Cisco Systems 186, 188 manual Steps Needed to Configure the Cisco ATA

Chapter 3 Configuring the Cisco ATA for SIP

Steps Needed to Configure the Cisco ATA

Note If you are using the voice configuration menu to set the parameters, you must convert hexadecimal values to decimal values. For example, the OpFlags setting of 0x00000052 is equivalent to 82 in decimal format, and the VLANSetting of 0x01cc002b is equivalent to 30146603 in decimal format.

Steps Needed to Configure the Cisco ATA

This section contains the following topics:

•Basic Configuration Steps in a TFTP Server Environment, page 3-5

•Basic Configuration Steps in a Non-TFTP Server Environment, page 3-6

Basic Configuration Steps in a TFTP Server Environment

Table 3-3shows the basic steps for configuring the Cisco ATA and making it operational in a typical SIP environment, which includes a TFTP server.

Table 3-3 Basic Steps to Configure the Cisco ATA in a TFTP Environment

Action		Reference
1.	Download the desired Cisco ATA release software zip file from	Setting Up the TFTP Server with Cisco ATA
	the Cisco web site and store it on the TFTP server.	Software, page 3-7
2.	Follow these basic steps to create a unique Cisco ATA	Creating Unique and Common Cisco ATA
	configuration file, which actually entails creating two files:	Configuration Files, page 3-8

a.Create a Cisco ATA configuration text file that contains parameters that are common to all Cisco ATAs in your network.

b.Create a unique Cisco ATA configuration text file that contains parameters that are specific to a Cisco ATA.

Make sure to use an include command in the unique configuration file to pull in values from the common configuration file.

c.Convert the unique configuration file to binary format.

d.Place the unique binary configuration file on the TFTP server.

3.		Optionally, create a default configuration file called	atadefault.cfg Configuration File, page 3-12
		atadefault.cfg, which the Cisco ATA will download from the
		TFTP server only if the unique Cisco ATA file called
		ata<macaddress> does not exist on the TFTP server.
4.		Configure the upgradecode parameter so that the Cisco ATA will	“Upgrading the Signaling Image from a TFTP
		obtain the correct signaling image from the TFTP server when the	Server” section on page 8-1
		Cisco ATA powers up.
5.		Configure the desired interval for the Cisco ATA to contact the	Configuring Refresh Interval, page 4-3
		TFTP server to check for a configuration-file update or an
		upgrade of the signaling image file.
		Cisco ATA 186 and Cisco ATA 188 Analog Telephone Adaptor Administrator’s Guide (SIP)
	OL-3410-01			3-5