AW: [Asterisk-Users] Unlock / install of Cisco 7940 IP Phone ?

[Aaron Daniel]

Here's a suggestion :)  Depending on your phone, there's about a thousand 
different methods to upgrade them.  Take a look at this, it explains how 
to do it depending on model, current firmware version, future firmware 
version.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/voicesw/ps4967/products_upgrade_guides09186a008022a968.html

On Wed, 7 Jun 2006, Mateo Meier wrote:

> Thx guys for the help.
>
> I was able to unlock it.
> I see the following under Network Configuration :
>
> 8 	TFTP Server 1
> On 32 I can see "32 Alternate TFTP NO"
>
> Shall I type in the IP of the TFTP Server there ? if yes, how ?
>
> BTW: Im assuming that TFTP has to be installed on my local windown pc, and
> then let my phone access it over the local ip, correct ?
>
> Thx again for ur help!
>
> Grüsse / Best Regards
> Matt
>
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> To convert the phone to SIP you have to unlock and set the TFTP server to
> your TFTP server  address as explained below. But...
>
>
> you also need to make sure you have a SIP image in the root directory of
> your TFTP server and also edit the OS79XX.TXT file to contain only the SIP
> image name (no .bin or .sbin extension). This should tell the phone what
> image it should be running and will then start a tftp transaction to
> download the SIP image.
>
> Once the SIP image is loaded on your phone, you will have to reset the TFTP
> Server addresses again so it can then download the SIP configuration files
> (SIPdefault.cnf and SIP<MAC>.cnf)
>
> good luck!
>
>
>
>
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Aaron Daniel <amdtech at shsu.edu>
>> You have to press settings, then **#, and wait a moment to make sure it
>> unlocks.  Then you can configure a tftp server to use.
>>
>> The alternative is to configure your dhcp server with a tftp server.  On
>> linux, that would be "next-server <ip/host>" in the subnet section.  TFTP
>> server on windows.
>>
>> On Wed, 7 Jun 2006, Mateo Meier wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Guys,
>>>
>>> I just got my new Cisco 7940* IP Phone
>>>
>>> Unfortunately I can't find out how to setup this phone.
>>> Am I really that stupid ;-) ? I've read the Cisco Manuel, but everything
> I
>>> tried did not help anything.
>>>
>>>
>>> 1.	When I turn on the phone it will display "Configuring
>>> VLAN....Configuring IP".. This message will not disappear.
>>>
>>> 2.	I can see that the phone has a local IP. I can also access the IP
>>> over my LAN with http (only http, telnet does not work)
>>>
>>> 3	My Main menu will this show " Configuring VLAN....Configuring IP".."
>>> But if I click on settings, network settings it will show me the local
> IP of
>>> the phone
>>>
>>> Now, my question, what do I do wrong ? how can I get that phone
> installed
>>> with a sip image ?
>>>
>>> I tried to unlock the phone with **# but that does not do anything.
>>> Also, there is no unlock function in the phone menu (phone settings)
>>>
>>> This is a new Cisco phone, no sip image on it.
>>>
>>> Thank you for the help
>>>
>>> Matt
>>>
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