Avaya J159 User manual

Using Avaya J159 IP Phone SIP
Release 4.0.5
Issue 1
April 2020

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Contents
Chapter 1: Purpose................................................................................................................. 12
Chapter 2: Phone overview.................................................................................................... 13
Physical layout of a J159 IP Phone......................................................................................... 14
Connection jacks of a J159 IP Phone...................................................................................... 16
Secondary display................................................................................................................. 18
Optional components............................................................................................................. 18
Chapter 3: Getting started...................................................................................................... 19
Entering the file server address.............................................................................................. 19
Identifying the device type during phone boot-up...................................................................... 20
Logging in to your phone........................................................................................................ 20
Logging out of your phone...................................................................................................... 21
Locking your phone............................................................................................................... 21
Unlocking your phone ........................................................................................................... 21
Chapter 4: Navigation............................................................................................................. 23
Cursor navigation.................................................................................................................. 23
Navigation cluster............................................................................................................ 23
Text input.............................................................................................................................. 24
Line keys.............................................................................................................................. 25
Main menu............................................................................................................................ 25
General phone icons.............................................................................................................. 26
Presence icons..................................................................................................................... 27
Multiple Level Precedence and Preemption icons.................................................................... 28
Wi-Fi icons............................................................................................................................ 29
Chapter 5: Handling incoming calls...................................................................................... 30
Answering a call.................................................................................................................... 30
Answering a call when on another call..................................................................................... 30
Handling calls and conferences using Multiple Device Access.................................................. 31
Ignoring a call....................................................................................................................... 31
Chapter 6: Handling outgoing calls...................................................................................... 32
Making a call by using the dial mode....................................................................................... 32
Making a call without using the dial mode................................................................................ 32
Redialing a number............................................................................................................... 32
Making a call by using speed dial............................................................................................ 33
Making a call from the local Сontacts list................................................................................. 33
Making a call from the corporate database Сontacts list........................................................... 34
Making an international call.................................................................................................... 34
Emergency call..................................................................................................................... 34
Making an emergency call................................................................................................ 35
Chapter 7: Call-related features............................................................................................. 36
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Muting and unmuting a call..................................................................................................... 36
Placing a call on hold and resuming the call............................................................................ 36
Chapter 8: Managing Contacts.............................................................................................. 37
Adding a new contact............................................................................................................ 37
Adding a contact from the Recents list.................................................................................... 38
Editing a contact.................................................................................................................... 38
Doing a quick search for a contact.......................................................................................... 38
Viewing the contact details..................................................................................................... 39
Searching for a contact.......................................................................................................... 40
Combining contacts............................................................................................................... 40
Deleting a contact.................................................................................................................. 41
Creating a local Сontacts group.............................................................................................. 41
Adding a contact to the local group......................................................................................... 42
Removing a contact from the local group................................................................................. 42
Assigning a ringtone to a contact............................................................................................ 43
LDAP Directory..................................................................................................................... 43
Setting LDAP Directory as the contact search source......................................................... 44
Searching LDAP contacts................................................................................................ 44
Chapter 9: Managing Recents............................................................................................... 46
Call log................................................................................................................................. 46
Making a call from Recents.................................................................................................... 46
Viewing the Recents details................................................................................................... 46
Deleting a call record from Recents........................................................................................ 47
Clearing the Recents list........................................................................................................ 48
Chapter 10: Managing conference calls............................................................................... 49
Adding a person to an active call............................................................................................ 49
Adding a person to an active call by using conference button.................................................... 49
Adding a person on hold to a conference call........................................................................... 50
Adding a person on hold to a conference call by using conference button.................................. 50
Putting a conference call on hold and resuming a call............................................................... 51
Dropping or Disconnecting the last participant from a conference call........................................ 51
Viewing the details of a conference......................................................................................... 51
Chapter 11: Advanced features............................................................................................. 53
Accessing the Features screen............................................................................................... 53
Active call shortcut keys......................................................................................................... 53
Making a call transfer with a shortcut key.......................................................................... 54
Making a conference call with a shortcut key..................................................................... 54
Activating Send All Calls........................................................................................................ 55
Activating the screen saver.................................................................................................... 56
Automatic Callback................................................................................................................ 56
