[Asterisk-Users] Pointer to upgrade 7960sip beyond v3.2.0?

[Rich Adamson]

Joe,

Finally figured some of the 7960 stuff out. The **# only works with early
code releases. Somewhere around v3-to-v4 that was discontinued, and replaced
with that password option to unlock the front panel instead.

I've can now get to the net & sip configuration panel, and I've got SIPDefault.cnt
file that gets loaded at boot time. One of two 7960's is upgraded to v4.4, however
the second one constantly reboots (only with v4.4) and never gets to a usable
status. Using a sniffer trace to observe, the reboot happens after dhcp is
proper and SIPdefault is read by the phone (via tftp). Within milliseconds of
reading that file, the phone reboots, then repeats the same process. The first
phone boots v4.4 correctly every time.

Late yesterday, I removed the statements in SIPdefault after comments relative
to "...added in Release 3.1" and the unstable phone will bootup and stay working
on v4.4. If I add those config statements, the constant reboot happens again.

So, it almost looks like there might be a memory issue (as in total mem comsumption
can't exceed some value, or it reboots), but that is a total guess.

Is there an administrators or diagnostic manual fot the 7960sip, or has cisco
left it up to all of us to figure out how to diagnose strange problems like this?

I can't seem to find much of anything at the cisco site, nor through google.

I'm somewhat reluctant to try v5.4 code given the warning that one can't go back.

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Rich

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> Rich, you can do **# and go into the Network config and hit **# again, you
> should notice the LockPad come unlocked and then you can make changes.  If
> you upgraded, the default password is "cisco"
> 
> Joe
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> Slightly off topic, but maybe some can suggest something off list...
> 
> Trying to upgrade a 7960 that was running skinny. I've got sip v3.2.0
> installed and running, and am able to place calls via *, etc.
> 
> However, when upgrading to v4.4.0 I can never get to the point of 
> being able to place a call (eg, no dialtone, etc). I can ping the phone,
> look at the Network Config, etc, but I can't unlock it to do any configs.
> 
> Any thoughts?