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VE6023 Telephone Page Server
User Manual
November 14, 2016
Current version: https://goo.gl/RhCH4q
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Table of Contents Overview ...................................................................................................................................... 4
System Requirements for Managed VoIP Products ..................................................................... 4
Initial Setup .................................................................................................................................. 4
Avaya Setup .................................................................................................................................. 5
Determining the URL of the VE6023 Push Server .................................................................. 5
Aura Push Setup ....................................................................................................................... 5
Aura SNMP Setup ................................................................................................................... 6
IP Office Push Setup ................................................................................................................ 7
IP Office SNMP Setup ............................................................................................................. 9
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Setup ........................................................................ 10
Create a new user account ..................................................................................................... 10
Enable AXL Web Service ...................................................................................................... 11
NEC Setup .................................................................................................................................. 12
Valcom Setup with the VIP-102B IP Solutions Setup Tool ....................................................... 13
VE6023 Usage ............................................................................................................................ 14
Getting Started ....................................................................................................................... 14
Administration ............................................................................................................................ 15
System .................................................................................................................................... 15
Log ......................................................................................................................................... 15
Setup ...................................................................................................................................... 15
Network ............................................................................................................................. 16
Vip ..................................................................................................................................... 16
Syslog ................................................................................................................................ 16
Phone ................................................................................................................................. 17
Avaya ................................................................................................................................ 17
Cisco .................................................................................................................................. 18
NEC ................................................................................................................................... 18
High Availability ............................................................................................................... 18
Miscellaneous .................................................................................................................... 18
Clock ...................................................................................................................................... 19
Page Monitor .......................................................................................................................... 19
Stop Page(s) ...................................................................................................................... 19
Cleanup Phones ................................................................................................................. 19
Text Monitor .......................................................................................................................... 19
License ................................................................................................................................... 19
Editors ......................................................................................................................................... 19
Phones .................................................................................................................................... 19
Remove Selected ............................................................................................................... 20
Edit Selected...................................................................................................................... 20
Avaya Phone Property Editor ....................................................................................... 20
Cisco Phone Property Editor ........................................................................................ 20
NEC Phone Property Editor ......................................................................................... 21
Select Filter ....................................................................................................................... 22
Scan Phones ...................................................................................................................... 22
Paging Displays ..................................................................................................................... 22
Add Paging Display .......................................................................................................... 23
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Delete Selected File........................................................................................................... 23
Upload Custom Paging Display ........................................................................................ 23
Address Pool .......................................................................................................................... 23
Add .................................................................................................................................... 24
Delete ................................................................................................................................ 24
Group Attachments ................................................................................................................ 24
Add .................................................................................................................................... 24
Delete ................................................................................................................................ 24
Group Definitions .................................................................................................................. 24
IP Addresses ...................................................................................................................... 24
Add ............................................................................................................................... 25
Delete ............................................................................................................................ 25
Preferences.................................................................................................................................. 25
Password ................................................................................................................................ 25
Logout ......................................................................................................................................... 26
Appendix 1 ................................................................................................................................. 26
NEC Phone Import File Format ............................................................................................. 26
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Overview
The VE6023 Telephone Page Server extends the functionality of an IP phone system allowing it to
integrate seamlessly with an overhead paging system. The VE6023 allows pages from other Valcom
devices to play on Avaya, Cisco or NEC IP desk phones, essentially turning those phones into additional
IP speakers.
