[Asterisk-Users] Cisco CP-7940G drops time from display

[Steve Blair]

SIP v7.5 changes the way the time server is addressed. The release notes and
the Asterisk site have the details. You also need to make sure your time 
server
supports whichever mode you select. I think Cisco recommends anycast but
we use unicast and it works fine.

Jeremy Koski wrote:

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> Make sure in your cnf file you have the following line:
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> sntp_mode: unicast              ; unicast, multicast, anycast, or 
> directedbroadcast (default)
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> We experienced some problems with NTP and the phone crashing with 7.3 
> and 7.5, so we are currently running 7.4, FYI.
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> On Tue, 29 Nov 2005, Michael Coburn wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> I'm experiencing an issue with the CP-7940G phones where upon a reset
>> the time and date are displayed on the top row of the LCD screen, but
>> after approximately 30 minutes the time and display disappear, while
>> otherwise the phone continues to work as normal.  If I unlock the phone
>> settings from the handset and just change the 24-hour format from NO to
>> YES and back to NO (basically force it to re-read it's local
>> configuration settings), and then exit, the time/date displays for
>> another 30 mins or so, then disappears.  What gives?
>>
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>> I checked Cisco's site on the SIP Administrator guide and there are no
>> SIPXXXXXXX.cnf settings to control whether the time is visible or not.
>> The only option there is to set the format of the date i.e. date_format:
>> M/D/Y (I'm in the US so I didn't need to change this parameter as the
>> default is what I need) and then a bunch of DST related settings.
>> voip-info.org doesn't say anything related to losing the display of the
>> date and time.  Google is only pointing me to marketing-hype about how
>> great these phones are and that they ship standard with date/time
>> display on the LCD screen *grin*.
>>
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>> Does anyone have any suggestions on this?  One of my clients is really
>> keen on this.  If I can't get it to work I'm buying a huge digital clock
>> for his office and he can read the bloody time from that.  Thanks in
>> advance,
>>
>> -- 
>>
>> Michael Coburn
>>
>> Network Solutions Manager
>>
>> MidWest Technical Associates
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>> p: 614-336-3640 x.501
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>> c: 614-425-9203
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>> f: 614-336-3645
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>> www.midwesttechnical.net
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