Akuvox SP-R5xP Service manual

7/25/2014
AKUVOX NETWORK CO., LTD.

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About This Guide
This guide is intended for administrators who need to properly configure, customize, manage,
and troubleshoot the IP phone system rather than end-users. It provides details on the
functionality and configuration of IP phones.
Many of the features described in this guide involve network settings, which could affect the
IP phone’s performance in the network. So an understanding of IP networking and a prior
knowledge of IP telephony concepts are necessary.
Documentations
This guide covers SP-R50P, SP-R52P, SP-R53P, SP-R59P IP phones. The following related
documents are available:
Quick Installation Guides, which describe how to assemble IP phones.
Quick Reference Guides, which describe the most basic features available on IP phones.
User Manual, which describe the basic and advanced features available on IP phones.
Auto Provisioning Guide, which describes how to provision IP phones using the
configuration files.
<r0000000000xx>.conf/<MAC>.conf template configuration files.
Broadsoft Partner Configuration Guide, which describes how to configure BroadSoft
features on the BroadWorks web portal and IP phones.
For support or service, please contact your Akuvox reseller or contact Akuvox Technical support
at [e-mail]
In This Guide
The information detailed in this guide is applicable to firmware version 2 or higher. The
firmware format is like xx.xx.xx.xx.rom. The third xx from left must be greater than or equal to
2 (e.g., the firmware version of SP-R53P IP phone: 53.0.2.5.rom). This administrator guide
includes the following chapters:
Chapter 1, “Product Overview”describes the SIP components and SIP IP phones.
Chapter 2, “Getting Started”describes how to install and connect IP phones and the
configuration methods.
Chapter 3, “Configuring Basic Features”describes how to configure the basic features on

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IP phones.
Chapter 4, “Configuring Advanced Features”describes how to configure the advanced
features on IP phones.
Chapter 5, “Configuring Audio Features”describes how to configure the audio features on
IP phones.
Chapter 6, “Configuring Security Features”describes how to configure the security
features on IP phones.
Chapter 7, “Upgrading Firmware”describes how to upgrade firmware of IP phones.
Chapter 8, “Resource Files”describes the resource files that can be downloaded by IP
phones.
Chapter 9, “Troubleshooting”describes how to troubleshoot IP phones and provides
some common troubleshooting solutions.
Chapter 10, “Appendix”reference information about IP phones and the sample
configuration files.

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Table of Contents
Product Overview...................................................................................... 8
VoIP Principle.............................................................................................................................. 8
SIP Components.......................................................................................................................... 9
SIP IP Phone Models................................................................................................................. 10
Physical Features of IP Phones..........................................................................................12
Key Features of IP Phones.................................................................................................15
Getting Started.........................................................................................18
Connecting the IP Phones......................................................................................................... 18
Initialization Process Overview................................................................................................. 24
Verifying Startup....................................................................................................................... 25
Reading Icons............................................................................................................................ 27
Configuration Methods............................................................................................................. 27
Phone User Interface........................................................................................................ 28
Web User Interface........................................................................................................... 28
Configuration Files............................................................................................................ 28
Configuring Basic Network Parameters.................................................................................... 29
DHCP..................................................................................................................................30
Configuring Network Parameters Manually..................................................................... 31
PPPoE.................................................................................................................................33
Transmission Methods of the Internet Port and PC Port................................................. 35
Configuring PC Port Mode................................................................................................ 36
Upgrading Firmware..................................................................................................................37
Configuring Basic features..................................................................... 48
LED Indicator............................................................................................................................. 49
Power Indicator LED..........................................................................................................49
Line Key Indicator LED.......................................................................................................49
Backlight.................................................................................................................................... 50
Administrator Password............................................................................................................52
Keypad Lock...............................................................................................................................53
Time and Date........................................................................................................................... 54
Language................................................................................................................................... 60
Soft key Layout.......................................................................................................................... 61
Key as Send................................................................................................................................64
Dial Plan.....................................................................................................................................65

