6900 External Paging

SIP paging units made by Algo can be used in conjunction with the MiVoice Office 250 and 6900 series phones to provide external paging features.

The Algo 8180 G2 has been tested with both scenarios listed below. Other Algo devices should work with where applicable, please refer to Algo documentation for more information.

The table below outlines the two different modes in which Algo SIP Paging Units can be used.

Option	Description
Master/Sender Mode	Connect the SIP paging unit as a SIP device on the MiVoice Office 250. Allows MiNET/Digital/69xx phones to page externally Allows MiNET/Digital phones to page 69xx phones
Slave/Receiver Mode	Configure the SIP paging unit to receive MultiCast pages directly from 6900 series phones Allows 69xx phones to page externally without the need for an additional SIP license on the phone system.

Option

Description

Master/Sender Mode

Connect the SIP paging unit as a SIP device on the MiVoice Office 250.

Allows MiNET/Digital/69xx phones to page externally
Allows MiNET/Digital phones to page 69xx phones

Slave/Receiver Mode

Configure the SIP paging unit to receive MultiCast pages directly from 6900 series phones

Allows 69xx phones to page externally without the need for an additional SIP license on the phone system.

Configuring a Slave/Receiver to Receive Direct 6900 Pages

The following instructions explain how to configure an Algo SIP Unit to receive direct pages from a 6900 series phone. The instructions assume that the unit has already been configured on the customer's network and that you have access to the unit's web configuration interface.

Please refer to Algo documentation for information on configuring IP settings and accessing the Web configuration interface.

Enable Slave/Receiver Mode

Navigate to the 'Basic Settings\Multicast' tab and enable the following options:

Multicast Mode -> Slave/Receiver
Multicast Type -> Regular (RTP)
Basic Slave Zones -> Select the zones the unit should listen to pages in

Advanced Multicast Settings

The page zones now need to be configured to match those on the MiVoice Office Application Suite. Browse to the 'Configuration\Features\6900 Handsets\Paging' section of the MiVoice Office Application Suite website and enable 'Show/hide Advanced Options'.

Make a note of the base paging address and port. The first page zone will use this port with each additional zone using the next sequential port number.

If you have overridden the address/port combination against any individual page zone this will need to be taken into account.

On the Algo unit's web configuration page, navigate to 'Advanced Settings\Advanced Multicast'. Update the base address and port to match those of the MiVoice Office Application Suite.

Once configured, 6900 series phones will be able to page directly to the Algo SIP paging unit over multicast, with no SIP registration with the MiVoice Office 250 necessary.

Configuring a Master/Sender to Receive Pages Via SIP

The Algo unit can be configured with a 'Base/Page' extension which is a SIP extension on the telephone system. The paging device will register as this extension and will automatically answer any SIP call presented, sending the audio out via the attached speaker.

To use the paging unit in this manner, create a SIP extension on the telephone system and then add the extension, authentication ID and password on the 'Basic Settings\SIP' tab.

To send the page to other Algo device or 6900 phones, enable 'Master/Sender' on the 'Basic Settings\Multicast' tab then select the zone which the device should distribute pages to.

Using a paging unit in 'Master/Slave' mode allows MiNET/Digital extension to page 69xx units.

A Cat-F license will be required on the MiVoice Office 250 for each SIP extension the Algo Units registers with.