System Requirements for Managed VoIP Products
• Network Hardware Requirements:
◦ 10/100 Mbps Ethernet network
• Bandwidth Requirements:
◦ 86 kbps per active One Way Page
◦ 172 kbps per active Two Way Call
• TCP Requirements:
◦ Port 21 for FTP (Gen 2 only)
◦ Port 22 for SSH
◦ Port 23 for Telnet (Gen 2 only)
◦ Port 80 (or 443 if using SSL) for Web based access
◦ Port 5147 for SSH
◦ Additional ports are required depending on the telephone system (Avaya, Cisco or NEC)
• UDP Requirements:
◦ Bi-directional Ports: 4097, 4098, 4099, 4120, 4121, 4122, 4197, 123 (for NTP)
• Multicast Requirements:
◦ A correctly configured multicast (IGMPv2 or IGMPv3) enabled network
◦ 4+ Multicast addresses (239.1.1.2, 239.1.1.3, 239.1.1.4 and 239.1.1.5 are the defaults) plus at
least one multicast address for telephone paging (default 239.1.1.10)
• Other Suggested settings:
◦ Separate VLAN for optimal performance
◦ Valcom device for sourcing pages
Initial Setup
Before the VE6023 can discover the IP phones on the network, the phone system must be configured to
allow the VE6023 access. Follow the instructions for the appropriate phone server before configuring the
VE6023.
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Avaya Setup
The VE6023 works with Avaya IP phones on either Aura or IP Office systems, using Avaya's push
feature to stream audio to IP desk phones. The VE6023 will be defined on the phone as a Trusted Push
Server and a Subscribe Server, and the Push Capabilities of the phone will need to be set appropriately.
These settings are defined in the 46xxsettings.txt file. Additionally, the VE6023 uses SNMP to monitor
the Avaya server for updated information on the phone system.
The VE6023 uses the multicast push feature built into Avaya IP phones. This feature is not supported in
all phone firmware versions or for all Avaya phones. Generally, any recent phone model and recent
firmware will have this capability. Consult Avaya’s documentation for details of which phone models
and firmware combinations are supported. Additionally, some phones that do not support multicast
paging will support unicast paging. The VE6023 is capable of paging via unicast to those phones. This
option should only be used when necessary, as multicast is more efficient on the network.
Determining the URL of the VE6023 Push Server
The IP address of the VE6023 is initially set using the VIP-102B IP Solutions Programming Tool. Once
you have configured the IP address of your VE6023 you can determine the URL of the Avaya Push
Server that runs on the VE6023. This URL is determined using this formula:
http:// + IP_of_VE6023 + :8989
You must use the IP address that you set when using the VIP-102B Tool. The port number (8989) is the
default value on the VE6023. If you change this value, you must also adjust the URL used in the steps
below. If, for example, you set the IP Address of the VE6023 to 192.168.1.100 and used the default
port number then the URL would be:
http://192.168.1.100:8989
Aura Push Setup
The following instructions are based on using the Avaya Utility Server to provide configuration files to
the telephones. If using a different method for your system, adapt these instructions to your
infrastructure.
• Navigate to the Avaya Utility Server User Page Interface and log in.
• Click on “Utility Admin” from the “Utilities” menu.
• Click on IP Phone Settings Editor on the left under IP Phone Tools.
• Disable “Display File Comments” and enable “Display only active options.” Click on the Proceed
With Selected Values button to continue
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• Find the text box labeled TPSLIST. If the text box already contains a value, add a comma and
append the URL of the VE6023 Push Server. If the text box is empty, just add the URL of the
VE6023 Push Server.
• Find the text box labeled SUBSCRIBELIST. If the text box already contains a value, add a comma
and append the URL of the VE6023 Push Server. If the text box is empty, just add the URL of the
Push Server.
• Find any text boxes labeled PUSHCAP. Change the numbers in these fields to all 1's to grant
basic privileges or 2's to grant barge privileges. Valcom recommends using all 2's.
• Click the “Save New settings File” button at the bottom of this page
• Apply the new settings by clicking “Save 46xxsettings.txt File to this server”.
• Log out and reboot the Avaya IP Phones required for paging.
Aura SNMP Setup
• Navigate to the Avaya Aura Communication Manager web page and log in.
• Click on “Server (Maintenance)” from the “Administration” menu.
• Click on “Agent Status” on the under “Alarms” section.
• Ensure that the Master Agent status is stopped. If it is active, stop it now.
• Click on “SNMP Agents” on the “Alarms” section.
• In the “IP Addresses for SNMP Access” select “Any IP address” or select “Following IP
Addresses”. If you selected the latter option, you must add the IP address of the VE6023 to the list.
