New features in release 2.6
8 RN-001029-05 REV 00 – 04.2010
New features in release 2.6
This section provides the new features in SIP IP Phone Release 2.6. These new features
apply to all of the Aastra IP Phones, unless specifically stated otherwise. Each feature
also specifies whether it affects the Administrator, the User, or both.
Feature Description
Configuration Features
Specifying the Caret (“ ^ “) Character in Con-
figuration Files to Overwrite Locally Config-
ured Values
(For Administrators)
An Administrator can now specify a “ ^ “ (caret character)
before a configuration parameter in the aastra.cfg and
<mac>.cfg configuration files which allows the parameter
to be overwritten and reset back to a specified value.
Redirection and Configuration Server (RCS)
Bypass via Option 43
(For Administrators)
DHCP Option 43 support has been extended to include the
ability to bypass contacting Aastra's Redirection and Con-
figuration Server (RCS), in addition to the previous support
of setting the configuration server to contact.
DHCP Time Offset (Option 2) Support
(For Administrators)
An Administrator can now set the offset of UTC using DHCP
Option 2.
Configuration Server Redundancy via DNS A
Records
(For Administrators)
The phones now provide support of multiple IP addresses
being returned for the DNS lookup for server redundancy
via multiple DNS A record entries.
Configuration and Crash File Retrieval
(For Administrators)
An Administrator can now also use three new configura-
tion parameters in the configuration files (or an XML
object) to enable/disable the uploading of support infor-
mation to a pre-defined server.
User Interface Features
Malaysian Tone Set and Cadences
(For Users and Administrators)
The IP Phones now support the Malaysian tone set and
tone set cadences.
Call Hold Reminder During Active Calls
(For Users and Administrators)
The phones now allow a User or Administrator to enable or
disable the ability for the phone to initiate a continuous
reminder tone on the active call when another call is on
hold.
Call Hold Reminder on Single Hold
(For Users and Administrators)
You can enable or disable a feature that would start the
reminder ring splash timer as soon as you put a call on hold
(even when no other calls are active on the phone).