AltiGen comm MAXCS 80 New Features Guide

 
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MAX Communication Server 
Release 8.0 
New Features Guide 
 
January 26, 2016   

 
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Contents 
About This Guide ........................................................................................................................................................... 5 
Requirements ................................................................................................................................................................ 6 
Requirements: New Installations...

 
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Assign Channels to a SIP Group ........................................................................................................................... 19 
Trunk View Enhancements .................................................................................................................................. 20 
Trunk Configuration Enhancements...

 
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About This Guide 
This guide describes the enhancements that have been added since the release of MaxCS 7.5.  
 Polycom Enhancements  
The following enhancements are summarized in this guide; refer to the MAXCS Polycom Configuration 
Guide for full details and configuration instructions. 
o Auto-Provisioning (page 7) 
o Global Extension Relocation (page 7) 
o User Password Consolidation (page 8) 
o Default Local Administrator password 
(page 8)  
o Secondary...

 
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o Expanded SIP trunk support – Two new SIP Trunk options, Custom P-Asserted Identity and Diver-
sion, have been added to the SIP Trunk Profile parameters to support Verizon Caller ID. Custom 
P-Asserted Identity allows you to insert a header into the SIP packet. See page 36 for details. 
o SIP Trunk Release Link Tie (SIP Refer) - This feature is implemented to support various Audio-
Codes devices.  It instructs the SIP Trunk provider to release both the...

 
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Requirements: Upgrades from Earlier Releases 
If you are upgrading to MaxCS Release 8.0 from an earlier release of MaxCS, see the MaxCS 8.0 Upgrade Guide for 
system requirements and upgrade procedures. You can find this guide in the AltiGen Knowledgebase at 
https://know.altigen.com. 
Polycom Enhancements in Release 8.0 
This section provides an overview of the enhancements for Polycom IP Phone integration that have been added 
since the initial release of...

 
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After upgrading to Release 8.0, the user must pick up the handset and then press #17. Then they must the exten-
sion number and voicemail password to bind that Polycom phone to that extension number. 
Refer to the MAXCS Polycom Configuration Guide for full instructions. 
Polycom User Password Consolidation 
This feature was added in MaxCS 7.5 Patch 1. 
To simplify Polycom phone management, AltiGen has merged the various passwords in MaxCS into a single pass-...

 
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For details on configuring the gateways, refer to the appropriate configuration guide in the AltiGen Knowledge-
base.  
Polycom Auto-Generate Digit Map 
This feature was added in Release 8.0. 
You can now have MaxCS Administrator automatically generate a digit map, which will be based upon your current 
dialing plan. You do this via a button on the System > System Configuration > Number tab.  
We recommend that you review the auto-generated digit map, to make...

 
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Polycom Global BLF 
This feature was added in Release 8.0. 
You can now set a Global extension as a BLF softkey for Polycom phones, just as you can with AltiGen IP phones. 
This feature requires a Polycom Advanced Features license.  
Polycom VVX Expansion Module Support 
This feature was added in Release 8.0. 
MaxCS now supports the Polycom VVX Expansion Module, which is a third-party device that is sold by Polycom to 
work with their model VVX IP phones....