• Set a community string for SNMP Version 1, and select enabled from the pull down menu, then
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click submit. This community string will also be entered in the VE6023 setup.
• Go back to “Agent Status” under the “Alarms” section and start the agent.
IP Office Push Setup
If using the IP Office Manager tool from Avaya, connect to the Avaya IP Office server and log in.
Next, choose File → Advanced → Embedded File Management.
Navigate to the 46xxsettings.txt file as shown in the image above. Download this file to your PC
and open the file in a plain text editor, such as Notepad. Continue with Editing the Settings
File below.
Or, if using the Web Management application, log in to the Web Management portal and navigate to
Applications → File Manager.
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In File Manager, browse the folders to Disk → system → primary.
Navigate to the 46xxsettings.txt file as shown in the image below. Download this file to your PC
and open the file in a plain text editor, such as Notepad.
Editing the Settings File
Find the “PUSH INTERFACE SETTINGS” section and add the URL of the VE6023 Push Server to
the line that begins with “SET TPSLIST”. If the line already has a value, separate it from the new
value using a comma. Do not include any spaces between values. Note that lines that begin with
“##” are ignored.
In the same section, add the URL of the VE6023 Push Server to the line that begins with “SET
SUBSCRIBELIST”.
Find any sections that have settings for “PUSHCAP”. Change the numbers in these fields to all 1's to
grant basic privileges or 2's to grant barge privileges. Valcom recommends using all 2's.
Save this file using Notepad, and return to the IP Office Manager or Web Management program.
Right click on the 46xxsettings.txt and upload your edited version to the server.
Reboot any Avaya IP Phones required for paging.
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IP Office SNMP Setup
• Using the IP Office Manager tool from Avaya, connect to the Avaya IP Office server
• Select your system on the left hand side navigation area, and select the System Events tab
• Enable SNMP, leave the port at 161 and choose a community string
• Press the OK button at the bottom of the screen, then choose File → Save Configuration.
Press OK to accept the default options on the next window to apply your changes.
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Cisco Unified Communications Manager Setup
The VE6023 extends the functionality of the Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM). To
authenticate with the CUCM, the VE6023 must be provided with the appropriate level of access. It is the
recommended procedure to create a new account on the CUCM for the VE6023. Additionally, some
services on the CUCM must be enabled for the VE6023 to retrieve important details about the phones in
the system.
Create a new user account • Login to the CUCM web administration web page
• Click the “Application User” option from the “User Management” menu.
• Click the “Add New” button.
• Enter a name for the new “Application User” and set a password, digest credentials should be left
blank.
• In the Device Information section, select all of the phones in the Available Devices list that will be
controlled by the VE6023, then click the down arrow to move them to the Controlled Devices list. For
large installations, the “Find More Phones” button may be used to find a complete list.
• In the Permissions Information section, click the “Add to User Group” button. The “Find and List
User Groups” window will be displayed. Click the “Find” button in that window to list all of the
groups.
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• Select the “Standard CCM Super Users” and “Standard CTI Enabled” groups and click Add
Selected.
• Click the “Save” button to finish creating the Application User. The Roles should now be displayed
based on the group membership.
Enable AXL Web Service
• Select “Cisco Unified Serviceability” from the “Navigation” (top-right) pull-down list on CUCM
web administration web page then login
• Navigate to Tools → Service Activation
• If you have more than one server you must select the appropriate server from the pull-down list and
click Go
• Check “Cisco AXL Web Service” and click Save
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NEC Setup
The VE6023 works with NEC DT830/DT830G series telephones with firmware version V94.0.6.0 or
higher. The user will need access to the NEC Programming software to retrieve a list of telephone
extensions. Using the NEC PCPro application, the telephone extensions can be exported to a text file to
be imported into the VE6023.
