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Accounts call settings field descriptions....................34 Managing the deskphone settings......................36 Configuring the general settings....................... 36 General settings field descriptions....................36 Configuring the call features settings....................37 Call features settings field descriptions.................... 37 Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014...
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General settings parameters........................92 Call features settings parameters......................92 Ring tone parameters..........................94 Audio control parameters.......................... 95 LCD display parameter..........................96 Date and time parameters......................... 96 XML applications settings parameters...................... 98 Sample configuration file........................... 99 Index............................. Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014...
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Use this document to: Audience number Implementing 16–604370 Installing and Maintaining See the install and upgrade Administrators Avaya E129 SIP procedures for the Avaya E129 and network Deskphone SIP deskphone. engineers Using 16–604368 Using Avaya E129 SIP See the capabilities of Avaya...
Deskphone Quick administrators Reference Support Visit the Avaya Support website at http://support.avaya.com for the most up-to-date documentation, product notices, and knowledge articles. You can also search for release notes, downloads, and resolutions to issues. Use the online service request system to create a service request.
• Phone settings, such as ring tone, time display format, and phone screen contrast • Security settings You can administer the features: • Locally through a deskphone • Remotely through a Web GUI of the respective phone • Centrally through the configuration file Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014...
Ethernet Power A 5–V DC port to connect to the power supply Handset An RJ9 port to connect the handset Headset An EHS-suported RJ9 port to connect to a Plantronics headset Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
Volume Increases and decreases the volume. Call Dials the number that you enter. Flash Puts the current call on hold and brings up the second line for dialing or answering the second call. Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014...
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Up, Down, Navigates between various menu options. Right, and Left navigation keys Menu Displays the menu or selects the highlighted option. Message Turns red if you get a voice mail. Waiting Indicator Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
2. Enter the required values for each SIP parameter. 3. Select Save, and press Menu. SIP account field descriptions Name Description SIP Proxy The IP address or the URL of the SIP proxy server. Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014...
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The SIP transport protocol. The options are: • UDP • TCP • TLS/TCP Note: ® In the Avaya Aura environment, Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone does not support UDP. Audio The audio codec that the deskphone uses. The options are: • PCMU • PCMA • G.722 •...
The URL or the IP address of the server from where the deskphone downloads the configuration file. Upgrade Via The protocol that the deskphone uses to download the firmware. You can select from the following options: • TFTP • HTTP • HTTPS Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014...
802.1Q/VLAN Tag The VLAN tag for the Layer2 QoS packets. priority value The priority value for the Layer2 QoS packets. Reset Vlan Config The option to reset the VLAN tag value. Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
IP address. Select from the following options: • DHCP • Static IP • PPPoE Note: Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone does not support PPPoE. PPPoE Settings Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone does not support PPPoE. Specifies the IP address of the deskphone when the IP mode is static.
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802.1X mode. You can select from the following options: • Disable • EAP-MD5 Identity Specifies the identity of the 802.1X mode. MD5 Password Specifies the MD5 password for the 802.1X mode. Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
Chapter 4: Administering through the Web You can administer the deskphone remotely through a Web GUI that Avaya provides with deskphones. You can administer features such as the SIP account, network settings, and contacts. You require a password to gain access to the administrative options available on the Web GUI.
® configured through the Avaya Aura Session Manager. SIP Server Specifies the URL or the IP address of the SIP server on which you created the account. Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
3. Click Save. Accounts network settings field descriptions Name Description DNS Mode Specifies the method that the system uses to look up IP addresses for host names. You can select from the following options: Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014...
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• STUN • Keep-Alive • UPnP • Auto • VPN Note: Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone does not support NAT Traversal. Proxy-Require Specifies the SIP extension to notify the SIP server that the phone is behind a NAT or a firewall.
If you enabled the auto login feature, the feature takes precedence over any value set in this field. Register Expiration Specifies the frequency in minutes in which the deskphone refreshes registration with the specified registrar. The maximum value Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014...
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• TLS/TCP Note: ® In the Avaya Aura environment, Avaya E129 SIP Deskphonedoes not support UDP. SIP URI Scheme When Using TLS Specifies the SIP URI scheme that the deskphone uses when you select TLS/TCP as the SIP transport. Select from the following options: •...
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TLS/TCP as the SIP transport. Select from the following options: • No • Yes Note: Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone does not support this parameter. Ensure that you select No. Remove OBP from Route Specifies whether the deskphone notifies the SIP server of being behind a NAT or a firewall.
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Select from the following options: • Default: Includes the P-Preferred-Identity Header field when you activate the Huawei IMS feature. • No: Includes the P-Preferred-Identity Header field. • Yes: Includes the P-Preferred-Identity Header field. Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
Configuring the advanced SIP settings About this task Note: For now, Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone does not support advanced SIP settings. Procedure 1. Click Accounts > Account 1 > SIP Settings > Advanced Features. The system displays the Advanced Features page.
