NEW CISCO PHONES 7975G/7965G/7945G/7962G/7942G

Actually, I have (after a little bit of effort) a 7945 working on my Trixbox system. It was a little bit hard to get started with at first because information pertaining to the new 79x5 models is a little sparse. Any of Cisco's third-party / sip / open documentation and firmware "efforts" seem to pertain to the 7940 / 7960 models which have different config file and software requrements.

The most important step is to be sure to buy the $10 SmartNet agreement when you buy the phone. It's basically a $10 firmware download ticket, but it's really important to have because you need to update with the most current firmware with this model range. The older firmware will fail if you try to load it. Anyone can fire me an email if you need help with the firmware because I am aware of how frustrating this can be.

The second step is the confiiguration files. This is still causing me a bit of trouble because documentation is hard to find for the XML configuration file formats. From what I've been able to piece together, Cisco Unified Call Manager writes the config files for you, so there are no good annotated examples of all the possible options in the XML configuration file format. Having said all of that, there is a great post on voip-info.org that has Cisco XML configuration file examples for other models. That is how I was able to build mine. It works, but I would love to know all of my options. I would expect to have a document like this from any other device manufacturer, but this IS Cisco and they like to make you work for it a little bit. There is a great guide for the text-based configuration file formats on the Cisco 7940 / 7960 but I haven't been able to find anything for the XML format a la 7945 7965 yet in my searching.

Does anyone know where I might be able to find some more detailed config file information?

Thanks everyone,

David Brisbois

brisbois@gmail.com
248 593 1442 office

The XML config files are the same starting from 79x1 and up. They (Cisco) don't do XML files for each model, they just use a standard one which might have more or less features regarding to the phone model it self. Don't know if you already read all the information on the link bellow but most info is there.

http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+phone+cisco+79x1+xml+...

Check your config files for XML format errors with a XML Validator (there are many available online) (it seems the most probably).

Turn off NAT in config files and extensions (FreePBX) (same).

Try to downgrade the SIP firmware version since not always the latest version were well supported by Asterisk.

Your <loadInformation>SIP11.8-3-3S</loadInformation> tag must be exactly the version you loaded to the phones, check the filenames for this information.

Chris,

I am not expert on these, see.........
http://www.trixbox.org/forums/vendor-specific-unmoderated/linksys...
http://www.trixbox.org/forums/vendor-specific-unmoderated/linksys...

But I will PM you and e-mail address and you are welcome to send me file and I can compare it to what I have working on my 7970s right now.

Be sure to include the Defaul as well as the SEP file.

Hi,

I have a new cisco 7965g. I've bought smartnet and downloaded
cmterm-7945_7965-sccp.8-3-3SR2.exe
cmterm-7945_7965-sip.8-3-3SR2.zip

How can i install the firmware. Thanks
Overflow

XMLDefault.cnf.xml... do you have it? If not, you need it.

this:

term65.default

additioanlly, you will need to remember in your SEP{macaddress}.conf.xml file to delete the two lines pertaining to nat, otherwise you will kick yourself when you pull the cob of corn out of your for forgetting to do that like i did. At least we can laugh at ourselves when our phone reverts to tftp server when it should be upgrading the software :O

If you are just moving from sip to sip, you will replace term65.default to the full name of your software ie: SIP45.8-3-3SR2S

Hope this helps and enjoy the phone

I remember when i programmed my first 7975. THis really stuck me.

You need to delete the 2 lines dealing with Nat which look like this:

		<natEnabled>0</natEnabled>
		<natAddress></natAddress>

Additionally When reprogramming a 65 just the other day, i forgot that the phone label:

		<phoneLabel>RECEPTION </phoneLabel>

cant be more than 10 characters long or it just sits and waits and waits and waits and waits and does nothing.

