Polycom VVX 1500 C User Manual

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Setting Up the Polycom VVX 1500 C Phone

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The following options are available to configure the phone via DHCP:

• Required Options

— Option 3 Router. The standard default router (most DHCP servers will

already have this value).

— Option 6 DNS Servers. The standard DNS server entries (most DHCP

servers will already have this value).

— Option 15 DNS Domain Name. The standard DNS domain name entry

(most DHCP servers will already have this value).

— Option 66 Boot Server Host Name. This value represents the IP

address (or DNS name) of the FTP server for the phones. A full URL

can be specified here. For example,

ftp://username:[email protected]/directory/ .

• Recommended Options

— Option 2 Time offset. This option determines the phone’s time zone,

the value (in hexadecimal) is calculated in the number of seconds from

GMT. For example, 14,400 seconds would be +4 hours and converted

to its long hexadecimal version it would be 00003840. Use a negative

number to convert for time values west of GMT. Examples for US time

zones can be found below:

• Eastern Time (-5 GMT) = FFFFB9B0
• Central Time (-6 GMT) = FFFFABA0
• Mountain Time (-7 GMT) = FFFF9D90
• Pacific Time (-8 GMT) = FFFF8F80

— Option 42 NTP Servers. This value represents an SNTP capable server

address.

To manually set the DHCP options on the phone:

>>

On your phone, during the boot-up countdown sequence, do the

following:

a

Press the Setup soft key.

b

Enter the administrator password and press the OK soft key.

c

Using the down arrow key, scroll down to DHCP Menu, then press

the Select soft key.

d

Scroll down to Boot Server, then press the Edit soft key.

e

Using the right arrow key, select Static, then press the OK soft key.

f

Scroll down to BootSrv Type, then press the Edit soft key.

Note

The factory administrator password on the phone is 456.

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