Table 2: Presence Icons on VVX Phones and SpectraLink 8400
Series Handsets
Note: Lync-hosted Conference Calls Not
Supported
About Your Phone
You can find instructions on how to use your phone in
the appropriate Quick User Guide on the Polycom
Support Web page:
You cannot initiate, split, or end a Lync-hosted
conference call on your Polycom phone.
Icons
Description
Available
Busy, In a Call
Away, Be Right Back, Inactive
Do Not Disturb
Offline
Signing Into Microsoft Lync
Signing into Lync on your phone enables you to view and
place calls to your Lync contacts. The Lync Sign In screen
displays the first time your phone connects to the
network.
Using Polycom® Phones in a
Microsoft® Lync® 2010
Environment
This guide describes how your phone functions in a
Microsoft Lync environment and details only the
differences in behavior due to the presence of Microsoft
Lync Server 2010.
Afterward, you can access the Sign In and Sign Out
screens in two ways:
Unknown
Quick User Guide
• Press the SignIn or SignOut soft key.
• Press the Menu key and select Settings > Features >
Microsoft Lync > SignIn or SignOut.
Web Info: Using the Calendaring Feature
Phone Features
For SoundPoint® IP 321/331, 335, 450, 550, 560, and
650, SoundStation® IP 5000 and SoundStation Duo™,
VVX® 500 phones, and SpectraLink® 8400 Series
handsets running Polycom® UC Software 4.1.0 or later.
If you want to use the Calendaring feature on
SpectraLink 8400 Series handsets and VVX 500
and 1500 phones, read the appropriate user
Microsoft Lync enables you to use all Polycom UCS
telephony features, presence, and IM. Sign into your
Lync-enabled phone with your sign-in address, user
name and password. Once you are signed in, you can:
The following figures show the Lync Sign In screen on
various Polycom phones.
Figure 1: Signing In on SpectraLink 8400 Series
• Answer, place, and end calls
• Hold and resume calls
• Transfer calls
Screen display is product-dependent and may differ from
those shown in this guide. See your system administrator
for more information. To learn more, consult your
product Quick User Guide and User Guide available
• Set up conference calls
• Forward incoming calls
• Access voicemail
Microsoft Lync Presence Icons
The following tables show the Microsoft Lync presence
icons that display on Polycom phones.
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• Set your presence status
• Manage your Lync contacts
• Send and receive instant messages
Table 1: Presence Icons on SoundPoint IP and SoundStation IP
Phones
Icons
Description
Tip: When to Press the More Soft Key
Figure 2: Signing In on VVX 500
Available
If you see a More soft key in the rightmost soft
key position, press it to display additional soft
keys.
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Away, Be Right Back, Inactive
Offline, Unknown
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You may need to press the More soft key to
display the SignIn, SignOut, Contacts, and Add
soft keys.
Figure 11: Do Not Disturb Status on VVX 500
To add a Lync contact on your SoundPoint IP,
SoundStation IP, or VVX 1500 phone:
Your new status displays to all users on your contact list.
Presence information will also display when you go off-
hook or enable Do Not Disturb. Resetting your status
changes it back to Available or In a Call if you are
currently in a call.
The following figures show how to place a call to a Lync
contact from various Polycom phones.
• If available on the Home screen, press the Contacts
soft key; otherwise press the Menu key, and select
Features > Presence > Contacts.
Figure 13: Placing Calls on SpectraLink 8400 Series
• Press the Add soft key.
Note: Changing Presence Status on Your Phone
• Enter the contact’s user name and press the Submit
soft key or Select key
When you change your presence status on your
phone, your status will change on the Microsoft
Lync client on your computer as well.
The following figure show the Contacts screen on the
SoundPoint IP 335 phone.
Figure 12: Microsoft Lync Contact List on SpectraLink 8400
Series
Figure 9:Microsoft Lync Contact List on SoundPoint IP 335
Note: How Do Not Disturb Status and Use of Do
Not Disturb Feature Interact
When you enable Do Not Disturb on your
phone, your Lync presence status automatically
changes to Do Not Disturb. When you disable
Do Not Disturb on your phone, your presence
status automatically changes to Available or In
a Call.