Hopefully that'll fix your 65

<device>

    <fullConfig>true</fullConfig>
    <deviceProtocol>SIP</deviceProtocol>
    <sshUserId>admin</sshUserId>
    <sshPassword>cisco</sshPassword>
    <devicePool>
        <dateTimeSetting> 
            <dateTemplate>D.M.Y</dateTemplate> 
            <timeZone>Eastern Standard/Daylight Time</timeZone> 
            <ntps> 
                <ntp>
                    <name>{TBexternalIPaddress}</name> 
                    <ntpMode>Unicast</ntpMode> 
                </ntp>
            </ntps>
        </dateTimeSetting>
        <callManagerGroup>
            <tftpDefault>true</tftpDefault>
            <members>
                <member priority="0">
                    <callManager>
                        <ports>
                            <ethernetPhonePort>2000</ethernetPhonePort>
                            <sipPort>5060</sipPort>
                            <securedSipPort>5061</securedSipPort>
                        </ports>
                        <processNodeName>{TBexternalIPaddress}</processNodeName>
                    </callManager>
                </member>
            </members>
        </callManagerGroup>
    </devicePool>
    <commonProfile>
        <phonePassword></phonePassword>
        <backgroundImageAccess>true</backgroundImageAccess>
        <callLogBlfEnabled>0</callLogBlfEnabled>
    </commonProfile>
    <loadInformation>SIP75.8-3-4SR1S</loadInformation>
    <vendorConfig>
        <disableSpeaker>false</disableSpeaker>
        <disableSpeakerAndHeadset>false</disableSpeakerAndHeadset>
        <pcPort>0</pcPort>
        <settingsAccess>1</settingsAccess>
        <garp>0</garp>
        <voiceVlanAccess>0</voiceVlanAccess>
        <videoCapability>0</videoCapability>
        <autoSelectLineEnable>0</autoSelectLineEnable>
        <daysDisplayNotActive>1,7</daysDisplayNotActive>
        <displayOnTime>10:30</displayOnTime>
        <displayOnDuration>06:05</displayOnDuration>
        <displayIdleTimeout>00:05</displayIdleTimeout> 
        <webAccess>1</webAccess>
        <spanToPCPort>1</spanToPCPort>
        <loggingDisplay>1</loggingDisplay>
        <loadServer></loadServer>
    </vendorConfig>
    <userLocale>
        <name>English_United_States</name>
        <uid>1</uid>
        <langCode>en_US</langCode>
        <version>1.0.0.0-1</version>
        <winCharSet>iso-8859-1</winCharSet>
    </userLocale>
    <networkLocale>United_States</networkLocale> 
    <networkLocaleInfo> 
        <name>United_States</name> 
        <uid>64</uid> 
        <version>1.0.0.0-1</version> 
    </networkLocaleInfo> 
    <deviceSecurityMode>1</deviceSecurityMode>
    <authenticationURL>http://{TBexternalIPaddress}/xmlservices/authentication.php</authenticationURL>
    <directoryURL>http://{TBexternalIPaddress}/xmlservices/PhoneDirectory.php</directoryURL>
    <idleTimeout>0</idleTimeout>
    <idleURL></idleURL>
    <informationURL>http://{TBexternalIPaddress}/xmlservices/index.php</informationURL>
    <messagesURL></messagesURL>
    <proxyServerURL></proxyServerURL>
    <servicesURL>http://{TBexternalIPaddress}/xmlservices/index.php</servicesURL>
    <dscpForSCCPPhoneConfig>96</dscpForSCCPPhoneConfig>
    <dscpForSCCPPhoneServices>0</dscpForSCCPPhoneServices>
    <dscpForCm2Dvce>96</dscpForCm2Dvce>
    <transportLayerProtocol>4</transportLayerProtocol>
    <capfAuthMode>0</capfAuthMode>
    <capfList>
        <capf>
            <phonePort>3804</phonePort>
        </capf>
    </capfList>
    <certHash></certHash>
    <encrConfig>false</encrConfig>
    <sipProfile>
        <sipProxies>
            <backupProxy>{TBexternalIPaddress}</backupProxy>
            <backupProxyPort>5060</backupProxyPort>
            <emergencyProxy></emergencyProxy>
            <emergencyProxyPort></emergencyProxyPort>
            <outboundProxy></outboundProxy>
            <outboundProxyPort></outboundProxyPort>
            <registerWithProxy>true</registerWithProxy>
        </sipProxies>
        <sipCallFeatures>
            <cnfJoinEnabled>true</cnfJoinEnabled>
            <callForwardURI>x--serviceuri-cfwdall</callForwardURI>
            <callPickupURI>x-cisco-serviceuri-pickup</callPickupURI>
            <callPickupListURI>x-cisco-serviceuri-opickup</callPickupListURI>
            <callPickupGroupURI>x-cisco-serviceuri-gpickup</callPickupGroupURI>
            <meetMeServiceURI>x-cisco-serviceuri-meetme</meetMeServiceURI>
            <abbreviatedDialURI>x-cisco-serviceuri-abbrdial</abbreviatedDialURI>
            <rfc2543Hold>true</rfc2543Hold>
            <callHoldRingback>2</callHoldRingback>
            <localCfwdEnable>true</localCfwdEnable>
            <semiAttendedTransfer>true</semiAttendedTransfer>
            <anonymousCallBlock>2</anonymousCallBlock>
            <callerIdBlocking>0</callerIdBlocking>
            <dndControl>0</dndControl>
            <remoteCcEnable>true</remoteCcEnable>
        </sipCallFeatures>
        <sipStack>
            <sipInviteRetx>6</sipInviteRetx>
