Cisco 8845 Administration Guide

• name (optional) = xxxx is the name of the paging group. Replace xxxx with a name. The name can consist
maximum of 64 characters.
• num= yyy is a unique number that the user dials to access the paging group. Replace yyy with a number.
The number can consist maximum of 64 characters and the allowed range is 1024 to 32767.
• listen = Indicates whether the phone listens on the page group. Only the first two groups with listen set
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.
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:
• PG_PRI_EMERGENT(Priority 0): If the phone receives a page with priority 0 during a call, the call will
be put on hold. After the paging is complete, the call resumes.
• PG_PRI_IMPRORTANT(Priority 1): If the phone receives a page with priority 1 during a call, the call
and the page audio is mixed.
• PG_PRI_NORMAL (Priority 2): If the device receives a page with priority 2 during a call, the phone
does not display any incoming page icon on the phone screen and the user only hears a notification tone.
Once the call ends and if the page is still active, the user sees the paging notification on the phone.
• PG_PRI_MINOR (Priority 3): If the phone receives a page with priority 3 during a call, the page is
ignored.
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Cisco 8845 Specifications

General

Brand	Cisco
Model	8845
Category	IP Phone
Language	English