Figure 14: Placing Calls on VVX 500
Note: Your Lync Contact List and Your Phone's
Local Contact Directory
By default, Polycom phones have a local
When you update your Lync presence status to
Do Not Disturb, incoming calls will go to
contact directory. The local contact directory is
separate from your Lync Contact list. If you add
contacts into the local contact directory, they
will remain after you sign out and another user
signs in. For more information, see About Your
Phone for a link to your phone’s Quick User
Guide or contact your system administrator.
voicemail, and My Status: Do Not Disturb will
display in the status bar. Updating your status
to Do Not Disturb does not enable Do Not
Disturb on your phone, and the Do Not Disturb
icon will not display next to phone lines.
Placing Calls
You can place a call in multiple ways, using either the
handset, the speakerphone, a headset, the Dial key
(available on the SoundPoint IP 321, 331, and 335 only),
a line key, or your Microsoft Lync contact list.
The following figures show different presence statuses
on the Home screens of various Polycom phones. Figure
12 shows the presence status of monitored contacts in
the Microsoft Lync Contact list.
• To place a call Select the contact you wish to call,
and activate your handset, headset, or speakerphone.
Updating Your Microsoft Lync Presence Status
Presence status indicates your availability to other
Microsoft Lync contacts.
Note: Video Calls on VVX 1500 Phones
Tip: Calling Federated Contacts
You can make video calls between VVX 1500
phones, and between VVX 1500 phones and
supported Polycom video endpoints or
Microsoft Lync clients. You can use VVX 1500
phones with a Polycom video bridge.
Figure 10: Away Status on SoundPoint IP 335
To change your presence status:
To place calls to other companies or remote
contacts, you can use the SIP URI option. For
more information, see the appropriate User
Guide.
• For most Polycom phones, press the MyStatus soft
key, or press the Menu key and select Features >
Presence > My Status, and select your desired status.
• On the SpectraLink 8400 Series handsets, press the
Profile soft key, select MyStatus, and select your
desired status.
If network issues delay your call, one of the following
messages displays:
The following figures show the Forwarding Type Select
screen on various Polycom phones, where you can select
and configure the automatic call forwarding feature.
• To answer an incoming call while in an active call
When you receive another call while you are already in
an active call, you will hear a beeping tone, which
indicates that a call is waiting. An incoming call prompt
also displays, identifying the incoming caller and
enabling you to ignore, answer, or reject the call by
pressing the appropriate soft key.
• ‘Sufficient bandwidth is not available. Please try the
call again later.’
Figure 18: Configuring Automatic Call Forwarding on
SpectraLink 8400 Series
• ‘Call delayed’
• ‘Call may take longer to connect.’
If you make an emergency call, the message ‘This is an
emergency call’ displays during the entire call.
If your system administrator has given you a private
number, you can give this number to others so they can
contact you directly. The following figure shows an
incoming call on a private line.
Answering Calls
When you answer an incoming call, the call becomes
active. All incoming calls display on your phone’s screen.
Figure 17: Answering Private Calls on VVX 500
The following figures show incoming calls on various
Polycom phones.
Figure 15: Answering Calls on SpectraLink 8400 Series
Figure 19: Configuring Automatic Call Forwarding on
SoundPoint IP 335
Forwarding Calls
Sending and Receiving Instant Messages
You can send and receive instant messages on only the
SpectraLink 8400 Series handsets. For complete
instructions, see the SpectraLink 8400 Series Wireless
You can forward your phone’s incoming calls to another
Lync contact or to your voicemail.
If you select Forward to a Contact, enter the user name
or number of the Lync contact to whom you wish to
direct all incoming calls. A scrolling message displays on
your phone, reminding you that you have forwarded all
incoming calls to someone else.
Figure 16: Answering Calls on VVX 500
• To answer an incoming call Lift the handset, press
the speakerphone button, or use your headset.
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