Setting up Automatic Callback.......................................................................................... 56
Blocking your extension from displaying during calls................................................................ 56
Bridged Call Appearance....................................................................................................... 57
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Making a call on a bridged line......................................................................................... 57
Answering a bridged line call............................................................................................ 57
Joining a call on a bridged line ......................................................................................... 58
Busy Indicator....................................................................................................................... 58
Busy Indicator icons and LED indication............................................................................ 58
Busy Indicator call operations........................................................................................... 59
Call Transfer to a monitored user...................................................................................... 60
Calendar............................................................................................................................... 61
Accessing calendar......................................................................................................... 61
Configuring the Microsoft® Exchange Server calendar........................................................ 61
Reviewing your Calendar event........................................................................................ 62
Call Forwarding..................................................................................................................... 63
Forwarding a call to another extension.............................................................................. 63
Setting enhanced call forwarding...................................................................................... 64
Call forwarding to your cell phone using EC500....................................................................... 66
Call Parking.......................................................................................................................... 66
Parking a call.................................................................................................................. 66
Unparking a call.............................................................................................................. 67
Call Pickup........................................................................................................................... 67
Answering a call for a Call Pickup group member............................................................... 68
Answering a call in the same Call Pickup group................................................................. 68
Answering a call using the extension number.................................................................... 69
Call recording........................................................................................................................ 69
Recording a call.............................................................................................................. 69
Call Transfer......................................................................................................................... 70
Making a consultative transfer.......................................................................................... 70
Making a blind transfer..................................................................................................... 70
Calling in your intercom group................................................................................................ 71
Crisis alert station.................................................................................................................. 72
Acknowledging the crisis alert.......................................................................................... 72
Emergency caller information........................................................................................... 73
Stopping the crisis alert.................................................................................................... 73
Acknowledging the crisis alert after an error in the first acknowledgment.............................. 74
Displaying your extension on outgoing calls............................................................................. 74
Excluding others from bridging on to your call.......................................................................... 75
Extending a call to your cell phone.......................................................................................... 75
Hunt Group Busy................................................................................................................... 76
Using Hunt Group Busy................................................................................................... 76
Interrupting a call with a whisper page..................................................................................... 76
Limit Incoming Calls.............................................................................................................. 77
Activating Limit Incoming Calls......................................................................................... 77
Deactivating Limit Incoming Calls..................................................................................... 77
Long-term acoustic exposure protection.................................................................................. 78
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Configuring Long term acoustic protection......................................................................... 78
Making a priority call.............................................................................................................. 79
Using URI dialing to make a call............................................................................................. 80
Multiple Device Access.......................................................................................................... 80
Multicast Paging.................................................................................................................... 81
No Hold Conference.............................................................................................................. 81
Adding a participant to no hold conference........................................................................ 81
Pre-configuration of keys....................................................................................................... 82
Precedence call.................................................................................................................... 82
Making a precedence call by using the Main menu............................................................. 83
Making a precedence call by using dial plan configuration.................................................. 83
Presence.............................................................................................................................. 83
Viewing the Presence status of your contacts.................................................................... 84
Changing your Presence status........................................................................................ 84
Retrieving a voice message................................................................................................... 85
Shared control ...................................................................................................................... 85
SLA Mon™ ........................................................................................................................... 86
Tracing a malicious call.......................................................................................................... 86
Team Button......................................................................................................................... 87
Answering an active call on a monitored extension............................................................. 88
Viewing the status of monitored stations............................................................................ 88
Speed dialing to a monitored extension............................................................................. 88
Transferring a call to a monitored phone............................................................................ 89
Monitoring other extensions at a glance............................................................................ 89
Using a Guest Login.............................................................................................................. 90
Chapter 12: Customization.................................................................................................... 91
Phone.................................................................................................................................. 91
Setting the dialing mode................................................................................................... 91
Displaying сall timers....................................................................................................... 91
Setting key repeat delay................................................................................................... 92
Setting redial options....................................................................................................... 92
Assigning speed dial entries............................................................................................. 93
Setting Mute alert............................................................................................................ 94
Visual alerting................................................................................................................. 94
Customizing phone keys.................................................................................................. 95