The CSV file must contain a header line, followed by telephone information on separate lines. An
example format is:
TN,IP_STN,RSC,SFC,LENS,TEC,KIND,IP Address,MAC Address,Station kind
1,1000,1,1,20,12,23,192.168.96.117,00-60-B9-BA-E7-CA,SIP Multi-Function Telephone
1,1001,1,1,21,12,23,192.168.49.106,00-60-B9-BA-E8-0D,SIP Multi-Function Telephone
The key fields in the file are the “IP_STN” (extension number of the phone), “IP Address” (IP address of
the phone) and “MAC Address” (MAC address of the phone). The example above includes multiple
unused fields. These other fields are not used during the import process and are ignored.
The telephones that will participate in paging must also be programmed with the appropriate information
to authorize the VE6023 to send pages to the telephone. The phones may be configured using the on-
screen menus of each telephone or through the web interface. The telephone Security menu has a
subsection named Push Server.
Under this menu there are three settings to be configured:
Push Server Access
This option enables/disables the ability of the telephone to be a paging endpoint.
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Client IP Address
This option provides entry fields for the server(s) that will be allowed to send pages to this
telephone. The IP address of the VE6023 will be entered in this menu.
Push Server Port
This option provides an entry field for the port on which this telephone will listen for pages. The
allowable values are 82 (default), or the range from 1024 to 65535. The value set here will also
need to be set in the Setup of the VE6023.
Valcom Setup with the VIP-102B IP Solutions Setup Tool
The VE6023 extends a Valcom IP paging system to a phone system. As a result, additional pieces of
Valcom equipment are required before a page can be received from a phone. At a minimum, a device
that can source pages is needed. All the paging equipment must be programmed with Valcom's VIP-
102B IP Solutions Tool.
Before attempting to configure the Valcom devices, please ensure the network is configured to support
IP paging. The network should support broadcast and multicast traffic within local subnets and
multicast traffic among all subnets where Valcom IP devices are connected. If the network cannot be
configured to support these protocols, some features of the IP paging solution may not be available.
Please contact Valcom Technical Support for details.
After the endpoint devices are connected to an appropriately configured network, programming is
accomplished through the use of the VIP-102B IP Solutions Setup Tool. This software tool should be
installed on a Microsoft Windows based computer connected to the same network as the Valcom IP
devices.
The general procedure for programming Valcom IP devices involves the following steps:
• Install the devices on the network.
• Scan the network using the VIP-102B IP Solutions Tool to create an inventory of available devices.
• Program the devices with IP addresses and other network information appropriate to the physical
network on which the devices are installed.
• Rescan the network to allow the IP Solutions Tool to retrieve complete device configuration
information.
• Configure the individual device settings within the IP Solutions Tool for each device on the
network with the specific settings necessary for the paging system being installed.
• Upload the new configuration to each device from the IP Solutions Tool.
• Restart the device to enable the new configuration settings.
For more information, refer to the VIP-102B IP Solutions Setup Tool Reference Manual.
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VE6023 Usage
Getting Started
The VE6023 is administrated from a web interface. Through the web page you can configure network
parameters, monitor paging activity, and configure the paging behavior of individual phones. To access
the web interface, log in to the system by entering its IP address in to a web browser. The default
username is 'admin' and the default password is '4cc3ss'. It is recommended that the default password be
changed.
On your first visit to the web page you will be prompted to enter your Valcom license information, if no
license information is available, a 30 day trial license may be selected.
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Administration
The VE6023 Administration menu provides access to server-wide settings.
System
Under the Administration menu, the System menu provides the following options:
Backup
Initiates a backup of the configuration data on the server. When done, a dialog box will provide
an option to download the backup file (in a compressed format) for storage. (Note: if using Safari
browser, turn off the “Open safe files after downloading” option.)
Restore Backup
Provides a window to upload a previously-created backup file to the server. After uploading, the
server will reboot to use the uploaded configuration. A checkbox on this screen provides the
option to “preserve network settings”. Checking this box will cause the VE6023 to ignore any IP
address information in the backup file.
Upgrade Firmware
Provides a window to upload a firmware file to the VE6023 server. After uploading, the server
will automatically install and reboot using the new firmware.
