Telephone Management and Troubleshooting

Basic Troubleshooting Chart

Problem/Symptom

Suggested Solution

 

 

Phone does not activate after connecting it the first time.

Unless your System Administrator has already initialized your telephone, you might experience a delay of several minutes before it becomes operational. Upon plug-in, your telephone immediately starts downloading its operational software, its IP Address, and any special features programmed by your System Administrator from the server to which it is connected. Report any delay of more than 10 minutes to your System Administrator.

Phone does not activate after a power interruption.

Phone worked earlier but does not currently appear to work.

Allow a few minutes for re-initialization after unplugging, powering down the phone, server problems, or other power interruption causes.

Contact your System Administrator.

Speaker does not

Ask your System Administrator if your Speaker was disabled.

operate.

 

 

 

Phone does not ring.

Use the Up/Down Volume keys to set your ringer volume to a

 

higher level.

 

From another phone, place a call to your extension to test this

 

suggested solution.

 

 

Display shows an error/

Most messages involve server/phone interaction.

informational message.

If you are on a call and the display suddenly shows “Discovering...,”

 

the network connection between the telephone and the call server

 

was interrupted, but your call stayed connected. The telephone

 

automatically starts to re-register with the call server, but until

 

re-registration succeeds, you do not have access to switch features

 

and functionality such as Transfer, or to administered Feature

 

buttons.

 

If you cannot resolve the problem based on the message received,

 

contact your System Administrator for resolution.

 

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Avaya 4622SW IP manual Basic Troubleshooting Chart, Problem/Symptom Suggested Solution