Restoring customized keys to default................................................................................ 96
Applications.......................................................................................................................... 96
Enabling the Away timer.................................................................................................. 96
Enabling phone auto-lock................................................................................................. 97
Turning call history on and off........................................................................................... 97
Enabling and disabling Microsoft® Exchange contact integration......................................... 98
Calendar settings............................................................................................................ 98
Activating Do not disturb................................................................................................ 101
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Redirecting calls when Do Not Disturb is active................................................................ 101
Audio.................................................................................................................................. 102
Turning automatic gain control on or off........................................................................... 102
Turning button clicks on and off...................................................................................... 102
Turning error tones on and off........................................................................................ 102
Enabling wireless headset bidirectional signaling............................................................. 103
Setting headset mic level............................................................................................... 103
Configuring hearing aid compatibility............................................................................... 104
Setting a headset profile................................................................................................ 104
Setting a personalized ringtone...................................................................................... 106
Display............................................................................................................................... 106
Changing the background image.................................................................................... 106
Changing the background image for the secondary display............................................... 107
Changing the screen saver............................................................................................. 107
Changing the screen saver for the secondary display....................................................... 107
Setting the screen saver details...................................................................................... 108
Setting the screen saver details...................................................................................... 108
Adjusting the brightness of a phone screen..................................................................... 109
Adjusting the brightness of a phone screen..................................................................... 109
Setting the display language.......................................................................................... 109
Setting the backlight timer.............................................................................................. 110
Setting the time format................................................................................................... 110
Setting the date format................................................................................................... 111
Setting the time zone..................................................................................................... 111
Setting the text size....................................................................................................... 112
Setting the text size....................................................................................................... 112
Setting the phone screen width....................................................................................... 113
Customizing keys of the secondary display............................................................................ 113
Adding a labelled key..................................................................................................... 113
Moving a key................................................................................................................. 114
Deleting a key............................................................................................................... 115
Restoring customized keys to default.............................................................................. 115
Setting the network mode..................................................................................................... 116
Setting the network configuration.................................................................................... 117
Connecting to a Wi-Fi network........................................................................................ 118
Chapter 13: Troubleshooting............................................................................................... 120
Limited access during failover.............................................................................................. 120
Recording audio parameters ............................................................................................... 121
Viewing the Product ID........................................................................................................ 121
Viewing the Device type....................................................................................................... 122
Viewing the Server type....................................................................................................... 122
Chapter 14: Resources......................................................................................................... 123
Documentation.................................................................................................................... 123
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Finding documents on the Avaya Support website........................................................... 125
Avaya Documentation Center navigation......................................................................... 125
Viewing Avaya Mentor videos............................................................................................... 126
Support.............................................................................................................................. 127
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Chapter 1: Purpose
This document describes the features of the Avaya J159 IP Phone and also provides instructions on
how to use this phone.
This document is for end users.
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Chapter 2: Phone overview
Avaya J159 IP Phone is intended to be used in business communications. The phone supports up
to four call appearances with two lines of call display.
Physical specifications
• 2 call appearances in Full Screen mode and 4 call appearances in Half Screen mode
• 320 x 240 pixels (main LCD), 240 x 320 pixels (secondary LCD)
• Secondary Display
• 4 softkeys
• 6 Menu navigation buttons and two navigation buttons for Secondary Display
• Dual 10/100/1000 network ports
• Optional 5V DC Power support
• 48V GSPPoE power adapter support
• USB support
• Magnetic Hook Switch
Related links
Physical layout of a J159 IP Phone on page 14
Connection jacks of a J159 IP Phone on page 16
Secondary display on page 18
Optional components on page 18
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Physical layout of a J159 IP Phone
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1 Beacon LED Provides visual alerts for the following:
• Incoming call
• Voice mail
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No. Name Description
2 Phone display Displays two areas:
1. Top Bar: It is always visible, and displays communication
status, time and date, and device status.
2. Application area displays the following:
• Application header: It displays the context specific
application title, and one or more subtitles. Depending on
the appearance type and the call state, the header
displays details of the call.
• Application content area: It displays menus, lists, pop-up
windows, images, and other application content.
• Softkey labels area: It displays labels with information
about the state of the soft key button.
3 Line keys Used to select the corresponding line or feature. Each line key
has a combination of red and green LEDs that provide call or
feature specific visual alert.
Note:
The default action depends on the application and the
context.
4 Soft keys Used to select the corresponding label of context-specific
actions.
With the Help soft key, you can view a short description of the
features available on your phone.
6 Voicemail Used to dial the configured voice mail number to receive a voice
message.
7 Redial Used to redial the most recently dialed number from any screen
of the phone.
8 Speaker Used to turn on the speaker.
9 Hold Used to put an active call on hold and resume a held call.
10 Line keys Used to select the corresponding line or feature. Each line key
has a combination of red and green LEDs that provide call or
feature specific visual alert.
Note:
The default action depends on the application and the
context.
11 Secondary display Provides quick access to line appearances, features, and phone
menus.
12 Left, Right keys Used to navigate on the Secondary Display screen.
13 Mute Used to mute and unmute the outgoing audio.
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No. Name Description
14 Navigation cluster Used to navigate on the phone screen.
•Up and Down arrow keys: To scroll up and down.
•Right and Left arrow keys: To move cursor in the text input
field, and to toggle values in the selection fields.
•OK button: To select the action assigned to the first soft key.
