User guide
 System Administrator’s Guide – Release 7.5 
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Revised: April 9, 2013 
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11.1 View Configuration 
Click the View Configuration link to see the phone configuration parameters for each 
SIP handset. In addition to the summary information, the following settings display: 
•  Handset Preferences Group - displays the current preference group. Modify 
enables updating the current preference group.  
•  Template Options - Save enables the user to safe the current configuration as a 
template. In the Apply line, the user must select a handset configuration, and 
then click the Apply button.  
•  Programmable Function Keys - Modify enables the user to adjust the PFK 
assignment options. 
•  Call Assistant Appearances - checkboxes enable the user to adjust the settings 
for each appearance. 
Any changes require a reboot of the Allworx phone. 
11.2 Multiple Call Appearances 
Every phone that registered automatically configures with one Call Appearance with 
two PFKs assigned to the Call Appearance. Adding a second Call Appearance creates 
another address that can be used in call routes. 
Example: Administrative Assistant 
The office administrative assistant, Susan Bell, must be able answer the phones of two 
executives: Tom Brown and Lisa Andrews.  
To accomplish this: 
The assistant has one Call Appearance on her phone for her own calls. New Call 
Appearances will be added for each executive. Tom Brown is set to own the first new 
Call Appearance. Lisa Andrews owns the third Call Appearance. 
PFKs for each of the new Call Appearances would be added to Susan’s phone. 
The call routes for the executives would be set to ring their own handset and their Call 
Appearance on the assistant’s handset in parallel. The PFK corresponding to the 
executive that is receiving a call will flash so that Susan will know who is being called 
and can answer accordingly (e.g. “Good morning, Tom Brown’s office…”) 
11.3 Handset Preference Groups 
A Handset Preference Group is a set of handset options and a list of handsets with 
those options. Handset Preference Groups enable configuring handsets easily and 
efficiently.  Apply custom configurations to any or all of a site’s handsets by creating a 
Handset Preference Group, specifying the handset options, and assigning handsets to 
the group. No additional configuration steps are required to apply the options. Reboot 
the handsets for the changes to the group’s settings to take effect. 










