Cisco Systems 7912G IP Phone User Manual


 
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Cisco IP Phone Models 7905G and 7912G Administrator Guide (SIP)
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Chapter 6 Configuring the Cisco IP Phone Models 7905G and 7912G Using a TFTP Server
Creating or Updating a Profile
A parameter value must be one of the following types:
Alphanumeric string
Numeric digit string
Array of short integers
IP address (for example, 192.168.2.170)
Extended IP address (IP address with port; for example,
192.168.2.170.9001)
Boolean (1 or 0)
Bitmap (unsigned hexadecimal integer, for specifying bits in 32-bit
integer)
Integer (32-bit integer)
Related Topics
Creating a Phone-Specific Profile, page 6-11
Creating a Default Profile, page 6-13
Using Encryption, page 6-15
Refreshing or Resetting the Cisco IP Phone, page 6-17
Creating a Phone-Specific Profile
The following steps explain how to create a phone-specific profile and how to
convert it to binary format.
When you create a phone-specific profile, you can use the sipexample.txt file as
a template. The sipexample.txt file is bundled with the Cisco IP Phone software
contains default values for parameters.
Tip If you will create several unique profiles for various Cisco IP Phones, copy the
sipexample.txt file (or another existing profile) to a file with a meaningful name,
such as common.txt. Edit the new file, configure parameters and values that are
common to all of the phones, and save this file. Then, when you create a unique
profile for a phone, you can use the Include parameter to include common
parameters from the common file you just created. This way, you just need to