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These settings enable you to control everything about your Digium phone. To assign a Digium Phone to an extension, see the “Digium Phones” article.

Volume levels for the ringer, speaker, handset, and headset are controlled from the volume bar on the phone itself.

Info

NOTE: The settings are also available in Extension Templates and Bulk Modify, for your convenience.

General Settings

  • Line Label is the label displayed on the phone's Line Key for this extension. You can enter a specific label, or use variables to describe what the label should be. Variables are useful in Extension Templates so you do not have to set a unique label for each extension.

  • Build dynamic line label with variables includes the following from a dropdown menu: First Name, Last Name, First Letter of First Name, First Letter of Last Name, Extension. Click Append to add the variable to the Line Label.

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A table like the one below displays the codecs in priority of use that your Digium phone supports. You can enable/disable a codec. You can also set its packetization period and jitter settings by clicking the Modify icon. You can move it up and down in the table using the Move Arrow.

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Multicast Addresses

Create Multicast Address

Enter/edit the following:

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The following table describes the audio codecs. If you have Switchvox SMB and you have entered a License key for the G729 Codec in Machine Admin > Digium Addon Products, you will also see G729 in the list of codecs.
 

Codec

Bandwidth


Usage (kbits/s

Sound Quality

CPU

Useage

Usage

ULAW

85

Great

None

ALAW

85

Great

None

G722

85

Excellent

Low

G726

54

Good

Low

G729

30

Good

Medium

SPEEX

33

Great

High

GSM

35

Good

Low

ADPCM

54

Good

Low

LPC10

22

Poor

Medium

Video Codecs

Select the video codecs your phone supports. Check your phone’s user manual if you do not know them. For video, H263 and H264 are on by default.
 

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