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Cisco Unified IP Phone 7960G and 7940G Administration Guide for Release 8.0 (SIP)
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Chapter 3 Initializing Cisco Unified IP Phones
Configuring the SIP Parameters Manually
Setting End-User Call Preferences
End users can modify call preferences from their own phones by setting certain parameters. Only call
preferences whose configuration variable has been set to 0 or 1 can be modified. If the configuration
variables are set to 2 or 3, the corresponding call preferences cannot be modified with the Call
Preferences menu. See the following procedure for more information.
To set end-user call preferences, follow these steps:
Procedure
Step 1
On the IP phone, select
Settings > Call Preferences
.
Step 2
Highlight and set any of the following optional preferences by pressing the
Yes
or
No
softkeys:
Table 3-3
Phone-Specific Parameters
Parameter
Description
Authentication Name
1
Name used by the phone for authentication if a registration is
challenged by the proxy server during initialization.
Authentication Password
1
1.
Required when registration is enabled and the registrar challenges registration.
Password used by the phone for authentication if a registration is
challenged by the proxy server during initialization. If a value is not
configured for the Authentication Password parameter when
registration is enabled, the default logical password is used. The default
logical password is SIP
mac-address,
where
mac-address
is the MAC
address of the phone.
Display Name
Identification as it should appear for caller identification. For example,
instead of [email protected] appearing on phones that have caller
ID, you can specify John Doe in this parameter to have John Doe
appear on the callee end instead. If a value is not specified for this
parameter, the Name value is used.
Name
Description phone number or e-mail address used when registering.
When entering a number, enter the number without any dashes. For
example, enter 555-0100 as 5550100.
Proxy Address
IP address of the primary SIP proxy server that will be used by the
phone. Enter this address in IP dotted-decimal notation.
Proxy Port
Port number of the primary SIP proxy server. This is the port that the
SIP client will use. The default is 5060.
Short Name
Name or number associated with the line
x
_name as you want it to
display on the phone LCD if the line
x
_name value exceeds the display
area. For example, if the line
x
_name value is the phone number
111-222-333-4444, you can specify 34444 for this parameter to have
34444 display on the LCD instead. Alternatively, if the value for the
line
x
_name parameter is the e-mail address
“[email protected],” you can specify the “username” to have
just the username appear on the LCD instead. This parameter is used
for display only. If a value is not specified for this parameter, the value
in the Name variable is displayed.
