Cisco IP Phones 7. XX with Asterisk – Rayan Samimi. Recently we had a pack of cisco 7. G phones that we were required to get them up running with Asterisk.

Minded Systems, enterprise & open source systems specialists and custom application software development. Getting Cisco phones working with asterisk may seem like a daunting procedure; getting SIP firmware installed on the phone, loading up the the firmware files in the.

The good thing about 7. XX series is that they all support SIP besides SCCP. Whereas, the bad thing is that they are by default running on SCCP and you have to upgrade them to SIP first.

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I spent a great deal of time trying to figure this out, as I were going to use SIP Version 8 and there is no to- the- point documentation (at least not that I could find!)Here are the steps you need to get this up and running: Cisco phones 7. XX series support 2 protocols: SCCP (skinny) and SIP.

By default the phones are working with SCCP. The way to get the Cisco phone to work with Asterisk is to load the SIP firmware into the phone and then configure the extension. For this to work you need a TFTP server plus a DHCP with option 1.

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DHCP server hands out the regular ip address to the phone. Without an auto- provisioned tftp server address, the phone will only complete half the upgrade and come up with an error message of “protocol application invalid.” This just means that the phone could not complete the second half of the upgrade and needs the tftp ip address to be specified. Only problem is since there is no application running, there is no place to specify the address! Thank goodness for DHCP option 1. IP address after loading the bootloader.

Below are instructions to upgrade/convert any Cisco 7. Round The Twist Cabbage Patch. IP phone to any firmware you want from the Cisco web site (SIP/SCCP), and to recover any cisco phone which may have screwed up somehow while upgrading firmware (like if you get the protocol application invalid message). Step 1: Upgrading to SIP firmware 8- 5- 3. Download SIP firmware 8. CCO Cisco Web site. Download  7. 94. 1.

Go here to download the tftp/dhcp server – http: //tftpd. Download and install version 3. YOU MUST DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL THIS VERSION. I have had many people complaining about their phones not obtaining a correct ip address and also the files not being sent correctly. Every one of these problems was due to using the incorrect version and/or having their firewall on). You will also have to configure your windows machine to use ip address of 1.

Youll configure this tftp server to host the upgrade files via tftp server (theres an option to configure the working directory in the program to use for the stored firmware files on the windows machine – this must be set correctly!). Under DHCP server within the tftp. SAVE: -IP pool starting address as 1. Size of pool as 2.

Default router as 1. Mask as 2. 55. 2. Additional option, enter 1. A8. C0 in the second box (this number is 1.

Hexadecimal). 2) TFTP/DHCP server under ubuntu: First you need to install tftp server: # sudo apt- get install tftpd- hpa. Second you need to download dhcp server.# apt- get install dhcp. Thrdly, for option 1.

Copy the following section in the appropriate placeoption voip- tftp- server code 1. DON’T change thisoption voip- tftp- server .

You must put the MAC address of each phone in the file (eg. SEP2. 4B6. 57. B1. DED4. cnf. xml). Note that for every phone you need one file with the MAC address of the phone. Download the file dialplan. DIALTEMPLATE>. < TEMPLATE MATCH=. The point is you need to set “nat” to “no” otherwise you’ll have to go through a lot of hassles to getthe phone to register to Asterisk.

Step 5: Reset factory the phones and start configuration. Power Cycle the phone.

Hold down the # key then power on the phone. When the light blinks on the phone line button, release the # key, then follow by pressing 1. The firmware you put in the tftp root folder will start loading. Once firmware upgrading finishes, verify the new SIP firmware version. Press “setting” then select ; A – Device Configuration > SIP Configuration. B – Model Information > Load File, Boot Load IDC – Status > Firmware Version.