Avaya C420 User Manual

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These Application Notes describe a compliance-tested configuration comprised of Plantronics Blackwire C420 Headsets with Avaya IP Softphone, Avaya IP Agent, Avaya one-X® Communicator and Avaya Aura™ Communication Manager. The Blackwire C420 Headset lets professionals enjoy clear PC audio. It is designed for extended wear.

Information in these Application Notes has been obtained through DevConnect compliance testing and additional technical discussions. Testing was conducted via the DevConnect Program at the Avaya Solution and Interoperability Test Lab.

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Application Notes for Plantronics Blackwire C420 Headsets with Avaya IP Softphone, Avaya IP Agent and Avaya oneX® Communicator - Issue 1.1

Abstract

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1. Introduction

These Application Notes describe the configuration steps required for Plantronics Blackwire C420 Headsets with Avaya IP Softphone, Avaya IP Agent, Avaya one-X® Communicator and Avaya Aura™ Communication Manager. The Blackwire C420 Headset lets professionals enjoy clear PC audio. The Blackwire C420 Headset employs simple plug-and-play USB connectivity to the PC.

1.1. Interoperability Compliance Testing

Avaya’s formal testing and Declaration of Conformity is provided only on the headsets/handsets that carry the Avaya brand or logo. Avaya may conduct testing of non-Avaya headset/handset to determine interoperability with Avaya phones. However, Avaya does not conduct the testing of non-Avaya headsets/handsets for: Acoustic Pressure, Safety, Hearing Aid Compliance, EMC regulations, or any other tests to ensure conformity with safety, audio quality, long-term reliability or any regulation requirements. As a result, Avaya makes no representations whether a particular non-Avaya headset will work with Avaya’s telephones or with a different generation of the same Avaya telephone.

Since there is no industry standard for handset interfaces, different manufacturers utilize different handset/headset interfaces with their telephones. Therefore, any claim made by a headset vendor that its product is compatible with Avaya telephones does not equate to a guarantee that the headset will provide adequate safety protection or audio quality.

The interoperability compliance test included feature and serviceability testing. The feature testing focused on placing calls to and from Avaya IP Softphone, Avaya IP Agent and Avaya one-X Communicator using Plantronics Blackwire C420 Headsets and verifying good talk path in both directions. The type of calls made included calls to voicemail, to internal extensions and to the PSTN.

The serviceability testing focused on verifying the usability of Plantronics Blackwire C420 Headsets after restarting the Avaya softphone applications, disconnecting and reconnecting the Headsets and rebooting the PC.

1.2. Support

For technical support and information on Plantronics headsets, contact Plantronics at:

 Phone: 800-544-4660 (toll free), +1 831-426-5858 (International)  Website: http://www.plantronics.com/north_america/en_US/support/

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2. Reference Configuration

Figure 1 illustrates the test configuration used to verify the Plantronics solution. The configuration comprised of an Avaya S8510 Server running Avaya Aura™ Communication Manager and an Avaya G650 Media Gateway with connections to the following: an Avaya 9640 IP Telephone and an ISDN-BRI trunk to the PSTN. Avaya Aura™ Communication Manager Messaging was used as the voicemail system. Avaya IP Softphone, Avaya IP Agent and Avaya one-X Communicator were installed on three desktop PCs respectively, each having a Plantronics Blackwire C420 Headset attached to the USB Port of the desktop PC. The Avaya C364T-PWR Converged Stackable Switch provides Ethernet connectivity to the Avaya Server, Media Gateway, desktop PCs and IP telephone.

Figure 1: Test Configuration

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3. Equipment and Software Validated

Equipment

Software

Avaya S8510 Server

Avaya Aura™ Communication Manager

5.2.1 (R015x.02.1.016.4)

with Service Pack (02.1.016.4-17959)

Avaya G650 Media Gateway

 TN2312BP IP Server Interface  TN799DP C-LAN Interface  TN2302AP IP Media Processor

HW07, FW049 HW01, FW034 HW20, FW120

Avaya IP Softphone running on Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3 (32-bit) PC

R6.0 SP7

(6.01.93)

Avaya IP Agent running on Microsoft Windows Vista Business SP2 (32-bit) PC

R7.0 SP8

(7.0.38.124)

Avaya one-X Communicator running on Microsoft Windows 7 Professional (32-bit) PC

5.2

(5.2.0.16)