Restore System Defaults
Resets the VE6023 to factory default settings for all configuration items.
Security
This option provides the configuration details for setting the VE6023 to use HTTPS
communication for the web programming interface. Options are provided for using a customer-
provided certificate, or to use a self-signed certificate.
Shutdown
Begins orderly shutdown of the server.
Reboot
Begins orderly shutdown and immediate restart of the server.
Log
The Log window provides a scrolling display of the system event log.
Setup
The Setup menu option activates a window where configuration details regarding the overall system are
entered. The Setup window consists of several tabs described below.
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Network
This tab is used to set the network address of the VE6023. Static IP addressing is recommended, although
the unit can be configured for DHCP.
Vip
The Vip tab is used to set the multicast addresses used by Valcom IP Paging equipment. If the defaults
have been changed on other equipment on the network, then these settings must be changed to match
those settings.
Syslog
The VE6023 includes the ability to send log messages to a remote machine. This tab is used to set the
destination IP address and detail level for those log messages.
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Phone
Phone Type
Phone Type is used to configure the VE6023 for operation with Avaya, Cisco or NEC phone systems.
Changing this setting requires the software to log the user out of the system before it can take effect. The
phone type chosen also controls the visibility of the Avaya, Cisco and NEC tabs as well. Only one phone
type can be active at any given time. The corresponding setup tab for each phone type is described
below.
Interrupt Priority
High priority pages have the ability to interrupt phone calls. This setting controls the threshold at which a
page will interrupt a phone, even if that phone has disabled Page Interrupt. The priority associated with a
page group is set using the VIP-102B Programming Tool. This field sets the global priority threshold.
Page Delay
The Page Delay feature forces the VE6023 to delay a given number of seconds between detecting a page
on the network, and broadcasting that page over the phone system.
If this is selected, enter the number of seconds to wait in the Maximum Page Delay field.
Avaya
Push Port
This port number is used by the phones to validate page requests. Changing this value requires that the
Avaya servers are also changed to the new value.
Add Server
If you have multiple Avaya servers you can add them all to the VE6023. Use this button to add additional
tabs to enter the server information in the area below. If too many tabs are opened, use the close tab
button on the tab itself.
Name Select a descriptive name for this server. This value is for reference only, and not used by the VE6023.
Avaya Server Type
Select the Avaya server type.
Avaya Server IP
Enter the IP address of the Avaya server that hosts the SNMP service.
SNMP Community String
Enter the SNMP V1 community string configured on the Avaya server.
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Cisco
Name
Select a descriptive name for this server. This value is for reference only, and not used by the VE6023.
Call Manager Type
At the time of this writing there is only one value for this selection.
IP
Enter the IP address of the Cisco Unified Call Manager.
User
Enter the user name that was created for the VE6023 in the previous section.
Password
Enter the password that was created for the VE6023 in the previous section.
Confirm Password
Confirm the password that was created for the VE6023 in the previous section.
NEC
Name
Select a descriptive name for this server. This value is for reference only, and not used by the VE6023.
NEC Server IP
Enter the IP address of the NEC server.
NEC Server Port
Enter the port number on which the NEC telephone is listening for paging connections. The allowable
addresses are 82 or a number from the range 1024 to 65535. The default is 82.
Upload Telephone Inventory CSV File
This button activates the File Upload window, which allows browsing to and selecting a CSV (comma
separated values) file which contains information about the telephones in the system. The format of this
file is further explained in Appendix 1.
High Availability
This tab is used to enable the High Availability functions for two VE6023 servers to provide fail-over
redundancy.
Miscellaneous
This tab is used to set the automatic log out feature on the web programming interface.
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Clock
The Clock menu provides options to manually set the date, time and time zone for this VE6023, or to use
Network Time Protocol (NTP) to retrieve the time from an NTP server. There is an option to allow this
VE6023 to be an NTP server for other devices.
Page Monitor The Page Monitor option displays a running list of the audio pages that have been received by this server.
