on 11-25-2008 02:50 AM
From: ttrentler
To modify the default backlight behavior for Cisco IP Phones under telephone service use the service phone commandin telephony-service. While some service phone commands can be placed in an ephone-template, the backlight settings can only be done under telephony-service.
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One of the default behaviors that I hate is that if the backlight is idle and a new call comes in the phone does not light up. To fix this do the below example.
Router(config)# telephony-service
Router(config-telephony)# service phone displayOnWhenIncomingCall 1
The following example shows how to set the default values for backlighting the phone display for all
Cisco Unified IP phones with backlight capabilities in Cisco Unified CME:
Router(config)# telephony-service
Router(config-telephony)# service phone daysBacklightNotActive 1,7
Router(config-telephony)# service phone backlightOnTime 07:30
Router(config-telephony)# service phone backlightOnDuration 10:00
Router(config-telephony)# service phone backlightIdleTimeout 01:00
Router(config-telephony)# create cnf-files
Router(config-telephony)# reset all
The following example shows how to set the backlighting parameters so that there is no backlighting of the phone display for all Cisco Unified IP phones with backlight capabilities until there is user interaction with the phone. The backlightIdleTimeout parameter is configured so that the backlight will switch off again after 60 seconds of inactivity.
Router(config)# telephony-service
Router(config-telephony)# service phone daysBacklightNotActive 1,2,3,4,5,6,7
Router(config-telephony)# service phone backlightOnTime 07:30
Router(config-telephony)# service phone backlightOnDuration 10:00
Router(config-telephony)# service phone backlightIdleTimeout 00.01
Router(config-telephony)# create cnf-files
Router(config-telephony)# reset all
The following example shows how to set the display parameters so that the phone display for all Cisco Unified IP phones with luminous displays are blank on Sunday (1), Monday (2), and Saturday (7):
Router(config)# telephony-service
Router(config-telephony)# service phone daysDisplayNotActive 1,2,7
Router(config-telephony)# create cnf-files
Router(config-telephony)# reset all
This was extremely helpful! Thanks for posting!
Dear Frentler,
I am facing some issues with the backlight dislpay in cisco 7970 phone. My CME is 7.0 version. I want all the phones to turn off the backlight dislpay after 1 minute. I have did what u mentioned above and there is no luck. The phones are not turning up automatically. please help..
This was very useful however I was having the same trouble and found my problem being with this command.
Router(config-telephony)# service phone backlightIdleTimeout 00.01
It should be with a colon not a period.
Router(config-telephony)# service phone backlightIdleTimeout 00:01
Changed it and it worked.
Thanks
could you also share how to set the backlight / display to ON all day, all time ?
Thanks.
Is there any command that can show the current service phone setting or cnf-files. I did a google search and found nothing.Thanks.
Hi ,
Please check with "sh telephony-service" .It will show back-light setting.
"phone service displaylightIdleTimeout 00:01" ........etc
Can someone please tell me what the difference between these two commands are:
service phone daysBacklightNotActive 1
service phone daysDisplayNotActive 1
We have 7945 and 7965 model phones. What will the effect be using one or the other of these commands
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