Dropping Conference in CUCME When Initiator Disconnects

Hello all!

This post is a response to a question from a student of my recent CVOICE course. The question was as follows - how to drop a hardware Conference  in CUCME when initiator of the Conference is leaving the session.

The solution is easy. In ephone or ephone-template configuration just add a command conference drop-mode. Its syntax is:

conference drop-mode [creator | local]

Parameter creator means Conference is stopped when initiator leaves it. Parameter local says Conference is stopped when the last internal CUCME's phone disconnects from the session (ie prevents a situation where the conference are used by external subscribers only).

An example of configuration is here:

HQ-1(config)# ephone 1
HQ-1(config-ephone)# conference drop-mode creator

Wish all of you a nice day!

Presence for Сall Manager Express

Hi folks,

Today we are talking about how to set up Presence feature on the CUCME (Call Manager Express). Presence allows a user (watcher) to monitor the real-time status of another user at a directory number or SIP URI from the device of the watcher. Before making a call, one can visually see whether the other party is busy or whether it is free. Viewing the status of the DN can be configured for speed-dial buttons (Speed ​​Dials) or for call lists (Placed Calls, Missed Calls, Personal and Corporate Directories). Moreover, you can also view subsriber's status of the remote PBX. It is possible if you have a trunk with SIP signaling between those PBXs.