Automatically Disabling The Cisco Unified Ip Phone Screen - Cisco 7945G Administration Manual

Automatically Disabling the Cisco Unified IP Phone Screen

Automatically Disabling the Cisco Unified IP Phone Screen
To conserve power and ensure the longevity of the LCD screen on the phone, you can set the LCD to
turn off when it is not needed.
You can configure settings in Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration to turn off the
display at a designated time on some days and all day on other days. For example, you may choose to
turn off the display after business hours on weekdays and all day on Saturdays and Sundays.
When the display is off, the LCD screen is dark and disabled, and the Display button lights. You can take
any of these actions to turn on the display any time it is off:
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When you turn the display on, it remains on until the phone has remained idle for a designated length of
time, then it turns off automatically.
Table 6-1
the display turns on and off. You configure these fields in Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Administration in the Product Specific Configuration window. (You access this window by choosing
Device > Phone from Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration.)
You can view the display settings for a phone from the Power Save Configuration menu on the phone.
For more information, see the
Table 6-1
Field
Days Display Not
Active
Display On Time
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Press any button on the phone.
If you press a button other than the Display button, the phone will take the action designated by that
button in addition to turning on the display.
Lift the handset.
explains the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration fields that control when
Display On and Off Configuration Fields
Description
Days that the display does not turn on automatically at the
time specified in the Display On Time field.
Choose the day or days from the drop-down list. To choose
more than one day, Ctrl-click each day that you want.
Time each day that the display turns on automatically
(except on the days specified in the Days Display Not
Active field).
Enter the time in this field in 24 hour format, where 0:00 is
midnight.
For example, to automatically turn the display on at
7:00 a.m., (0700), enter 7:00. To turn the display on at
2:00 p.m. (1400), enter 14:00.
If this field is blank, the display will automatically turn on
at 0:00.
"Power Save Configuration Menu" section on page
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