Installation and Maintenance Manual
System Configuration
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Via Setnet
1
Within the Command prompt enter
telnet <ip address of PCS 58x/57x/56x/55x/542>
eg telnet 192.168.0.24
2
You will be prompted for a Username, enter
diag
3
You will be prompted for the password for this phone. By default this is
7388
. (Please refer to the
Setting the Password section from page 53 for further details.)
4
Wait for a
#
to appear to confirm a connection has been made to the PCS
5
Enter
setnet
6
The current configuration will be displayed. You will be asked if you wish to change any of this
configuration.
7
Enter
y
8
You will be asked how the IP address will be assigned.
9
Delete the
d
and enter
s
10
Follow the onscreen prompts entering the IP address you wish to give the PCS, eg 192.168.0.251,
the netmask you wish to use, eg 255.255.255.0, the IP address of the Gateway (Default Router), eg
192.168.0.1 and the IP address of the TFTP server which will be the IP address of the Call Server to
provide software to the PCS during an upgrade, eg 192.168.0.1.
11
At any other prompt make the changes you require otherwise press Enter to leave the option
unchanged.
12
You will be asked if you wish to save the changes. Enter
y
.
13
Telnet will display that the changes are being saved.
14
When finished enter
poweroff
and the PCS will reboot
Please note:
x
If a PCS 58x/57x/56x/55x/542 has been given an IP address already being used on the network a
warning message will be displayed on the screen.
x
To return to using DHCP follow the same instructions above. Enter
d
when asked how the IP address
will be assigned.
x
At any prompt you may enter a
?
for help on that option or
q
to quit.
x
For further information on working with Telnet please refer to page 300.
x
Setnet can be used to set the Time Zone to be used by a specific IP phone.
x
A handset can be returned to its default network configuration as described in the Initial
Configuration Boot Menu section from page 297.
Connect to the Call Server remotely
If the PCS 58x/57x/56x/55x/542 is to be installed at a remote location, eg via a VPN connection, the phone
should be configured with the IP address of the Call Server it is to connect to as follows.
1
Follow steps 1-7 as described above to telnet on to the phone and access Setnet.
2
Press Enter until the line “Startup arguments” appears.
3
Type in
–
gk <ip address of call server>
eg
–
gk 192.168.0.1, and press Enter
4
Continue to press Enter until you are asked if you wish to save the changes. Enter
y
.
5
Telnet will display that the changes have been saved.
6
When finished enter
poweroff
and the PCS will reboot.
If the Call Server is to collect BLF data from this remote phone enter
–
blf
after the IP address of the call
server, eg
–
gk 192.168.0.1
–
blf. The Call Server will then multicast this BLF information to all PCSs on the
system.