Lucent Technologies DEFINITY IP Softphone Release 1 Getting Started Manual

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If you do not have a separate telephone line for a voice 
connection (road-warrior and stand-alone H.323 configurations), 
make sure you have the following:

a valid user account on your company’s LAN

a valid user account on your company’s DEFINITY server. (Verify your 
account administration with your DEFINITY System Administrator. Your 
DEFINITY System Administrator will provide you with an extension 
number and password for your account.) 

the H.323 extension (that is, the media extension) if you...

12 If you are using Microsoft NetMeeting 3.0x, make sure the Run 
NetMeeting in the background when Windows starts check box is 
disabled (via the Options command in the Tools menu of Microsoft 
NetMeeting 3.0x).
If you are using an H.323 application other than Microsoft NetMeeting 
3.0x, make sure the auto-answer feature is enabled on your PC audio 
application. 
Now, verify the hardware and software requirements for DEFINITY IP 
Softphone (page 24), and then go to the next section, “Step 1: Install the...

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Perform the following steps to install and configure 
DEFINITY IP Softphone 
1. Insert the DEFINITY IP Softphone CD into your CD-ROM drive.
If the Autorun feature is enabled on your PC, the DEFINITY IP 
Softphone Setup dialog box appears. Go to Step 4.
2. Double-click on the My Computer icon on your desktop.
3. Double-click on the CD-ROM icon, and then double-click on 
setup.exe.
The DEFINITY IP Softphone Setup dialog box appears. 
4. Choose the Next button.
The Check for Running Apps dialog box...

14 6.  Specify the destination folder, and then choose the Next button.
The Select Components dialog box appears. You can select one of the 
following installation options:

Standard Installation
This option installs all of the DEFINITY IP Softphone applications. 
This is the suggested installation option.

Custom Installation
This option enables you to specify which DEFINITY IP Softphone 
applications you want to install. 
7. Choose the appropriate button.
If you chose the Standard Installation button,...

15 When you are finished installing the software, perform one of the following 
steps:

If you will be using Microsoft NetMeeting 3.0x or you will be using 
DEFINITY IP Softphone in telecommuter configuration, go to “Step 3: 
Log into the DEFINITY Server” on page 17.

If you will be using an H.323 application other than Microsoft 
NetMeeting 3.0x, go to “Step 2:  Configure an H.323 Application Other 
Than Microsoft NetMeeting 3.0x” on page 16.
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Perform this procedure only if you plan to use an H.323 
application other than Microsoft NetMeeting 3.0x. 
You must install and configure the H.323 application before running 
DEFINITY Login. To configure an H.323 application other than Microsoft 
NetMeeting 3.0x, perform the following steps:
1. Start your H.323 application.
2. Set the application to have a gatekeeper place calls. For the 
gatekeeper, be sure to enter the node name or IP address for the 
DEFINITY server. You can get this information...

17 1. Log into your company’s LAN. 
2. Start DEFINITY Login in one of the following ways:

Double-click on the DEFINITY Login desktop short cut.

Select the DEFINITY Login short cut from the Start menu.

From the Start menu, select Programs > the application folder that 
contains DEFINITY Login (default is Lucent DEFINITY IP 
Softphone) > DEFINITY Login.
The DEFINITY Login window appears.
3. In the Extension box, enter your extension on the DEFINITY system.
4. In the Password box, enter your password.
5....

18 6. In the Server area, enter the node name or IP address for the 
DEFINITY server.

If you want to enter the node name, select the DEFINITY Node 
Name option button and enter the node name for the DEFINITY 
server.

If you want to enter the IP address, select the IP Address option 
button, and enter the IP address for the DEFINITY server.
7. Perform one of the following steps:

If you installed DEFINITY IP Softphone, DEFINITY IP Softphone is 
displayed in the Call Control Application area. If you want...

19 8. Perform one of the following steps:

If Microsoft NetMeeting 3.0x is installed, Microsoft NetMeeting is 
displayed in the Voice Connection area. If you want to use 
NetMeeting to hear and speak to the other party on a call, select the 
appropriate network bandwidth setting from the drop-down list box, 
and then go to Step 9.

If you want to use an H.323 application other than Microsoft 
NetMeeting 3.0x to hear and speak to the other party on a call, 
choose the Change button in the Voice Connection...

20 9. Choose the Log In button.
The Login Established dialog box appears when you log into the 
DEFINITY server successfully, and DEFINITY IP Softphone (or the 
TAPI application you specified in Step 7 of this procedure) starts. The 
H.323 application will also start if specified. The Login icon appears in 
the system tray. (Right-clicking on the Login icon enables you to log off 
the DEFINITY server.)
You are now ready to use DEFINITY IP Softphone and the other DEFINITY 
IP Softphone applications. For...