Automatically Disabling The Cisco Unified Ip Phone Backlight - Cisco 6921 Administration Manual

Automatically Disabling the Cisco Unified IP Phone Backlight

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In addition, you can refer to Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide or to Cisco
Unified Communications Manager Bulk Administration Guide for the following information:
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From a phone, you can see settings for the idle display XML service URL and the length of time that the
phone is not used before this service is invoked. To see these settings, choose Settings > Device
Configuration and scroll to the Idle URL and the Idle URL Time parameters.
Automatically Disabling the Cisco Unified IP Phone Backlight
To conserve power and ensure the longevity of the phone screen backlight, you can set the backlight to
turn off when it is not needed.
You can configure settings in Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration to turn off the
backlight at a designated time on some days and all day on other days. For example, you may choose to
turn off the backlight after business hours on weekdays and all day on Saturdays and Sundays.
You can take any of these actions to turn on the backlight any time it is off:
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When you turn the backlight on, it remains on until the phone has remained idle for a designated length
of time, then it turns off automatically.
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the backlight 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.)
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Specifying the URL of the idle display XML service:
For a single phone—Idle field on the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Phone
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configuration window
– For multiple phones simultaneously—URL Idle field on the Cisco Unified Communications
Manager Enterprise Parameters configuration window, or the Idle field in the Bulk
Administration Tool (BAT)
Specifying the length of time that the phone is not used before the idle display XML service is
invoked:
– For a single phone—Idle Timer field on the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Phone
configuration window
For multiple phones simultaneously—URL Idle Time field on the
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Cisco Unified Communications Manager Enterprise Parameters configuration window, or the
Idle Timer field in the Bulk Administration Tool (BAT)
Press any button on the phone.
The phone takes the action designated by that button in addition to turning on the backlight.
Lift the handset.
explains the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration fields that control when
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