Any way of configuring a phone to go back to its main screen after a certain amount of idle time?

[Michael Marzol]

We have a mix of 7900 series phones. We'd like to be able to have the phones return to the main screen after a specified amount of time. For example, once you get deep into a couple of submenus or just checking your placed or missed calls, it'd be nice for the phone to automatically return to the main screen after a certain amount of idle time rather than having to hit the 'exit' or 'cancel' soft keys a bunch of times just to get back to it. Any suggestions or possible answers would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks In Advance,

-Mike

[William Bell]

Mike,

Well, there is an idle URL that you could use but that may not be what you are looking for. The idle URL points the phone to a XML application and can do things like display a stock ticker or some such nonsense. I suppose you could be a bogus URL that would cause the phone to "error" out. Or have the XML app do nothing.

The idle URL has a timer associated with it as well. Not the most graceful solution, but aesthetically it gets you close to what you are looking for.

HTH.

Regards,Bill

[Michael Marzol]

Thanks for the prompt response, Bill.

Using the solution you mention, wouldn't the phone try to pull that 'dummy' XML file even when it is idle under the main screen? I would want the phone to only idle out after a user goes idle after going into any one of the menus from the main screen.

-Mike

[William Bell]

Correct. That would be one of the trade-offs for the work around.

Regards,

Bill