Avaya "A" Menu Administration

Release 1.2 provides a new user interface (UI) that puts multiple WML applications in the first level of the “A” (Avaya) Menu. The A (Avaya) Menu is a list of sub-applications the user can select from to invoke the corresponding functionality. A new file called AvayaMenuAdmin.txt is now available with Release 1.2 downloads on which you can specify the menu label, URI, and list order of WML applications on the “A” Menu.

NOTE: This section applies to all 9600 Series IP Telephones except the 9610. For information on 9610 IP Telephone menu administration, see Special Administration for the 9610 IP Telephone in Chapter 9.

Important: You must set the system parameter AMADMIN in the 46xxsettings file for Avaya "A" Menu administration with WML applications to work.

If WML applications are installed and the system parameter AMADMIN is set in the settings file:

• the WML applications appear in the first-level A Menu as specified in the AvayaMenuAdmin file, as shown in Figure 5.
• the first level A Menu includes a single entry (Phone Settings) that leads to a screen containing choices for Options & Settings and Network Information.
• the Phone Settings screen is essentially the current Options and Settings menu, with the addition of Network Information, as shown in Figure 6.

If WML applications are installed and the system parameter WMLHOME is set in the settings file, the Avaya “A” Menu is identical to the pre-Release 1.2 “A” Menu, as shown in Figure 7.

If WML applications are not installed, the A Menu is essentially the same as the current Options & Settings menu, with the addition of Network Information, Log Off, and About Avaya one-X. Figure 8 provides an illustration.

There are alternatives for how the sub-applications are presented, depending on whether you have administered WML applications or not, as follows:

• Set the system parameter AMADMIN to the URL of the AvayaMenuAdmin.txt in the 46xxsettings file when you have multiple WML applications you want to display on the Avaya “A” Menu. For more information, see Main Avaya Menu with WML Applications Administered and Avaya Menu Administration With WML Applications in this chapter.
• Set the system parameter WMLHOME in the settings file for all but the 9610 when you want “Browser” to show instead of individual applications. For more information, see Main Avaya Menu with Browser (Only) Administered.
• Take no action to administer WML applications. For more information, see Main Menu – No WML Applications Administered.
• The Browser application is listed if and only if it is properly administered as specified in Avaya one-X Deskphone Edition for 9600 IP Telephones Application Programmer Interface (API) Guide (Document Number 16-600888). Administration also includes a non-null value for WMLHOME.