Auto Provision Function Keys for Phones
Each extension user can set his or her own function keys, you can also set up for them. These function keys can be applied to auto-provisioned IP phones, Linkus Web Client, and Chrome extension 'Yeastar Linkus for Google'. This topic describes how to provision function keys for extension users' IP phones.
Supported key types
The following table lists the function keys that you can assign for an extension user:
Key type | Function |
---|---|
N/A | No functionality. |
Line | Configure line keys for IP phone. Note: The key type Line is only available
for IP phones. |
BLF |
|
Speed Dial | Place a call to the most commonly dialed numbers or extensions. |
Check Voicemail |
|
Check Group Voicemail |
|
Park & Retrieve |
|
Intercom | Place an intercom call to the monitored extension to make an announcement. |
DTMF | Send DTMF signals directly instead of manually entering the numbers each time. |
Agent Login/Logout |
|
Agent Pause/Unpause |
|
LDAP Directory | Quickly access the LDAP phonebook to query contact
information on IP phones. Note: The key
type LDAP Directory is only available
for IP phones. |
Boss-Secretary Feature |
|
Supported methods
You can provision function keys for user's IP phone either using an auto provisioning template or by setting them up directly on PBX web portal.
- To provision function keys using a template, see Create an custom Auto Provisioning template and Apply a new template to a provisioned IP phone.
- To provision function keys on PBX web portal, see the instructions below.
Procedure
- Assign function keys for extension users.
- Log in to PBX web portal, go to
- If you want to assign function keys for a specific extension
user, click
beside the desired extension.
- If you want to assign function keys for multiple extensions, select the checkboxes of the desired extensions, and click Edit.
, edit the desired extension. - If you want to assign function keys for a specific extension
user, click
- Click the Function Keys tab.
- Configure function keys.Note: The number of programmable keys varies by phone models. If the number of function keys you assign to an extension exceeds the number of programmable keys, the excess function keys cannot take effect. However, if the user's IP phone is connected with an expansion module, the excess function keys are automatically applied to the expansion module.
- Type: Select a key type.
- Value: Configure a desired value based on the key type, such as parking number, queue, or extension.
- Label: Optional. Enter a value, which will be displayed on the phone screen.
- Click Save.
- Log in to PBX web portal, go to
- If the extensions haven't been associated with phones, see Auto Provision IP Phones to bind phones with the extensions.
- If the extensions have been associated with phones, reprovision the phones
to take effect.
- Go to .
- To reprovision a phone, click
beside the phone assigned to this extension user.
- To reprovision multiple phones, select the checkboxes of the desired phones, click Reprovision.