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Configuring SpectraLink 8400 Series Handsets
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If you set up the User Profile feature, a user can log in to a phone by entering
their user ID and password. Default passwords are preset in the configuration
to the numerals 123 .
If the User Profile feature is set up on your company’s phones, users can:
• Log in to a phone to access their personal phone settings.
• Log out of a phone after they finish using it.
• Place a call to an authorized number from a phone that is in the logged out
state and requires a user login.
• Change their user password.
When you set up the User Profile feature, you will have to plan in advance
whether you want to require users to always log in to a phone. If the User
Profile feature is enabled, but not required, users can choose to use the phone
as is (that is, without access to their personal settings), or they can log in to
display their personal settings.
You can also choose to define default credentials for the phone (see the next
section, Creating a Phone Configuration File ). If you specify a default user ID
and password, the phone automatically logs itself in each time an actual user
logs out or the phone restarts or reboots. When the phone logs itself in using
the default login credentials, a default phone profile is displayed (as defined
in the phone’s master configuration file on the provisioning server). In this
scenario, users will still have the option to log in and view their personal
settings.
To set up the User Profile feature, you will need to perform the following
procedures on the provisioning server:
• Create a phone configuration file, or update an existing file, to enable the
feature’s settings.
• Create a user configuration file—called <user>.cfg —that specifies the
user’s password and registration, and other user-specific settings that you
want to define for the user.
After you complete these steps, update the phone’s configuration to effect
your changes. The User Profile feature will be ready to use.
If a phone is in the logged out state and requires a user login, you may be able to
use the phone to place emergency calls to standard emergency numbers such as
911 and other pre-configured phone numbers. These numbers are configured by
your administrator (see the
<dialplan/>
parameter definition in the latest
Polycom UC Software Administrator’s Guide ).
You can quickly reset the user’s password by removing the password parameter
from the override file. This will cause the phone to use the default password in the
<user>.cfg file.