For a later version of Switchvox, see SETUP-PHONES-Digium-Phones-6-0

Digium Phone Assignment

When you select this option, it displays the Digium Phone Assignment page, which lists the unassigned extension by default. Phone assignments define the Switchvox SIP-Phone extension assigned to a Digium Phone's MAC address. An assignment must define Line Key 1 as a Switchvox SIP-Phone extension, but an assignment can also define lines 2-6. Those lines can be another SIP phone extension on Switchvox or an external extension.

You can filter the phone assignments for viewing from among the following types:

• Unassigned Phones. Digium Phones on the network that do not already have a Switchvox extension assigned to them.

• Assigned Phones and Extensions. Displays the following:

  • MAC Address for the Digium Phone

  • Model number for the Digium Phone

  • Configured By indicates if the assignment was created by the Server (the Switchvox Web Suite, Bulk Import, or the Extend API), or by the Phone itself (using the numeric keypad to select the extension for Line Key 1). Server-based assignments cannot be changed from the phone itself.

  • User Details indicate the extensions assigned to the phone. Line 1 must be a Switchvox phone extension, but lines 2-6 (depending on the model of your Digium Phone) can be a Switchvox extension, or an external extension.

• Ignored Phones and Extensions. Digium Phones or Switchvox extensions that you do not want to assign and you do not want to see in the Unassigned lists. If you want to delete a Digium Phone entirely from Phone Assignments, first ignore it, then you can delete it.

Quick-Create Assignments

• Quick-Create Assignments lets you assign multiple phones and extensions quickly. Using this option, the extension is always assigned to Line 1. This is most useful if you have a barcode scanner, so that you can scan each phone box, and easily associate it with the correct extension.

• Populate Unassigned Extensions button allows you to add all unassigned phone extensions as rows in order by extension number, first name, or last name.

Phone Assignment Options

These options can be used for creating phone-based assignments using the phone's numeric keypad to select an extension from a list. You don't need to use these options if you create server-based assignments (meaning, assignments created from the Switchvox Admin Suite, Bulk Import, or the Extend API).

Server Name

This is the name of the Switchvox server as it appears in the phone's list of Digium Configuration Servers.

Assignment Authentication

To ensure that your phones are assigned correctly, you can choose a method of authentication to be used before the phone will be assigned:

• Assignment Code: One code displays the extension list and lets any extension be assigned.

• Extension / Password: The extension list is always displayed, but once an extension is chosen, that extension's password must be entered.

To find an extension in the list, enter the first name, last name, extension number, or first and last initial.

Enable Open Enrollment Period

This option sets a period of time where phonebased assignments can be created without any authorization. Use this option with caution.

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