Administration

Panasonic – IP Phones

Supported Devices

E-MetroTel has introduced support for the following Panasonic MGCP IP Phone models (other models may be supported in the future).

ModelDevice TypeDescription
KX-NT321NT321IP (MGCP) Phone with 1-Line Display
KX-NT343NT343IP (MGCP) Phone with 3-Line Display
KX-NT346NT346IP (MGCP) Phone with 6-Line Display
KX-NT366NT366IP (MGCP) Phone with 6-Line Display
KX-NT511NT511IP (MGCP) Phone with 1-Line Display
KX-NT543NT543IP (MGCP) Phone with 3-Line Display
KX-NT551NT551IP (MGCP) Phone with 1-Line Display
KX-NT553NT553IP (MGCP) Phone with 3-Line Display
KX-NT556NT556IP (MGCP) Phone with 6-Line Display
KX-NT560NT560IP (MGCP) Phone with Multi-Line Display
KX-NT630NT630IP (MGCP) Phone with Multi-Line Display
KX-NT680NT680IP (MGCP) Phone with Multi-Line Display

These models will be supported as XSTIM devices on any of our UCX based systems with the current release of UCX software.  Please refer to E-MetroTel – Product Licensing for details on the type of license type required for these phones.

IMPORTANT

Note that these MGCP-based phones require Version 2 or latest firmware to be loaded on the phone before being able to be supported on the UCX software. This firmware is NOT available from E-MetroTel.

Supported Functionality

UCX Features:

The following features have been tested:

  • Voicemail
  • 3-party Conference
  • Hotdesking
  • Call Transfer
  • Call Mute
  • Call Hold
  • Call Forward
  • Redial
  • Asterisk-based features available through function codes (eg. *2 for transfer, *78 for DND, etc.)

UCX Configuration

To configure the UCX for Panasonic IP Phones refer to the following:

Panasonic IP Phone Configuration

  • Reboot the IP phone
  • During the startup, the Setup key is displayed on the first soft key.
  • Press Setup key to enter the phone menu
  • Navigate to Network → DHCP, select DHCP Enable or DHCP Disable
  • If DHCP Disabled is selected, then enter the Static IP ,Subnet and Gateway addresses
  • Navigate to PBX → PBX IP Address → Primary PBX → PBX IP Address, enter the UCX Server’s IP address
  • Navigate to PBX → PBX IP Address → Secondary PBX → PBX IP Address, enter the UCX Server’s IP address
  • Exit the phone menu

Key Mapping

Panasonic_NT553_keys.png1MESSAGEUCX Voicemail
2PAUSESupported in next release
3FLASH / RECALLNot supported
4REDIALLast Number Redial
5AUTO ANS / MUTEMute
6AUTODIAL / STORESupported in next release
7CANCELMute ringing / Hang-up
8CONFConference
9TRANSFERCall Transfer
10FWD / DNDCall Forward
11HOLDHold
12INTERCOM
SP PHONE
Speaker phone, Line key

Limitations

  • On-hook dialing is not supported. The line key must be pressed or handset lifted before dialing digits.
  • KX-NT546 is currently not supported.
  • Ring Cadences (configured under XSTIM Settings) is not supported.

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