The 9610 Idle Application, WMLIDLETIME, SCREENSAVERON,
IDLEAPP, and WMLSMALL

The 9610 IP Telephone can present a variety of behaviors if the telephone is left idle for a period of time.

WMLIDLETIME - This parameter (set in the 46xxsettings file, if administered) specifies the number of minutes the phone must be idle before an Idle Application specified by IDLEAPP can be presented on the display.

SCREENSAVERON - This parameter (set in the 46xxsettings file, if administered) specifies the number of minutes the phone must be idle before the Avaya Screen Saver can be presented on the screen.

NOTE: In the current firmware version, it is not advisable to use both WMLIDLETIME and SCREENSAVERON. For example, one value should be set to 999 and the other to some nominal time, perhaps 30 minutes.

WMLSMALL - This parameter (set in the 46xxsettings file, if administered) is required to be non-null for WML links specified in the Main Menu to be displayed. Set this value to a valid URL, and under certain circumstances, it will become the Idle Application displayed on the phone.

IDLEAPP - If the IDLEAPP parameter is administered as " " (Null, the default value), when the Web Idle Timer expires, the URL that WMLSMALL points to is presented, if WMLSMALL is administered. If both IDLEAPP and WMLSMALL are null, the 9610 displays the Avaya one-X Screen.

If IDLEAPP is administered as:

• Menu - when the Web Idle Timer expires, the telephone displays the Main Menu application if the Main Menu is not empty. If the Main Menu is empty, the Avaya Screen displays instead.
• Directory - when the Web Idle Timer expires, the telephone displays the Directory application. If a Directory does not exist, the telephone displays the Avaya Screen.
• Contacts and LISTAPP is non-null - when the Web Idle Timer expires, the telephone launches the Contacts application.
• Contacts and LISTAPP is null - and the local Contacts application is not empty when the Web Idle Timer expires, the telephone launches the local Contacts application. If the local Contacts application is empty, the telephone displays the Avaya Screen.

NOTE: The terms “Menu,” “Contacts,” and “Directory” are always administered in English. The terms are independent of the user interface language, since the telephone does not directly present the value of IDLEAPP to the user. Instead, the term is used to present the appropriate local application, which does present the user interface in the user’s language.

If IDLEAPP is administered as “Directory”, and the Directory application is the ACP-based Integrated Directory, then the telephone will have to reinstate the application approximately every minute, since the feature automatically times out after that interval.

If the screen saver is displayed, the Idle Application is not visible until the screen saver is removed. The screen saver is removed when the user goes off-hook, presses a button, or the telephone receives an incoming call.

For example:

• if an IDLEAPP display is desired when the telephone has been idle for 30 minutes, Avaya recommends that IDLEAPP be administered as non-null, that WMLIDLETIME be set to “30” and SCREENSAVERON be set to “999.”
• If a WMLSMALL URL display is desired when the phone has been idle for 30 minutes, Avaya recommends that IDLEAPP be administered as " " (null), that WMLIDLETIME be set to “30,” that SCREENSAVERON be set to “999,” and that WMLSMALL be administered as a valid URL.
• To display the Avaya Screen Saver after 30 minutes of telephone idle time, set IDLEAPP to " " (null), set WMLIDLETIME to “999,” set WMLSMALL as desired (with a URL if Main Menu WML links are to be displayed, or null if not), and set SCREENSAVERON to “30.”

See Sample 9610data.txt File, Sample idle.wml File, and Sample hotel.wml File for examples of generic files to use as templates. Also see the Avaya 9600 Series IP Telephones support Web site for a downloadable example of typical 9610 setup files.