Procedure 1. Click Accounts > Account 1 > SIP Settings > Security Settings. The system displays the Security Settings page. 2. Enter the required details for each field. 3. Click Save. Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
Configuring the accounts audio settings Procedure 1. Click Accounts > Account 1 > Audio Settings. The system displays the Audio Settings page. 2. Enter the required details for each field. 3. Click Save. Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014...
Specifies whether the phone uses the first matching vocoder as the codec that the phone received in the 200OK SDP. SRTP Mode Specifies whether the SRTP mode is to be enabled. Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
Configuring the accounts call settings Procedure 1. Click Accounts > Account 1 > Call Settings. The system displays the Call Settings page. 2. Enter the required details for each field. Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014...
1 to 120. Enable Call Features Specifies whether the DND, call forward, and other features can be set through the local feature code on the phone or through the ITSP feature code. Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
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Accounts call settings field descriptions Name Description Note: Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone does not support this parameter. Call Log Specifies the call log settings for the phone. Account Ring Tone Specifies the ring tone for the account. Match Incoming Caller ID...
SIP and RTP ports. Keep-Alive Interval Specifies how often the deskphone sends a blank UDP packet to the SIP server to keep the ping hole on the NAT router to open. Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
Managing the deskphone settings Name Description Note: Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone does not support this parameter. Use NAT IP Specifies the NAT IP address that is used in SIP and SDP messages. Use this parameter only if your ITSP requires it.
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LAN or VPN segment by entering the last octet in the IP address. Note: Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone does not support this parameter. Disable in-call DTMF Display Specifies whether the deskphone displays the DTMF digits that the user enters during a call.
• f1 and f2 are frequencies in Hz. • c is cadence on and off in ms. The system supports up to three cadences. For example, f1=440,f2=480,c=200/400; System Ring Tone Specifies frequency and cadence for system ring tone. Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014...
You can select from the following options: • Default mode. In the Default mode: - Pressing Headset when the deskphone is idle puts the deskphone off-hook, and Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
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Headset TX Gain (dB) Specifies the transmission gain of the headset. Headset RX Gain (dB) Specifies the receiving gain of the headset. Handset Handset TX Gain (dB) Specifies the transmission gain of the handset. Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014...
Date and time settings field descriptions Name Description NTP Server Specifies the URL or IP address of the NTP server. The phone can obtain the date and time from the server. Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
Specifies the time display in 12-hour or 24- hour format on the LCD. Configuring the XML applications settings Procedure 1. Click Settings > XML Applications. The system displays the XML Applications page. 2. Enter the required details for each field. Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014...
Managing the network settings Configuring the network basic settings Procedure 1. Click Network > Basic Settings. The system displays the Basic Settings page. 2. Enter the required details for each field. 3. Click Save. Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
Select from the following options: • Prefer IPv4 • Prefer IPv6 Note: Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone does not support IPv6. IPv4 Address Specifies the method for the deskphone to get the IPv4 address if you selected Prefer IPv4 in the Internet Protocol field. Select from the following options: •...
The proxy server is an intermediary to route the packets to the destination. HTTPS Proxy Specifies the HTTPS proxy URL where the phone sends the packets. The proxy server Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
Maintaining the deskphone Configuring the Web access passwords Procedure 1. Click Maintenance > Web Access. The system displays the Web Access page. 2. Enter the required details for each field. 3. Click Save. Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014...
The system displays the Upgrade and Provisioning page. 2. Enter the required details for each field. 3. Click Save. 4. Click Reboot at the upper-right corner of the page for the changes to take effect. Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
Firmware File Postfix Specifies the postfix for the firmware file. The deskphone downloads the configuration file only if the postfix matches the one that you specified. Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014...
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• Yes, check for upgrade every week: The deskphone checks for a new firmware every week. Enabling the automatic upgrade is a preferred option as the deskphone gets a Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
2. Enter the required details for each field. 3. Click Save. Syslog settings field descriptions Name Description Syslog Server Specifies the URL or IP address of the syslog server. Syslog Level Specifies the level of syslog logging. Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014...
Specifies the language file postfix for the language that the phone downwloads. Configuring the TR-069 settings About this task Note: Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone does not support TR-069 settings. Procedure 1. Click Maintenance > TR-069. The system displays the TR–069 page. Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
Specifies the certification file for the phone to connect to the SIP Server through TLS. SIP TLS Private Key Specifies the certification key for the phone to connect to the SIP Server through TLS. Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014...
