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Chapter 3 Configuring the Cisco ATA for MGCP

Configuring the Cisco ATA Using a TFTP Server

Example

cfgfmt -mgcp -tptag.datata0a141e28323c.txt ata0a141e28323c

This example is based on a Cisco ATA MAC address of 10.20.30.40.50.60, which converts to the two-digit, lower-case hexadecimal representation of each integer as 0a141e28323c.

When you convert the ata<macaddress>.txt file to a binary file, the binary file will merge the two text files to form one Cisco ATA-specific binary configuration file for your Cisco ATA.

If the same parameter is configured with different values in these two files, the value in the ata<macaddress>.txt file takes precedence over the value in the common.txt file.

Step 7 Store all binary configuration file(s) in the TFTP server root directory. For information about possible configuration file names, see the “Configuration Files that the cfgfmt Tool Creates” section on

page 3-13.

When the Cisco ATA powers up, it will retrieve its configuration file(s) from the TFTP server.

Step 8 If you want to make configuration changes after boot up, repeat the process of creating or editing the text files containing the desired parameters, then converting the ata<macaddress>.txt text file to the binary file(s) and storing the binary file(s) on the TFTP server. For the configuration changes to take effect immediately, refresh the Cisco ATA. (See the “Refreshing or Resetting the Cisco ATA” section on page 3-25.)

After being refreshed, the Cisco ATA will download the updated ata<macaddress> configuration file(s).

Note If you do not perform a refresh procedure, the Cisco ATA will update its configuration the next time it contacts the TFTP server, which is based on the configured value of the CfgInterval parameter.

Using atapname.exe Tool to Obtain MAC Address

This bundled tool is useful for converting the dotted decimal version of the Cisco ATA MAC address (available on the Cisco ATA Web configuration page or from the voice configuration menu code 24#) to its default Cisco ATA profile name. This name has the following format:

ataxxxxxxxxxxxx

where each xx is the two-digit, lower-case hexadecimal representation of each integer in the dotted, decimal version of the Cisco ATA MAC address. This is the name you use for the unique Cisco ATA binary configuration file.

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