Start time, group number, duration and other details about each audio page are displayed. The VE6023
keeps a record of the 50 most recent pages that involved phones. From the page monitor you can confirm
that a page is playing or that a page completed successfully.
Stop Page(s)
In extremely rare events, a page may be left in an active state after the page source has stopped sending
audio. If this happens, select the run-away page in the page monitor and click the “Stop Page(s)” button.
Cleanup Phones
In extremely rare events a phone will be left in the active state after the VE6023 has terminated the page.
Use the “Cleanup Phones” button to send a stop page message to all the phones on the system. This will
terminate any pages in progress.
Text Monitor
The Text Monitor option displays a running list of the text pages that have been received by this server.
Start time, group number, duration and other details about each text page are displayed.
License
The License option provides details about the current license installed on this server, and provides the
option to install a new license. Each server has a unique Registration Key, which is shown in this
window. The Registration Key must be sent to Valcom to generate a new license.
Editors
The Editors menu contains the editor functions for phones, multicast addresses to use for phone paging,
group synchronization, etc.
Phones The Phone Editor provides a list of all the phones the VE6023 was able to discover in the network. From
this window you can assign phones to Valcom page groups, manage which phones are licensed, and
control other settings for each phone. The columns displayed on this page are dependent on the type of
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phones being paged (Avaya, Cisco or NEC).
Remove Selected
Telephones that are no longer in the system may be removed using this menu.
Edit Selected
Specific telephone properties may be edited using this menu. Editing a single phone may also be initiated
by double-clicking the telephone entry in the Phone Editor page. The Edit Selected menu also has an
option to edit all of the phones at one time, which is useful for setting a parameter that will be common to
all phones (e.g.: membership in a group).
Selecting one or more phones in the Editor page, then clicking Edit Selected, will open a Phone Property
Editor window with options that are specific to the type of phone being configured.
Avaya Phone Property Editor
The Phone Property Editor for Avaya phones has the following options:
Use Multicast
Check this box to enable multicast network communication for the paging audio to the phone. If
this box is not checked, communication will be by unicast. It is recommended to always use
multicast whenever possible.
Enable Page Interrupt
Check this box to enable interrupting active phone calls when an audio page is sent to the phone,
but only for pages with a priority value higher than the Interrupt Priority setting (from the Setup -
Phones tab). If this box is not checked, active phone calls will not be interrupted by audio pages.
The PAGECAP setting from the 46xxsettings file must also allow Barge In.
Licensed
Check this box to assign a license to the phone and enable paging. Uncheck this box to free a
license for use by another phone. The other settings will not be cleared when this is unchecked.
Group Membership
All of the Valcom paging groups known to the VE6023 will be displayed in this list. Click the
box next to any groups this phone should be a member of. Groups are created and managed using
the VIP-102B IP Solutions Programming tool.
Cisco Phone Property Editor
The Phone Property Editor for Cisco phones has the following options:
Volume Adjustment
Use this setting to adjust the volume of the audio page sent to the Cisco phone. The range is -40 to
+20 dB.
Use Multicast
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Check this box to enable multicast network communication for the paging audio to the phone. If
this box is not checked, communication will be by unicast. It is recommended to always use
multicast whenever possible.
Enable Page Interrupt
Check this box to enable interrupting active phone calls when an audio page is sent to the phone,
but only for pages with a priority value higher than the Interrupt Priority setting (from the Setup -
Phones tab). If this box is not checked, active phone calls will not be interrupted by audio pages.
Licensed
Check this box to assign a license to the phone and enable paging. Uncheck this box to free a
license for use by another phone. The other settings will not be cleared when this is unchecked.
Vibrate
Check this box to cause Cisco wireless phones to vibrate when a page is received. This is for
wireless phones only, and “Use Multicast” must not be selected for this phone.
Vibrate Duration / Silence Duration / Repeats
These three options work together to control the vibration alert on wireless phones. Vibrate
Duration sets the number of milliseconds the phone will vibrate. Silence Duration sets the number
of milliseconds between vibrations. Repeats provides the number of vibration cycles to use before
each audio page.
