Polycom CX5500 Administrator's Guide

Polycom CX5500 Unified Conference Station Administrator’s Guide 1.1.0
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Note: Compatibility with Microsoft
®
Lync
The concurrent/registration failover/fallback feature is not compatible with Microsoft
®
Lync.
Use the Presence Feature
The presence feature enables you to monitor the status of other remote users and phones. By adding
remote users to your Buddy List, you can monitor changes in the status of remote users in real time or
you can monitor remote users as speed-dial contacts. You can also manually specify your status in order
to override or mask automatic status updates to others and you can receive notifications when the status
of your a remote line changes. The table Use the Presence Feature lists the parameters you can
configure. Note that other phone users can block you from monitoring their phones.
For more information about the Lync presence feature, see Feature Profile 84538: Using Polycom
®
VVX
®
Business Media Phones with Microsoft
®
Lync™ Server 2013.
For more information about the BroadSoft UC-One presence feature, see Feature Profile 84393: Using
the Polycom
®
BroadSoft UC-One Application on Polycom
®
VVX
®
Business Media Phones.
Use the Presence Feature
Central Provisioning Server
template > parameter
Specify the line/registration number used to send SUBSCRIBE for
presence
features.cfg > pres.reg
Specify if the MyStatus and Buddies soft keys display on the Home
screen
features.cfg > pres.idleSoftkeys
Turn the presence feature on or off
features.cfg > feature.presence.enabled
Local Phone User Interface
The user can edit the directory contents. The Buddy Watch and Buddy Block fields control the buddy behavior of
contacts.

Polycom CX5500 Specifications

General

Brand	Polycom
Model	CX5500
Category	Conference System
Language	English