Add Priority Paging - Cisco 7800 Series Administration Manual

Add Priority Paging

Procedure
Step 1
Select Voice > Phone.
Step 2 In the Multiple Paging Group Parameters section, enter a string in the Group Paging Script field in this
format:
pggrp=multicast-address:port;[name=xxxx;]num=yyy;[listen={yes|no}]];
where:
• multicast-address = Multicast IP address of the phone that listens for and receives pages.
• port = Port on which to page; you must use different, even-number ports for each paging group.
• name (optional) = xxxx is the name of the paging group. Replace xxxx with a name. The name can consist
• num= yyy is a unique number that the user dials to access the paging group. Replace yyy with a number.
• listen = Indicates whether the phone listens on the page group. Only the first two groups with listen set
You can add more paging groups by appending to the configuration string. Here is an example of several
paging groups.
pggrp=224.168.168.168:34560;name=All;num=500;listen=yes;
pggrp=224.168.168.168:34562;name=GroupA;num=501;listen=yes;
pggrp=224.168.168.168:34564;name=GroupB;num=502;
pggrp=224.168.168.168:34566;name=GroupC;num=503;
This example creates four paging groups: All, GroupA, GroupB, and GroupC. Users dial 500 to send
pages to all phones, 501 to send pages to phones configured as part of the GroupA group, 502 to send pages
to phones configured as part of the GroupB group, and 503 to send pages to phones configured as part of the
GroupC group. The configured phone receives pages directed to the All and GroupA groups.
Step 3
Click Submit All Changes.
Add Priority Paging
You can set paging priority. You no longer need to register the phone to send or receive a page and this feature
is known as "Out of Band Paging" feature. You can configure maximum of five paging groups on the phone.
When a paging is initiated during an active call, your user sees an incoming page or outgoing page icons on
the phone.
Priority has no impact during a regular page. Only when the phone receives a call during an active page,
priority impacts the active call. Following scenarios explain how priority of an active page impacts an active
call:
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Multicast paging doesn't work with odd-numbered ports.
Caution
maximum of 64 characters.
The number can consist maximum of 64 characters and the allowed range is 1024 to 32767.
to yes listen to group pages. If the field is not defined, the default value is no, so you must set this field
to listen to the group pages.
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