Configuring Your System

 

 

 

 

 

 

Local

Web Server

Set the basic SNTP and daylight savings settings.

 

(if enabled)

Navigate to: http://<phoneIPAddress>/coreConf.htm#ti

 

 

Changes are saved to local flash and backed up to <Ethernet

 

 

address>-phone.cfgon the boot server. Changes will permanently

 

 

override global settings unless deleted through the Reset Local

 

 

Config menu selection and the <Ethernet address>-phone.cfgis

 

 

removed from the boot server.

 

 

 

 

Local Phone User

The basic SNTP settings can be made in the Network Configuration

 

Interface

menu.

 

 

For more information, refer to DHCP or Manual TCP/IP Setup on

 

 

page 3-2.

 

 

The user can edit the time and date format and enable or disable the

 

 

time and date display under the Settings menu.

 

 

Changes are saved to local flash and backed up to <Ethernet

 

 

address>-phone.cfg on the boot server. They will permanently

 

 

override global settings unless deleted through the Reset Local

 

 

Config menu selection.

 

 

 

Idle Display Animation

 

 

All phones except the SoundPoint IP 301 can display a customized animation

 

on the idle display in addition to the time and date. For example, a company

 

logo could be displayed (refer to Adding a Background Logo on page C-6).

 

Configuration changes can performed centrally at the boot server:

 

 

 

Central

Configuration file:

To turn idle display animation on or off.

(boot server)

sip.cfg

• For more information, refer to Indicators <ind/> on page A-80.

 

 

To replace the animation used for the idle display.

 

 

• For more information, refer to Animations <anim/> <IP_300/>,

 

 

<IP_330/>, <IP_400/>, <IP_500/>, <IP_600/>, <IP_4000/>, and

 

 

<IP_7000/> on page A-81.

 

 

To change the position of the idle display animation.

 

 

• For more information, refer to Graphic Icons <gi/> <IP_300/>,

 

 

<IP_330>, <IP_400/>, <IP_500/>, <IP_600/>, <IP_4000/>, and

 

 

<IP_7000/> on page A-83.

 

 

 

Ethernet Switch

The SoundPoint IP phones contain two Ethernet ports, labeled LAN and PC, and an embedded Ethernet switch that runs at full line-rate. The SoundStation IP phones contain only one Ethernet port, labeled LAN. The Ethernet switch allows a personal computer and other Ethernet devices to connect to the office LAN by daisy chaining through the phone, eliminating the need for a stand-alone hub. The SoundPoint IP switch gives higher transmit priority to packets originating in the phone. The phone can be powered through a local

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SIP 3.1 specifications

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