18 Transfer Used to transfer a call.
19 Headset Used to turn on headset, and also to toggle your call from the
speaker to headset.
20 Conference Used to initiate a conference call and also to add a participant to
a conference call.
21 Dialpad keys Used to dial the phone extensions or enter alphanumeric
characters and special symbols.
22 Handset Used to receive and make calls.
23 Volume Used to adjust volume of a handset, speaker, or ringtone.
• (+) : To increases the volume.
• (-): To decrease the volume.
24 Mic The Mic of the phone.
Application keys provide direct access to the corresponding applications:
No. Application keys Description
5 Phone key Displays the Phone screen.
15 Main Menu Displays the list of options, such as Features, Applications,
Settings, and Network Information.
16 Contacts Displays the entries in your Contact list.
17 Recents Displays the list of all calls.
Related links
Phone overview on page 13
Connection jacks of a J159 IP Phone
The following image illustrates the connection jacks that are present on the back panel of Avaya
J159 IP Phone.
The image schematically describes which device to connect to which jack.
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1 5V DC Jack To connect the power supply.
2 Network port To connect the Ethernet cable.
3 PC port To connect the computer.
Note:
PC port is disabled when a Wi-Fi
network is used.
4 Headset Jack To connect the headset.
5 Handset Jack To connect the handset.
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No. Name Description
6 WLAN Module Panel To integrate the wireless module for Wi-Fi
support.
7 PoE Slide Switch To set the PoE value to one of the following:
• L: Class 1
• H: Class 2
8 USB Port To connect the USB device.
Related links
Phone overview on page 13
Secondary display
The secondary display of the phone provides additional call appearances and feature or
application display.
It has six lines of four-page display that provides 24 additional lines for incoming calls, outgoing
calls, auto-dialing, and calling features. It displays the dedicated view for keys 25 — 48. You can
switch between the pages using the left and right keys.
Related links
Phone overview on page 13
Optional components
You can use the following optional components with the phone:
• PSAC12R–050 – 5V DC Power adapter
• GSPPoE - Avaya 48V PoE power inserter
Related links
Phone overview on page 13
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Chapter 3: Getting started
Entering the file server address
About this task
Enter the file server address if the phone prompts, for example, when you connect to the network
for the first time.
Before you begin
Obtain the file server address from the system administrator.
Procedure
1. When you boot the phone for the first time, the Auto Provisioning screen displays Do you
want to activate Auto Provisioning now? , press one of the following:
•Yes: To connect to the Device Enrollment Services (DES) server to obtain the file server
address and ignore the file server address from the DHCP.
•No: To obtain the file server address from the DHCP server.
In case of a time out, and the DHCP does not provide the file server address, the phone
selects Yes.
If the connection to DES is successful, and the phone receives the file server address, the
phone continues to boot and not prompt you for the file server address.
If the connection to DES is successful, and the phone does not receive the file server
address, the phone prompts you for an Enrollment code. Contact your administrator for an
Enrollment code. When you enter the valid Enrollment code, the phone continues to boot
and not prompt you for the file server address.
If you do not have an Enrollment code, press Cancel. The phone continues to boot using
the DHCP.
If the connection is successful, the phone displays the Starting message. If the phone
does not receive the file server address from the DES or the DHCP server, the phone
displays the Enter the file server address screen.
2. On Enter the file server address screen, press one of the following:
•Config: To enter the file server address.
•Never: To never prompt for the file server address.
•Cancel: To cancel the prompt and display the Login screen.
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3. After you have pressed Config, enter the file server address in the Address field.
The address can be in the form of a numerical IP address or an alphanumeric Fully
Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) like http://myfileserver.com/j100/.
Tip:
To enter the dot symbol (.) in the field, press the alphanumeric soft key to toggle to the
alphanumeric mode.
To enter the forward slash symbol (/) in the field, press the / soft key.
4. Press Save.
The phone continues to boot and connect to the file server address for provisioning
configuration.
Identifying the device type during phone boot-up
About this task
Avaya J100 Series IP Phones screen displays the device type during the phone boot-up. This
feature is supported only in the phone software version 4.0.3 and later.
Procedure
1. Set up the phone hardware.
2. Plug the Ethernet cable to the phone.
The phone powers up and starts to initialize.
The phone primary screen displays one of the following as the backsplash screen:
• A screen with Avaya text for Avaya SIP phones
• A screen with Open SIP text for Open SIP phones
Logging in to your phone
Before you begin
Your extension and password are provided by your administrator.
Procedure
1. On the Login screen in the Username field, type your extension.
2. Press Enter.
3. In the Password field, type your password.
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