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Cisco MGCP IP Phone Administrator Guide, Release 6.x and 7.x

 

Chapter 1      Product Overview

Cisco IP 7960G/7940G Phone Overview

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Cisco IP Phone 7960

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Cisco IP Phone 7940

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Handset with 
indicator light

The light strip at the top of the handset blinks when the phone rings and can be 
set to remain lit when there is a voice message.

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LCD screen

Displays information about the Cisco IP phone, such as the time, date, phone 
number, caller ID, line and call status, and the soft key tabs. The screen is 
4.25 x 3 inches (10.79 x 7.62 cm) and has an adjustable contrast.

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model type

Indicates the Cisco IP phone model.

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Opens a new line or speed-dials the number on the LCD screen. Phones in the 
Cisco IP Phone 7960 series have six line or speed-dial buttons, and phones in the 
7940 series have two.

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Summary of Contents for IP 7940G

Page 1: ...ols page 1 10 Where to Go Next page 1 11 New Information in This Release The following is new with this release of the Cisco MGCP IP 7960G 7940G phone Release 6 0 New digital signal processor DSP firmware DSP alarm status and error message reporting capabilities using the debug dsp and show dsp commands You can log your session by means of console or Telnet and save the log to a file DHCP option 6...

Page 2: ...0G Phone Overview Cisco IP 7960G 7940G phones are full featured telephones that can be plugged directly into an MGCP network and can be used very much like a standard PBX telephone The Cisco IP 7960G 7940G phone terminals can attach to the existing data network infrastructure using 10BASE T and 100BASE T interfaces on an Ethernet switch When used with a voice capable Ethernet switch one that under...

Page 3: ...when there is a voice message 2 LCD screen Displays information about the Cisco IP phone such as the time date phone number caller ID line and call status and the soft key tabs The screen is 4 25 x 3 inches 10 79 x 7 62 cm and has an adjustable contrast 3 Cisco IP Phone model type Indicates the Cisco IP phone model 4 Line or speed dial button Opens a new line or speed dials the number on the LCD s...

Page 4: ... access to phone settings such as contrast and ring sound network configuration and status information 9 Speaker button Toggles the speaker on or off 10 Mute button Toggles the mute on or off 11 Headset button Toggles the headset on or off 12 Volume button Increases or decreases the volume for the handset headset or speakerphone depending upon which is currently active Also controls the ringer vol...

Page 5: ...d from the inline power and external power source If either the inline power or the external power goes down the phone can switch entirely to the other power source 2 Power supply with AC plug 3 Power cable with wall socket plug for connecting to power 4 Network port 10 and 100 SW RJ 45 to connect the phone to the network supporting 10 or 100 Mbps half or full duplex Ethernet connections to extern...

Page 6: ...ndpoint If the call can be completed MGCP establishes a session between the endpoints MGCP also supports midcall changes such as the addition of another endpoint to the conference or the changing of a media characteristic or codec Note Conferences consist of two or more users and can be established by means of multicast or multiple unicast sessions A conference is an established session or call be...

Page 7: ...s access this information using phone buttons such as the Services or Directories buttons or soft keys See Chapter 4 Managing Cisco MGCP IP Phones for information about configuring these cards The phone supports Cisco CallManager XML up through version 3 0 It does not support the following XML objects in version 3 1 and later CiscoIPPhoneIconMenu CiscoIPPhoneExecute CiscoIPPhoneError and CiscoIPPh...

Page 8: ...ew voice message is in a subscriber mailbox If the user listens to the message but does not save or delete it the light remains on If a user listens to the message and saves or deletes it the light goes off The message waiting indicator MWI is controlled by the voice mail server The indication is saved over a phone upgrade or reboot Notified entity A CA can direct an endpoint to send notify messag...

Page 9: ...anager XML CMXML You can write language specific applications for a particular region For example you can write an application that displays the current weather in Sweden using Swedish language characters If you write the same application for a Spanish town the characters you select could translate the application into Spanish Call control displays external MGCP XML card deck The XML deck used for...

Page 10: ...otocol The phone contains limited support for HTTP 1 1 The phone uses HTTP to retrieve Cisco CallManager XML files ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol A network layer Internet protocol that enables hosts to send error or control messages to other hosts ICMP also provides other information relevant to IP packet processing The Cisco MGCP IP phone supports ICMP as defined in RFC 792 IP Internet Pr...

Page 11: ...sfer Protocol Allows files to be transferred from one computer to another over a network The Cisco MGCP IP phone uses TFTP to download configuration files and software updates ToS Type of service An indication of how an upper layer protocol requires a lower layer protocol to treat its messages In SNA subarea routing ToS definitions are used by subarea nodes to determine the optimal route to establ...

Page 12: ...1 12 Cisco MGCP IP Phone Administrator Guide Release 6 x and 7 x Chapter 1 Product Overview Where to Go Next ...

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