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Replace Rule......................................................................................................................65
Dial now.............................................................................................................................66
Area Code.......................................................................................................................... 67
Hotline....................................................................................................................................... 68
Local Phonebook....................................................................................................................... 70
Call Log...................................................................................................................................... 72
Missed Call Log..........................................................................................................................73
Call Waiting............................................................................................................................... 74
Auto Redial(aa)..........................................................................................................................75
Auto Answer..............................................................................................................................76
Anonymous Call.........................................................................................................................77
Anonymous Call Rejection........................................................................................................ 78
Do Not Disturb.......................................................................................................................... 79
Return Code When Refuse........................................................................................................81
Early Media................................................................................................................................81
Session Timer............................................................................................................................ 82
Call Forward.............................................................................................................................. 83
Call Transfer...............................................................................................................................85
3-Way Conference.....................................................................................................................85
Call Pickup................................................................................................................................. 86
Group Pickup............................................................................................................................. 88
Call Return................................................................................................................................. 89
Call Park.....................................................................................................................................91
DTMF......................................................................................................................................... 92
Intercom.................................................................................................................................... 94
Configuring Advanced Features............................................................ 97
Distinctive ring tones................................................................................................................ 97
Tones....................................................................................................................................... 101
Remote Phone Book............................................................................................................... 103
LDAP........................................................................................................................................ 104
Busy Lamp Field.......................................................................................................................106
Automatic Call Distribution.....................................................................................................109
Message Waiting Indicator..................................................................................................... 111
Call Recording..........................................................................................................................112
Hot Desking............................................................................................................................. 114
Action URL............................................................................................................................... 116
Action URI................................................................................................................................119
SIP and Akuvox IP Phones....................................................................................................... 121
LLDP......................................................................................................................................... 126
VLAN........................................................................................................................................ 127
VPN.......................................................................................................................................... 130
Quality of Service.................................................................................................................... 131

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Network Address Translation..................................................................................................133
802.1X......................................................................................................................................134
TR069 Device Management....................................................................................................135
Configuring Audio Features.................................................................137
Audio Codecs...........................................................................................................................137
Acoustic Clarity Technology.................................................................................................... 140
Configuring Security Features.............................................................145
Transport Layer Security......................................................................................................... 145
Secure Real-Time Transport Protocol..................................................................................... 148
Resource Files.........................................................................................149
Local Contact File.................................................................................................................... 150
Remote XML Phone Book....................................................................................................... 152
Troubleshooting..................................................................................... 154
Viewing Log Files..................................................................................................................... 154
Capturing Packets....................................................................................................................156
Getting Information from Status Indicators........................................................................... 157
Analyzing Configuration File................................................................................................... 157
Troubleshooting Solutions.................................................................... 158
Why is the LCD screen blank?................................................................................................. 158
Why doesn’t the IP phone get an IP address?........................................................................158
How do I find the basic information of the IP phone?........................................................... 158
Why doesn’t the IP phone upgrade firmware successfully?.................................................. 158
Why doesn’t the IP phone display time and date correctly?................................................. 159
Why do I get poor sound quality during a call?......................................................................159
What is the difference between a remote phone book and a local phone book?................ 159
What is the difference among user name, register name and display name?...................... 160
How to increase or decrease the volume?............................................................................. 160
What will happen if I connect both PoE cable and power adapter? Which has the higher
priority?................................................................................................................................... 160
What is auto provisioning?..................................................................................................... 160
What is PnP?........................................................................................................................... 160
Why doesn’t the IP phone update the configuration?...........................................................161
What do “on code” and “off code” mean?.............................................................................161
How to solve the IP conflict problem?....................................................................................161
How to reset the IP phone to factory configurations?........................................................... 161

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How to restore the administrator password?........................................................................ 162
What are the main differences among SP-R50P, SP-R52P, SP-R53P, and SP-R59P?...............162
Appendix.................................................................................................163
Appendix A: Glossary.............................................................................................................. 163
Appendix B: Time Zones..........................................................................................................165
Appendix C: Configuration Parameters.................................................................................. 168
Setting Parameters in Configuration Files...................................................................... 168
Basic and advanced parameters..................................................................................... 169
Appendix D: Sample Configuration File.................................................................................. 188

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Product Overview
In this session, SIP IP phone models, including physical features and key features, will be
described.
SIP IP Phone Models
VoIP, voice over IP, is a methodology and group of technologies for the delivery of voice
communications and multimedia sessions over Internet Protocol (IP) networks, such as the
Internet. SIP, Session Initiation Protocol, is a signaling communications protocol, widely
used for controlling multimedia communication sessions such as voice and video calls over
Internet Protocol (IP) networks.
IP phones are the terminal devices in the overall network topology. It is designed for
information workers, workers in shared workspace settings, such as front desk and call
center staffs. In order to fulfill every customer’s need, and it supports multi-languages
with variety of calling features including call waiting, call forwarding, call transfer, call
on hold, 3-way conference, direct IP call, hot desking and etc. IP phones also support
advanced functionalities, including LDAP, Busy Lamp Field, and LLDP (not applicable to
R50P).
The following IP phone models are described:
SP-R50P
SP-R52P
SP-R53P
SP-R59P
IP phones comply with the SIP standard (RFC 3261, RFC2543), and they can only be used
within a network that supports this model of phone.

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In order to successfully operate the IP phones, the following requirement must be meet:
A working IP network
Configured routers for VoIP
Configured VoIP Gateways for SIP
The latest firmware running on IP phones
An active call server