Avaya 9640 IP Telephone

3.1.1 (H.323)

Avaya C364T-PWR Converged Stackable Switch

4.5.18

Plantronics Blackwire C420 Headsets

USB Version 58

Plantronics Unified Runtime Engine

2.0.31611.1

Plantronics Control Panel

2.0.31611.1

The following equipment and software were used for the sample configuration provided:

4. Configure Communication Manager

The following sections show the relevant configuration screens for Communication Manager. The screen shots included in this section focused only on the configuration of the station and ipcodec-set forms. The configuration is performed via the System Access Terminal (SAT) on Communication Manager.

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4.1. Configure Station for Avaya IP Softphone or Avaya one-X

add station 10023 Page 1 of 6 STATION

Extension: 10023 Lock Messages? n BCC: 0 Type: 2420 Security Code: 12345 TN: 1 Port: X Coverage Path 1: COR: 1 Name: IP Softphone Coverage Path 2: COS: 1 Hunt-to Station: STATION OPTIONS Time of Day Lock Table: Loss Group: 2 Personalized Ringing Pattern: 1 Data Option: none Message Lamp Ext: 10023 Speakerphone: 2-way Mute Button Enabled? y Display Language: english Expansion Module? n

Survivable COR: internal Media Complex Ext: Survivable Trunk Dest? y IP SoftPhone? y

IP Video Softphone? n

Customizable Labels? Y

Communicator

Use the add station n command, where n is an available extension in the dial-plan. To create a station to be used by Avaya IP Softphone or Avaya one-X Communicator, the following information should be provided:

 Type: The IP Telephone type that will be emulated. In this compliance testing, the type

was set to 2420.

 Security Code: Password used by Avaya IP Softphone or Avaya one-X Communicator

to log in.

 Port: Set to X to administer the station without hardware.  IP SoftPhone?: y

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4.2. Configure Station for Avaya IP Agent

add station 10021 Page 1 of 6 STATION

Extension: 10021 Lock Messages? n BCC: 0 Type: 2420 Security Code: 12345 TN: 1 Port: X Coverage Path 1: COR: 1 Name: IP Agent Coverage Path 2: COS: 1 Hunt-to Station: STATION OPTIONS Time of Day Lock Table: Loss Group: 2 Personalized Ringing Pattern: 1 Data Option: none Message Lamp Ext: 10021 Speakerphone: 2-way Mute Button Enabled? y Display Language: english Expansion Module? n

Survivable COR: internal Media Complex Ext: Survivable Trunk Dest? y IP SoftPhone? y

IP Video Softphone? n

Customizable Labels? Y

add station 10021 Page 4 of 6 STATION SITE DATA Room: Headset? n Jack: Speaker? n Cable: Mounting: d Floor: Cord Length: 0 Building: Set Color:

ABBREVIATED DIALING List1: List2: List3:

BUTTON ASSIGNMENTS 1: call-appr 5: manual-in Grp: 2: call-appr 6: after-call Grp: 3: call-appr 7: aux-work RC: Grp: 4: auto-in Grp: 8: assist Grp:

voice-mail Number:

Use the add station n command, where n is an available extension in the dial-plan to create a new station to be used by Avaya IP Agent. Configure the following:

 Type: The IP Telephone type that will be emulated. In this compliance testing, the type

was set to 2420.

 Security Code: Password used by Avaya IP Agent to log in.  Port: Set to X to administer the station without hardware.  IP SoftPhone?: y

On Page 4 of the STATION form, configure the additional feature buttons that are used by Avaya IP Agent to log in as an Automatic Call Distribution (ACD) agent. The following feature buttons were configured.

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4.3. Configure IP Codec Set

change ip-codec-set 1 Page 1 of 2

IP Codec Set

Codec Set: 1

Audio Silence Frames Packet Codec Suppression Per Pkt Size(ms) 1: G.722-64K 2 20 2: G.711MU n 2 20 3: 4: 5: 6: 7:

The following screen shows the codec set configuration that was used during the test. To configure the codec set, use the change ip-codec-set n command, where n is the IP codec set used by the Avaya softphone applications. In this compliance testing, the G.722-64K and G.711 mu-law codec were used.

5. Configure Avaya IP Softphone

After logging into Avaya IP Softphone, select Audio  Tuning Wizard from the menu as shown below.

