IIUC Notes - Assigning Ephone-dns to Ephone Buttons
These are some of my notes on my IIUC studies. Since I am a novice as voice stuff, please let me know what I get wrong.
An ephone is a representation of a phone. It's basically a structure of features that a phone will have.
Configuration in CME:
R1(config)#ephone 34 <– This is just a tag and has nothing to do with an extension or phone
R1(config-ephone)#mac-address 1111.2222.3333 <– Assigns this ephone to the phone with that MAC address
An ephone-dn is a directory number that can be assigned to one or more phone. This is usually your extension and/or DID number.
Configuration in CME:
R1(config)#ephone-dn 18 <– Again, just a tag
R1(config-ephone-dn)#number 1000 <– the extension
Ephone-dns (i.e., extensions) are assigned to ephones through the button directive under the ephone setup. You can have more than one assignment per button command.
Configuration in CME:
R1(config)#ephone 34
R1(config-ephone)#button 1:18 <– Assigns extension 1000 (through ephone-dn 18) to button 1
The colon (:) in the button line is a separator that means that this is a normal ring phone – when someone dials that extension, your phone rings and lights up. There are other separator characters.
| Character | Function |
| : | Normal ring; the phone rings and lights up |
| b | Call waiting beep; the phone will light up, but there will be no ring. If you're on the line, you'll hear a beep on the line. |
| f | Feature ring; a triple ring |
| m | Monitor mode; lets you see the status of the line without being able to use it. Think of receptionists seeing if the boss is on the phone. |
| o | Overlay line without call waiting |
| c | Overlay line with call waiting |
| x | Overlay expansion with rollover |
| s | Silent; disable ringing and call waiting beep, but lights still flash |
| w | Watch mode; like monitor, except it monitors if any line on the phone being watched is active. If I have 4 ephone-dns on my phone and am on line 2, if you're watching line 1 of my phone, you'll see it as active |
Configuration in CME:
R1(config)#ephone 34
R1(config-ephone)#button 3m15 <– Monitors ephone-dn on button 3
R1(config-ephone)#button 4s82 <– Assigns ephone-dn 82 to button 4 but nothing will ring
R1(config-ephone)#button 5f31 <– Assigns ephone-dn 31 to button 5 with a triple ring