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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
# Phone Prompt (The prompt that will be displayed on console and Telnet)
phone_prompt: "SIP Phone"; Limited to 15 characters (Default - SIP Phone)
# Phone Password (Password to be used for console or Telnet login)
phone_password: "cisco"; Limited to 31 characters (Default - cisco)
# User classification used when Registering [ none (default), phone, ip ]
user_info: none
Configuring the SIP Parameters Manually
After the phone has been connected to power and initialized and the configuration files have been
downloaded, you can modify your configuration using the phone’s Settings menus.
This section contains the following procedures, which can be executed in the order listed:
•
Unlocking the Phone, page 3-10
•
Setting and Restoring Network Parameters, page 3-11
•
Setting and Restoring Phone-Specific Parameters, page 3-15
•
Setting End-User Call Preferences, page 3-17
Tip
•
To select a parameter, press the down arrow to scroll to and highlight the parameter, or press the
number that represents the parameter (located to the left of the parameter on the LCD).
•
During configuration, use * for dots (periods) or press the “.” softkey when available on the LCD.
•
During configuration:
–
To enter a number, press the
Number
softkey. To enter a name, press the
Alpha
softkey.
–
To enter a new value, use the buttons on the dial pad.
If entering letters, use the numbers on the dial pad that are associated with a particular letter.
For example, the 2 key has the letters A, B, and C. For a lowercase
a
, press the 2 key once. To
scroll through the available letters and numbers, press the key repeatedly.
–
To delete any mistakes, press the
<<
softkey.
–
To cancel all changes and exit a menu during configuration, press
Cancel
.
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After editing a parameter, press the
Validate
softkey to save the value that you have entered and exit
the Edit panel.
Unlocking the Phone
By default, the
Localization
,
Network
, and
SIP
menus on the Cisco IP Phone 7960G/7940G are locked.
You must unlock these menus before you can edit the values of parameters in them.
When the phone displays a menu that is locked, a padlock icon appears at the end of the menu’s name.
If the menu is unlocked, the padlock icon appears open.
When you exit the
Settings
menu, lockable menus are automatically relocked.