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Plantronics Blackwire C420 Headset is automatically detected in Microsoft Windows as Plantronics C420. Select this device as the Primary Playback Device and Recording Device as shown below. Select Next.

Select Headset or Handset. Click Next and follow the remaining procedures to tune the audio.

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6. Configure Avaya IP Agent

After logging into Avaya IP Agent, select Audio  Tuning Wizard from the menu as shown below.

Plantronics Blackwire C420 Headset is automatically detected in Microsoft Windows as Plantronics C420. Select this device as the Primary Playback Device and Recording Device as shown below. Select Next.

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Select Headset or Handset. Click Next and follow the remaining procedures to tune the audio.

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7. Configure Avaya one-X Communicator

After logging into Avaya one-X Communicator, select  Settings  General Settings from the menu as shown below.

Select Audio from the left panel and click the Basic tab. Click Audio Tuning Wizard.

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Plantronics Blackwire C420 Headset is automatically detected in Microsoft Windows as Plantronics C420. Select this device as the Playback Device and Recording Device as shown below. Click Next and follow the remaining procedures to tune the audio.

8. Configure Plantronics Blackwire C420 Headsets

The Plantronics Blackwire C420 Headsets are USB plug-and-play devices. When plugged into the USB Port of the desktop PC, they are automatically detected in Microsoft Windows without requiring any additional driver software. In this test configuration, the Plantronics Blackwire C420 Headsets are detected as Plantronics C420 in Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows

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8.1. Install Plantronics Unified Runtime Engine

The Plantronics Unified Runtime Engine enables the Plantronics Blackwire C420 Headset to answer and end calls using the call control button on the headset. The following describes the steps to install the Plantronics software.

 Log into an account that is a member of the Administrators group.  Insert the Plantronics CD-ROM and execute setup.exe. This is a bootstrap application

which will download the latest version of the software from the Plantronics website. An internet connection is required.

 When prompted for the Setup Type, select Typical. This will install the Unified Runtime

Engine, Control Panel, Update Manager and connectivity for all supported softphone applications.

 Follow the on-screen instructions to install the software.

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9. General Test Approach and Test Results

All test cases were performed manually. The following features were verified:

 Placing calls to the voicemail system. Voice messages were recorded and played back to

verify that the playback volume and recording level were good.

 Placing calls to internal extensions to verify that the playback volume and recording level

were good.

 Placing calls to the PSTN to verify that the playback volume and recording level were

good.

 Answering and ending calls using the call control button on the headset.  Using the volume control buttons on the Plantronics Blackwire C420 Headset to adjust

the playback volume.

 Using the mute control button on the Plantronics Blackwire C420 Headset to mute and

un-mute the recording level.

For the serviceability testing, the Plantronics Blackwire C420 Headsets were disconnected and reconnected to verify proper operation. Avaya IP Softphone, Avaya IP Agent and Avaya one-X Communicator were also restarted for the same purpose. The desktop PCs were also rebooted to verify that the Plantronics Unified Runtime Engine process starts automatically when the PC comes back into service.

All test cases passed successfully.

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10. Verification Steps

From the Windows Control Panel, open Sounds and Audio Devices and click the Audio tab. Verify that the device Plantronics C420 is listed in both the Sound playback and Sound recording section as shown below.

11. Conclusion

These Application Notes describe the configuration steps required for Plantronics Blackwire C420 Headsets with Avaya IP Softphone, Avaya IP Agent and Avaya one-X® Communicator. All test cases were completed successfully.

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12. Additional References

This section references the Avaya and Plantronics documentation that are relevant to these Application Notes.

The following Avaya product documentation can be found at http://support.avaya.com.

[1] Administering Avaya Aura™ Communication Manager, Release 5.2, Issue 5.0, May 2009,

Document Number 03-300509.

[2] Avaya IP Softphone Release 6.0 User Reference, Issue 1, May 2007. [3] Avaya IP Agent Release 7.0 Installation and User Guide, Issue 1.1, August 2007. [4] Avaya one-X® Communicator User Reference, November 2009.

The following Plantronics product documentation can be found at http://www.plantronics.com.

[5] Plantronics Blackwire™ C420 headset Quick Start Guide, 2009. [6] Plantronics Blackwire™ C420 headset User Guide, 2009.

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