Querying The Phone Status - Siemens Gigaset S685 IP Manual

If you register a new handset on your base station it will assume the time and
date of the base station without any additional synchronisation with the time
server.
Date and time settings are transferred to every handset after synchronisation.
Please note
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The default time server "europe.pool.ntp.org" will remain stored in the base
station even if you overwrite it. If you delete your time server from the
Server
tinue to synchronise with the default time server. However, it will no longer
appear in the
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If you have entered your own time server in the
base station is unable to synchronise for ten consecutive attempts, the base
station will synchronise with the default time server.
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If you have deactivated synchronisation with a time server, and if the date
and time are not set on any handset, then the base station will attempt to
reference date and time settings from the CLIP information of an incoming
call.

Querying the phone status

General information about your phone is displayed.
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In the menu list, select the
The following information is displayed:
Area: IP Configuration
IP address The phone's current IP address within the local network. For details on assign-
ing the IP address,
MAC address
The phone's device address.
Area: Software
Firmware version
Version of the firmware currently downloaded. You can download updates of
the firmware to your phone (
the Internet.
EEPROM version
Version of your phone's EEPROM storage chip (
field and synchronisation is still activated, the base station will con-
Time Server field.
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Page 174.
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Web configurator – setting the phone using a PC
Status tab.
Page 158). Firmware updates are available on
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field and the
Time Server
Page 252).
Time
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