones is referred to as a “Buddy List”.

To change settings, access the Presence menu as follows:

1. Press	Menu	followed by Pres-
ence.

2.Choose Buddy Status to monitor the online/offline, busy, etc., status of the contacts from your local directory.

3.Choose Watcher List to see which telephones are currently monitor- ing your status.

4.Choose Blocked List to see which telephones you have blocked from monitoring your status. (From here you can also Unblock or Watch a contact on this list.)

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