Linksys SPA 900 SERIES manual Localization

Chapter 3 Managing Linksys IP Phones

Localization

When entering digits in numeric mode, enter the corresponding digits from the numeric key pad. When entering letters or symbols during alphanumeric mode, the phone shows a template of two or more choices as you press each digit key. Scroll through the choices by pressing the same key multiple times. To accept a symbol as input, do one of the following:

•Stop pressing the digit key for 1.5 seconds

•Pressing another digit key

•Navigate to another input field (if applicable) by pressing the UP/DOWN key, or

•Save the value by pressing the proper soft key, such save or ok

When entering an IP address, pressing the * digit inserts a dot (.), or a colon (:) if there are 3 dots entered already.

When entering numeric, alphanumeric, or IP address values, the following additional soft keys are available for easier editing:

•<<—Move cursor to the left by one character

•>>—Move cursor to the right by one character

•erase<—Erase the character to the left of the cursor

•clear—Clear the entire entry

Holding down the <<, >>, or erase<, soft key or any numeric keypad keys automatically repeats the entry. If the input value is wider than the LCD can display, the SPA900 Series phone automatically scrolls the input to the left so that you can continue to enter input. On the other hand, the SPA900 Series phone stops accepting further input for a given field if the maximum allowed input length has been reached for that field. For Boolean input, the SPA900 Series phone displays (y/n); pressing the soft key toggles the current input between yes and no.

When the SPA900 Series phone displays an option, pressing the soft key either changes the input field to the next available choice in round-robin fashion, or displays a menu of choices. For most settings, the input value is saved once you press save or ok before exiting the edit screen for that setting.

However, there are a few exceptions where you must press save again when all the required changes have been made to the settings so that they are saved into the configuration at the same time. These exceptions are:

•Preferences

•Call Forward

•Network

•Speed Dialing

Localization

This section applies to the following SPA900 Series IP Phones:

•SPA922

•SPA942

•SPA962

This section describes how to localize the IP phone display language for these models, referred to in this section as SPA9x2 phones.

SPA9x2 phones support setting an alternative language on the user display. The administrator or service provider defines up to nine languages, in addition to English, to be made available and hosts the dictionaries for each of the languages on the HTTP or TFTP provisioning server. Language support follows Cisco dictionary principles.

The paragraphs describe parameters that can be defined in the SPA9x2 configuration file.

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