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Appendix B: Avaya IP Phone specifics

BlackBerry AtHoc
 Blast System
The Blast System is an install and configuration utility comprised of a collection of SA-Announce Revolution modules that integrate with 
BlackBerry AtHoc
NDS
 to provide alert notifications to Avaya IP Phones. The utility installs all of the required Blast System modules and prompts the administrator to input configuration data.
The following modules are included:
  • SA-Announce Revolution v1.1.0.58: Notification broker.
  • Blast Activator (
    NDS
     plug-in) v1.1.0.112: Receives notification activation events from 
    NDS
     and passes them to Revolution for dispersal.
  • Blast Notifier v1.1.0.112: Delivers content to Avaya IP phones. Provides feedback to the Activator, which provides it to 
    NDS
    .
AtHoc Blast System workflow
Avaya IP phones send the following registration information to the Blast Notifier: phone IP address, machine address, model number, and extension number. Blast Notifier stores this information in memory, by extension number, and uses it to send notifications to registered phones. When a phone is rebooted, its information is resent to Blast Notifier. The information is matched based on extension number and the data is updated if there are changes, for example, if a newer phone model is now assigned to the extension number. If a phone is offline, for example, it is unplugged because it is being moved, Blast Notifier still attempts to send notifications and simply logs an error in the phone logs.
IP Office and Aura® Communications Manager are not required for the Blast System. They are, however, required for the Avaya platform.