The system displays the Contacts page. 2. Click Edit Contact for the respective contact that you want to update. The system displays the Edit Contact dialog box. 3. Change the details of the required fields. Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
XML phone book The Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone supports an XML-based phone book that you can store and maintain on a Web server. You can also download the XML phone book on the deskphone and upload it on the Web server. You can use the Web GUI to download and upload the phone book.
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<Contact> element Object Position Mandatory Type Description Contact Element LastName Child Either String The last name of the contact. element FirstName or the LastName element is present Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
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• 1: Friends • 2: Work The values 3 to 9 are the user- entered values. XML phone book example <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"??\> <AddressBook> <Contact> <LastName>Doe</LastName> <FirstName>John</FirstName> <Phone> <phonenumber>8000</phonenumber> <accountindex>1</accountindex> </Phone> <Groups> <groupid>0</groupid> Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014...
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Phone book settings field descriptions Name Description Enable Phonebook XML Download Specifies whether to enable the XML phone book download. Select one of the following options: • Disabled • Enabled, use TFTP Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
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TFTP. Do not specify the phone book file name in the server path, but only the directory path as Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone looks for the phonebook.xml file to download the phone book. If you enter the server path in the browser, the browser displays the XML phone book.
Password Specifies the bind password for querying the LDAP server. If the LDAP server allows anonymous binds, you can leave this field blank. Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
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Specifies the space-separated display name for the attributes that an LDAP search looks up for incoming and outgoing calls. The values must be a subset of values that you enter for the LDAP Name Attributes field. Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014...
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Chapter 5: Administering through the configuration file You can administer the deskphone centrally through the configuration file that Avaya provides with E129 deskphones. The configuration file resides on the configuration server and is a binary or an XML file that contains configuration parameters.
• 2: Keep alive • 3: UPnP • 4: Auto • 5: VPN P197 Specifies a SIP extension to enbale firewall penetration. The maximum length of the parameter is 64 characters. Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
Specifies the SIP registration failure retry wait time in seconds. Assign any value in the range of 1 to 3600. P209 Specifies the SIP T1 timeout. Assign one of the following values to this parameter: • 50 • 100 • 200 Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014...
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• 0: No • 1: Yes Specifies whether to subscribe for MWI. Assign one of the following values to this parameter: • 0: No • 1: Yes Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
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• 0: Default • 1: No • 2: Yes P2339 Specifies whether to use P-Preferred-Identity header. Assign one of the following values to this parameter: • 0: Default • 1: No • 2: Yes Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014...
Specify the URI for music-on-hold. P1347 Specify the BLF call-pickup prefix. P188 Specify whether to publish for presence. Assign one of the following values to this parameter: • 0: No • 1: Yes Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
Specify whether to enable force timer. You can assign one of the following values to this parameter: • 0: No • 1: Yes P266 Specify whether to enable UAC Specify Refresher. You can assign one of the following values to this parameter: Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014...
• 0: No • 1: Yes P2347 Specifies whether to accept incoming SIP from proxy only. Assign one of the following values to this parameter: • 0: No • 1: Yes Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
Specifies whether to send DTMF through SIP INFO. Assign one of the following values: • 0: No • 1: Yes Specifies the DTMF payload type. Assign value in the range of 96 to 127. Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014...
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Specifies the third preferred vocoder. Assign any of the following values: • 0: PCMU • 2: G.726–32 • 4: G.723.1 • 8: PCMA • 9: G.722 • 18: G.729A/B • 98: iLBC Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
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• 98: iLBC Specifies the sixth preferred vocoder. Assign any of the following values: • 0: PCMU • 2: G.726–32 • 4: G.723.1 • 8: PCMA • 9: G.722 • 18: G.729A/B • 98: iLBC Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014...
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It is applicable only for the G.723 and G.729 codec. Specifies the number of voice frames transmitted per packet. It is up to 10/20/32/64 for G711/G726/G723/other codecs respectively. Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
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Specifies the jitter buffer length. Assign any of the following values: • 0:100ms • 1: 200ms • 2: 300ms • 3: 400ms • 4: 500ms • 5: 600ms • 6: 700ms • 7: 800ms Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014...
Specifies whether the DND, call forward, and other features can be set through the local feature code on the phone or through the ITSP feature code. Assign any of the following values: • 0: No • 1: Yes Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
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• A specific caller ID number, such as 8321123. • A defined pattern with certain length using x and + to specify a caller Id, where x is any digit from 0 to 9. For example, Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014...
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• 2: Custom ring tone 2 • 3: Custom ring tone 3 P1328 Specifies the timeout in seconds for rings on no answer. You can specify any value in the range of 30 to 3600. Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
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• 0: No • 1: Yes Specifies the timeout in seconds when the phone dials the digits if no key is pressed after the timeout. Specify any value in the range of 1 to 15. Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014...
