For Assistants—Using the Manager Assistant on Your Phone
This chapter describes how you can access Manager Assistant features directly on your Cisco Unified IP Phone (sometimes called the “Assistant Phone”).
You can use the buttons and softkeys on your phone to perform most tasks that you can perform using the Assistant Console. You can also use your phone to perform some tasks while you use the Assistant Console at the same time to perform other tasks. Also, features available on your phone are also available on the Assistant Console, with the exception of Distinctive Ringing.
To use the Manager Assistant on your phone, we recommend strongly that assistants support no more than five managers.
Also, several tasks cannot be performed on the phone, such as assigning the preferred assistants. The manager assigns these tasks using a website that your system administrator sets up, and you assign these tasks using the Assistant Console.
The Manager Assistant feature on your phone is supported on these Cisco Unified IP Phones:
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Cisco Unified IP Phones 7945G, 7942G, 7941G-GE, 7941G, and 7940G
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Cisco Unified IP Phones 7965G, 7962G, 7961G-GE, 7961G, and 7960G
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Cisco Unified IP Phone 7975G, 7971G-GE, and 7970G
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Before you begin, you must identify which mode your system administrator chose: shared-line or proxy-line. For more information about the modes and for which mode you are using, see Shared-Line and Proxy-Line Modes Overview. |