Troubleshooting Your SoundPoint® IP 550 Desktop Phone

Controls

Symptom

Problem

Corrective Action

 

 

 

The dial pad does not work.

The dial pad on the SoundPoint

Do one of the following:

 

IP 550 phone does not respond.

Check for a response from other

 

 

feature keys or from the dial pad.

 

 

Place a call to the phone from a known

 

 

working telephone. Check for display

 

 

updates.

 

 

Check if the LAN port is active or

 

 

inactive. Press the Menu key, and

 

 

then select Status > Network >

 

 

Ethernet. From the Ethernet page,

 

 

scroll to the LAN port field and verify

 

 

that it is active.

 

 

Check the termination at the switch or

 

 

hub end of the network LAN cable.

 

 

Ensure that the switch/hub port

 

 

connected to the telephone is

 

 

operational (if not accessible, contact

 

 

your system administrator).

 

 

Before restarting your phone (refer to

 

 

* on page *), contact your system

 

 

administrator. Your system

 

 

administrator may want to

 

 

troubleshoot your phone in more

 

 

detail before restarting the phone and

 

 

losing current status information.

 

 

 

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Nortel Networks 550 manual Controls, Then select Status Network