Specifies the PPPoE password. Must not contain an apostrophe (‘) or a quote (“). P269 Specifies the PPPoE service name. Specifies the first octet of the IP address. Assign any value in the range of 0 to 255. Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
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Specifies the second octet of the second DNS server. Assign any value in the range of 0 to 255. Specifies the third octet of the second DNS server. Assign any value in the range of 0 to 255. Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014...
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• 0: Full static. You must also specify the parameters P1420 and P1421. • 1: Prefix static. You must also specify the parameter P1422 P1420 Specifies the static IPv6 address. P1421 Specifies the IPv6 prefix length. P1422 Specifies the IPv6 prefix. Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
PC port. P1684 Specifies whether to enable the LLDP service. Assign any of the following values. • 0: Disabled • 1: Enabled Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014...
Specifies the password to login to the HTTP and HTTPS server. P212 Specifies the firmware upgrade method. Assign any of the following values: • 0: TFTP • 1: HTTP • 2: HTTPS Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
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Assign any of the following values: • 0: No • 1: Yes P193 10080 Specifies time in minutes when the deskphone checks the HTTP/TFTP server for a firmware upgrade or configuration file Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014...
• 3: Warning • 4: Error P1387 Specifies whether the system includes the SIP log in the syslog messages. Assign any of the following values: • 0: No • 1: Yes Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
Specifies the protocol for the Web interface. Assign any of the following values: • 0: HTTPS • 1: HTTP P276 Specifies whether to disable SSH access. Assign any of the following values: • 0: No Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
69 as a default port for TFTP. Do not specify the phone book file name in the server path, but only the directory path as Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone looks for the phonebook.xml file to download the phone book.
Specifies the filter that the phone uses for number lookups. For example, (|(telephoneNumber=%)(Mobile=%) returns all records which has the telephone number field or mobile field starting with the prefix that you enter. Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
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• 1: Yes P8036 Specifies the space-separated display name for the attributes that an LDAP search looks up for incoming and outgoing calls. Assign any of the following values: • 0: No • 1: Yes Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014...
Specifies the number that the deskphone dials when the deskphone is off-hook. P1485 Specifies the time in seconds after which the deskphone goes on-hook after being off-hook. You can specify any value in the range of 10 to 60. Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
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Assign any of the following values: • 0: No • 1: Yes P1406 Specifies whether the deskphone replaces # by %23 for some special situations. Assign any of the following values: • 0: No • 1: Yes Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014...
Specifies frequency and cadence for message waiting. Use the syntax as specified in the parameter P345. P346 Null Specifies frequency and cadence for ring back tone. Use the syntax as specified in the parameter P345. Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
Assign any of the following values: • 0: No • 1: Yes P1301 Specifies the transmission gain of the headset. Assign any of the following values: • 0: 0 decibel • 1: –6 decibel • 2: +6 decibel Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014...
Specifies the URL or IP address of the NTP server. The phone can obtain the date and time from the server. P144 Specifies whether the DHCP Option 42 overrides the NTP Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
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1 corresponds to January, 2 corresponds to February, and so on. The second number indicates the nth iteration of the weekday, where 1 corresponds to Sunday, 2 corresponds to Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014...
• 0: Disabled • 1: Enabled, HTTP • 2: Enabled, TFTP • 3: Enabled, HTTPS P1349 Specifies whether the deskphone downloads the idle screen XML at the time of Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
256 characters. Sample configuration file Following are the samples of configuration file in the text and XML formats. Configuration file in the text format ################################################################################### ############# ## Configuration Template For Avaya E129 Firmware Version 1.0.5.32 ################################################################################### ############# #################################################################### # Account Settings...
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# Number: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 # Mandatory P52 = 0 # Proxy-Require (A SIP extension to enable firewall penetration). Max length is 64 characters # String P197 = Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
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Configuration file in the XML format <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <gs_provision version="1"> <!-- <mac></mac> --> <config version="1"> <!-- Generic Configuration Template For E129 Firmware Version 1.0.5.58 --> <!-- Configuration File Version 0.5 --> <!--Account Active. 0 - No, 1 - Yes. Default is 1 -->...
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<!-- # This is a string of up to 256 characters that should contain a path to the XML file --> <!-- # It MUST be in the host/path format. For example: directory.company.com/ engineering --> <!-- # String --> <!-- <P341></P341> --> </config> </gs_provision> Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014...
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XML applications settings parameters ....... Web access parameters ..........XML phone book ........... web GUI ..............XML phone book configuration parameters ....upgrading and provisioning ........XML phone book structure ......... Web GUI ..............XML structure ............. Administering Avaya E129 SIP Deskphone April 2014...
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