Aastra Telecom 41-001343-02 manual Loading Language Packs via the Configuration File mac.cfg

Operational Features

Loading Language Packs via the Configuration File (<mac>.cfg)

Using the configuration files, you specify a language pack to load in the following format:

lang_<ISO 639>_<ISO 3166>.txt or

lang_<ISO 639>.txt

where <ISO 639> is the language code specified in Standard ISO 639

(see Appendix A, the section, Language Codes (from Standard ISO 639) on page A-137) and <ISO 3166> is the country code specified in Standard ISO 3166 (see Country Codes (from Standard ISO 3166) on page A-138). The <ISO 3166> attribute is optional.

Note:

Adding/changing language packs can only be done at bootup of the IP phone. The default language (English) cannot be changed or removed.

Example

The following is an example of the parameters you would enter in the <MAC>.cfg file to load a French, Italian, German, and Spanish language pack to the IP phone.

language 1: lang_fr_ca.txt

language 2: lang_it.txt

language 3: lang_de.txt

language 4: lang_es.txt

The above entries in the <MAC>.cfg file tells the phone which language packs to load. When the language pack(s) have loaded, you must then use the configuration files IP Phone UI to specify which language to display on the IP phone. You must use the Aastra Web UI to specify the language to use in the Web UI.

References

For more information about specifying the language to use, see the section, “Specifying the Screen Language to Use” on page 5-40.

For more information about language codes and country codes, see Appendix A, the section, “Language Pack Settings” on page A-136.

Loading Language Packs via the Aastra Web UI

Using the Aastra Web UI, you can specify a language pack to load using the parameters at Basic Settings->Preferences- >Language Settings.

You use the following fields in the Aastra Web UI to specify which language packs to load:

Once the language pack is loaded to the phone, it is available for selection from either the configuration files, the IP Phone UI or the Aastra Web UI.

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