Adding Alternate Devices

You can add information about other devices that you use—such as a pager, a mobile phone, a home phone, or a phone at another work site—to your Cisco Unity Connection preferences. This makes calling Connection from an alternate device more convenient because the system recognizes the number and behaves the same way as when you call from your primary extension.

Your Connection administrator may also add alternate devices for you, in addition to your primary extension. You can add up to ten alternate devices and view any administrator-defined alternate devices.


Note

When you sign in from a phone number that is not listed in your alternate devices, Connection may ask whether you want the number added. If you choose to add the number, Connection will recognize it and behave the same way as when you call from your primary extension. If you choose not to add the number, Connection will not ask again about adding it.

Procedure
    Step 1   In the Messaging Assistant, from the Preferences menu, select Personal.
    Step 2   On the Preferences page, in the Alternate Devices section, under the User Defined Devices table, select Add Row.
    Step 3   In the Name field, enter a description for the device. (For example, you might enter Mobile work phone or Personal mobile phone.)
    Step 4   In the Number or URI field, enter an extension or phone number up to 30 characters in length for the device. URI can also be added in this field.

    When entering numbers in the User Defined Devices table, note the following considerations:

    • Each phone number or URI that you add must be unique; Connection will not accept a number that is already assigned to another user (either as a primary extension or alternate device) or to another Connection entity (such as a public distribution list).

    • Use digits 0 through 9 for the number. Ask your Connection administrator whether any additional digits or characters are required.

      Tip   

      To determine the correct phone-number format, call your work phone from your alternate device and, in the caller ID area on your work phone, note any additional digits and characters that appear with the phone number.

    • You may also be able to enter a valid alias for a SIP URL. For example, if the URL is SIP:aabade@cisco.com, enter aabade. Ask your Connection administrator to learn more.

    Step 5   To add another device, select Add Row, and repeat Step 2 and Step 3.
    Step 6   Select Save. All alternate devices that you entered are active.