[asterisk-users] Cisco 7941G-GE with Asterisk and CTPSEP odyssee

[Patrick]

On Mon, 2008-01-07 at 12:15 +0100, Christophorus Laube wrote:
> Update and revision:
> I now downloaded the oldest gettable SIP firmware for 7941/61, i.e.
> 8.0.2. I always get the same behaviour. But I realized it never got to
> the SIP image completely loaded status.
> I bought this phone and it had - no wonder - an SCCP image installed.
> When plugging that into an ethernet port the first thing it does is
> requesting an IP address and afterwards the CTLSEP<mac>.tlv file. In the
> status section I see an SCCP firmware entry. When I do a factory reset
> (that should be the right way to get the SIP firmware on such a phone,
> right?) it now loads the term41.default.loads and some other files and
> then reboots and requests the CTLSEP<mac>.tlv file. The firmware entry
> in the status section now says "term41.default.loads". Getting over this
> CTLSEP step should bring the phone to load the SIP41XXX.loads file, I
> assume. 
> But as I am not getting over this step it stays in the
> term41.default.loads step, unfortunately. 
> Does that ring a bell to anyone? Does anyone of you have had the same
> situation? In which state did you get the 7961G? SCCP? And how did you
> manage to load SIP firmware onto it?

Afaik you first need to upgrade to the latest 7.x and then to 8.x.x.
That's the only way it worked for me (7961G initially on factory default
SCCP).

Regards,
Patrick