Group Membership
All of the Valcom paging groups known to the VE6023 will be displayed in this list. Click the
box next to any groups this phone should be a member of. Groups are created and managed using
the VIP-102B IP Solutions Programming tool.
NEC Phone Property Editor
The Phone Property Editor for NEC phones has the following options:
Use Multicast
Check this box to enable multicast network communication for the paging audio to the phone. If
this box is not checked, communication will be by unicast. It is recommended to always use
multicast whenever possible.
Licensed
Check this box to assign a license to the phone and enable paging. Uncheck this box to free a
license for use by another phone. The other settings will not be cleared when this is unchecked.
Enable Page Interrupt
Check this box to enable interrupting active phone calls when an audio page is sent to the phone,
but only for pages with a priority value higher than the Interrupt Priority setting (from the Setup -
Phones tab). If this box is not checked, active phone calls will not be interrupted by audio pages.
Lamp Color
Choose the color of the lamp used to indicate an incoming audio page, or None to disable the
lamp.
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Flashing time
If a Lamp Color is selected, use this field to indicate the duration of the flashing alert.
Ringer Tone Type
Choose a ringer tone used to indicate an incoming audio page, or None to disable the ringer alert.
Ringing time
If a Ringer Tone Type is selected, use this field to indicate the duration of the ringing alert.
RTP Stream Connection Time
This field sets the maximum time an RTP (audio) network stream may be kept open before the
phone will force it closed.
Enter Paging Display URL or Select Uploaded File
The NEC phone can have its display changed when a page is sent to the phone.
Group Membership
All of the Valcom paging groups known to the VE6023 will be displayed in this list. Click the
box next to any groups this phone should be a member of. Groups are created and managed using
the VIP-102B IP Solutions Programming tool.
Select Filter
A filtering function is provided for every column in the Phone Editor page. When viewing large lists of
phones, it may desired to display only a specific group of phones. This can be done in the phone editor by
simply typing some text in the text box directly below each of the column names and pressing enter.
Only phones that match the criteria will be displayed. If a certain filter is used frequently, it can be saved
and retrieved using the options in the Select Filter menu.
Scan Phones
Clicking the “Scan Phones” button will cause the VE6023 to refresh its data with the phones and phone
servers. This operation usually takes a few seconds. On Avaya systems this button may only be used once
during any 60 second window, as a result the button will temporarily disable itself once clicked.
Other options in the Scan Phones menu will display Unassigned Phones (phones that have not been added
to any Valcom paging groups) and Hide Phones. Hidden phones will not be displayed in the Phone
Editor page. Phones that have been previously hidden can be unhidden and will display normally.
Paging Displays
The Paging Displays window lists the Paging Display files that are available on the VE6023, with options
to create new ones or upload custom files. Paging Display files are used to control the display area on
phones with displays. This is supported on NEC phones only.
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Add Paging Display
The Add Paging Display option opens the Paging Display editor window. Double-clicking an existing
Paging Display definition will also open this window for editing. In this window, the following fields are
defined:
Filename
Enter a filename to store the Paging Display being created. This filename will be shown in the list
of defined Paging Display files in the Phone Property Editor and may be assigned to a phone.
Title
Enter the text that will be displayed along the top of the phone display screen.
Text
Enter the body text that will be displayed in the main portion of the phone display screen.
Delete Selected File
Use this option to remove Paging Display files.
Upload Custom Paging Display
Use this option to upload a custom Paging Display file created separately from the Add Paging Display
built-in option.
Address Pool
The Address Pool window is used to create and manage the multicast addresses that will be used by the
VE6023 to send pages to the phones. At least one multicast address must be entered for paging to work.
Each concurrent page requires a separate multicast address. Enter as many multicast addresses as
necessary.
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Add
Use the Add option to enter new multicast address(es) to be used by the VE6023. The Add window
allows inputting a consecutive range of addresses by entering a starting address and ending address. If
only a single address is being added, only fill in the Multicast Address field.