            <sipRetx>10</sipRetx>
            <timerInviteExpires>180</timerInviteExpires>
            <timerRegisterExpires>3600</timerRegisterExpires>
            <timerRegisterDelta>5</timerRegisterDelta>
            <timerKeepAliveExpires>120</timerKeepAliveExpires>
            <timerSubscribeExpires>120</timerSubscribeExpires>
            <timerSubscribeDelta>5</timerSubscribeDelta>
            <timerT1>500</timerT1>
            <timerT2>4000</timerT2>
            <maxRedirects>70</maxRedirects>
            <remotePartyID>false</remotePartyID>
            <userInfo>None</userInfo>
        </sipStack>
        <autoAnswerTimer>1</autoAnswerTimer>
        <autoAnswerAltBehavior>false</autoAnswerAltBehavior>
        <autoAnswerOverride>true</autoAnswerOverride>
        <transferOnhookEnabled>true</transferOnhookEnabled>
        <enableVad>false</enableVad>
        <preferredCodec>g711u</preferredCodec>
        <dtmfAvtPayload>101</dtmfAvtPayload>
        <dtmfDbLevel>3</dtmfDbLevel>
        <dtmfOutofBand>avt</dtmfOutofBand>
        <alwaysUsePrimeLine>false</alwaysUsePrimeLine>
        <alwaysUsePrimeLineVoiceMail>false</alwaysUsePrimeLineVoiceMail>
        <kpml>3</kpml>
        <stutterMsgWaiting>1</stutterMsgWaiting>
        <callStats>false</callStats>
        <silentPeriodBetweenCallWaitingBursts>10</silentPeriodBetweenCallWaitingBursts>
        <disableLocalSpeedDialConfig>false</disableLocalSpeedDialConfig>
        <startMediaPort>16384</startMediaPort>
        <stopMediaPort>32766</stopMediaPort>
        <voipControlPort>5060</voipControlPort>
        <dscpForAudio>184</dscpForAudio>
        <ringSettingBusyStationPolicy>0</ringSettingBusyStationPolicy>
        <dialTemplate>dialplan.xml</dialTemplate>
        <phoneLabel>KITCHEN </phoneLabel>
        <sipLines>
            <line button="1">
                <featureID>9</featureID>
                <featureLabel>1000</featureLabel>
                <name>1000</name>
                <displayName>1000</displayName>
                <contact>1000</contact>
                <proxy>{TBexternalIPaddress}</proxy>
                <port>5060</port>
                <autoAnswer>
                    <autoAnswerEnabled>2</autoAnswerEnabled>
                </autoAnswer>
                <callWaiting>3</callWaiting>
                <authName>1000</authName>
                <authPassword>1000</authPassword>
                <sharedLine>false</sharedLine>
                <messageWaitingLampPolicy>1</messageWaitingLampPolicy>
                <messagesNumber>*97</messagesNumber>
                <ringSettingIdle>4</ringSettingIdle>
                <ringSettingActive>5</ringSettingActive>
                <forwardCallInfoDisplay>
                    <callerName>true</callerName>
                    <callerNumber>false</callerNumber>
                    <redirectedNumber>false</redirectedNumber>
                    <dialedNumber>true</dialedNumber>
                </forwardCallInfoDisplay>
            </line>
            <line button="2">
                <featureID>9</featureID>
                <featureLabel>2000</featureLabel>
                <name>2000</name>
                <displayName>2000</displayName>
                <contact>2000</contact>
                <proxy>{TBexternalIPaddress}</proxy>
                <port>5060</port>
                <autoAnswer>
                    <autoAnswerEnabled>2</autoAnswerEnabled>
                </autoAnswer>
                <callWaiting>3</callWaiting>
                <authName>2000</authName>
                <authPassword>2000</authPassword>
                <sharedLine>false</sharedLine>
                <messageWaitingLampPolicy>1</messageWaitingLampPolicy>
                <messagesNumber>*97</messagesNumber>
                <ringSettingIdle>4</ringSettingIdle>
                <ringSettingActive>5</ringSettingActive>
                <forwardCallInfoDisplay>
                    <callerName>true</callerName>
                    <callerNumber>false</callerNumber>
                    <redirectedNumber>false</redirectedNumber>
                    <dialedNumber>true</dialedNumber>
                </forwardCallInfoDisplay>
            </line>
            <line button="8">
                <featureID>2</featureID>
                <featureLabel>PICK UP</featureLabel>
                <speedDialNumber>*8</speedDialNumber>
            </line>
        </sipLines>
    </sipProfile>

</device>

Just replying to myself here. I was able to get this config working on a 7965 when I hard coded a public IP to the phone so there was no nat between itself and the trixbox server. So obviously there is a nat issue with this firmware. Its too bad the older 8.2 firmware isn't available for these phones because I was able to get that working behind nat to a 79x1 and 7970.

If anyone has any ideas about the nat issue, they would be appreciated.

does any one got this phone 7965g to work , i yes, please hel with what settings.