Avaya 1230 - Setting the Default Language on the IP Deskphone

Order of provisioning file sections
The SIP software processes the [DEVICE_CONFIG] and [USER_CONFIG] sections in the order
that they appear in the 1xxxxSIP.cfg provisioning file. If a configuration parameter appears in both
files, then the parameter value that is used depends on the order that the sections appear in the
provisioning file.
For example:
1. If you have the order: [DEVICE_CONFIG], then [USER_CONFIG]:
Result:
The parameter value in the [USER_CONFIG] section overwrites the parameter value in the
[DEVICE_CONFIG] section.
2. If you have the order: [USER_CONFIG], then [DEVICE_CONFIG]:
Result:
The parameter value in the [DEVICE_CONFIG] section overwrites the parameter value in
the [USER_CONFIG] section.
Once the SIP phone downloads and processes configuration file parameters, it continues to use
those parameter values until it either receives the parameter with a different value or the phone is
reset to factory defaults.
A consequence of this is if a phone is configured to use an IP Deskphone-specific configuration file
where user specific data has been configured and then is moved to a configuration without the IP
Deskphone-specific file, the phone will continue to use the user specific data unless the device
configuration file provides and thus overrides the configuration values already set on the phone.
An example is when the IP Deskphone-specific configuration file contains AUTOLOGIN_ENABLE
USE_AUTOLOGIN_ID with auto-login credentials. If the provisioning setup is changed so the phone
only receives the device configuration file, it will continue to attempt to login to the previously
configured user login. To prevent this, include parameters in the device configuration file to force
settings. In this example, including AUTOLOGIN_ENABLE YES or NO would avoid the potential
problem.
In general, when things are not working as you would expect, look for configuration parameters that
had been used in the phone’s prior configuration files which are now not present. Any parameter
that is not specified in a configuration file is set to the prior configured value or the factory default
value (if never configured). The prtcfg tool is a good way to see what the phone is actually using
for its configuration parameters. See
PDT commands on page 352 for more information on using
the prtcfg command.
Setting the default language on the IP Deskphone
To configure the default language on a new IP Deskphone, or an IP Deskphone that has not been
logged into by an end user, include the following in the [DEVICE_CONFIG] and [LANGUAGE]
sections of the 12xxSIP.cfg configuration file, as shown in the following example. The example
Creating the provisioning files
54 SIP Software for Avaya 1200 Series IP Deskphones-Administration March 2015
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