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This section describes how to add, remove, and modify telephones in the 
NBX NetSet utility. You can also review the status of each device and 
configure button mappings for NBX telephones. 

You can configure a new telephone in two ways: using Auto Discovery or 
manually.

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Auto Discovery method — Auto Discovery is the simplest and most 
common method of adding a new telephone. When you enable Auto 
Discovery and then connect a new NBX Business or Basic Telephone to 
the LAN, several messages pass between the Call Processor and the 
telephone. The result is that the new telephone receives a default 
telephone number, which appears on the telephone’s display panel. 
The telephone receives the next lowest available extension and a 
default set of properties. 

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Manual method — You can disable Auto Discovery and configure 
telephones manually using the NBX NetSet utility. However, if you 
have many telephones to configure, manual configuration can be a 
tedious and error-prone process.

For either method of adding a telephone, you must connect the 
telephone to the network. If you use Auto Discovery, you must enable the 
Auto Discover Telephones check box before you connect the telephone. If 
you add a telephone manually, it does not matter whether you connect 
the telephone before or after you use the NBX NetSet utility to add it.

Instructions for connecting the phone to power and the network depend 
on your power source and the type of telephone. See Chapter 3 in the 
NBX Installation Guide or the telephone packing sheet for telephone 
connection information.

Before you enable Auto Discovery, verify that a 3-digit or 4-digit dial plan 
is installed on the Network Call Processor and that you have specified a 
starting extension. See the NBX Installation Guide. 

To add a new telephone using Auto Discovery:

1 Select System Configuration > System Settings tab.

2 Click System-wide. The System Settings dialog box appears.