Delete
Use the Delete option to remove a previously entered address.
Group Attachments
The VE6023 listens to the same audio or text pages that is sent to Valcom IP speakers. The phone audio
paging is slightly delayed due to the time required to contact the phones and initiate the paging function.
Consequently, if there are IP speakers in the same listening area as phones, the audio may be played by
the speakers before the phones. The Group Attachments function can solve this synchronization problem
by coordinating the audio playback to both phones and speakers.
The use this feature, create two Valcom paging groups, one that contains only phones and one that
contains only Valcom IP speakers. The audio page is then sent to the group containing only phones. The
other group (containing only speakers) is then “attached” to the first group. The VE6023 will coordinate
the audio delivery to make sure the audio streams are playing simultaneously.
Add
Use the Add option to create a Group Attachment definition. The window provides two drop-down list
boxes to choose the appropriate groups.
TPS Group Code
Choose the Valcom paging group that only has phones as members. This is the main group that
will be used as the paging destination for this zone.
Valcom Group Code
Choose the Valcom paging group that only has speakers as members.
Delete
Use the Delete option to remove a previously defined Group Attachment.
Group Definitions
The Group Definitions menu provides a method to automatically assign phones to groups. Using this
function allows phones to be included in paging groups as soon as they are known to the VE6023.
IP Addresses
The IP Addresses page displays the Group Definitions that are defined by the IP address of the phone.
Phones that are known to the VE6023 can be added to paging groups based on the IP address reported by
the phone.
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Add
The Add window presents fields to define the IP address, singly or by range, and the group code to which
to add phones that match the criteria entered.
Definition Type
Choose MINMAX IP if the range of IP addresses will be defined using the minimum address and
maximum address of the range. The required fields will be Minimum IP, Maximum IP and TPS
Group Code.
Choose CIDR if the range will be defined by entering an IP address and CIDR network mask.
The required fields will be IP Address, Network CIDR/Bit Mask and TPS Group Code.
IP Address
For CIDR definitions, enter an IP address that is on the subnet being defined.
Network CIDR/Bit Mask
For CIDR definitions, choose the mask that defines the network based on the IP address entered.
The mask is shown in both typical dotted quad notation (255.255.255.0) and CIDR notation (/24).
CIDR Value
This field displays a read-only value of the network definition resulting from the combination of
the IP Address field and Network CIDR/Bit Mask field.
IP Address Range
This field displays a read-only value showing the beginning and ending IP address resulting from
the combination of the IP Address field and Network CIDR/Bit Mask field.
Minimum IP
For MINMAX IP definitions, enter the minimum IP address for this group definition.
Maximum IP
For MINMAX IP definitions, enter the maximum IP address for this group definition.
TPS Group Code
Choose the Valcom paging group to which phones matching this definition will be added.
Delete
Use the Delete option to remove a previously defined IP Address Group Definition.
Preferences
The Preferences menu includes the option to change the password for the VE6023. This password is the
intial password used to login to the web programming interface.
Password
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The Password window provide fields to enter the current password, and the new password. The new
password must be entered a second time to confirm.
Logout
The Logout menu initiates an immediate logout from the web programming interface.
Appendix 1
NEC Phone Import File Format
The Comma Separated Values (CSV) file that is used to import NEC telephones into the VE6023 must
include specific fields for the extension number, IP address and MAC address. Other fields may be
included in the file, but are ignored.
The first line of the CSV file must contain the field names. Of these fields, the three used by the VE6023
must be named “IP_STN”, “IP Address” and “MAC Address”. The second and subsequent lines contain
the data for the telephones being imported.
Example:
TN,IP_STN,RSC,SFC,LENS,TEC,KIND,IP Address,MAC Address,Station kind
1,1000,1,1,20,12,23,192.168.96.117,00-60-B9-BA-E7-CA,SIP Multi-Function Telephone
1,1001,1,1,21,12,23,192.168.49.106,00-60-B9-BA-E8-0D,SIP Multi-Function Telephone