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Introduction

LG-Nortel, a joint venture between LG and Nortel, launched a new, fully featured and very attractive line of SIP phones. Starting with release 3.8 of sipXecs, these phones are plug & play managed through the sipX configuration server. The 6800 series IP Phones are designed to enable real- time voice communication over SIP networks. LG-Nortel offers a broad array of SIP terminals from the basic 6804 lobby phone, to the 6830 manager phone, the 6800 series phones address the needs of your office communications. Supported models include:

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sipX features
Plug and Play support (*3.8 required)
Firmware management (*3.8 required)
Music on Hold support (*3.8 required)
Directory and speed dial configuration (*3.8 required)
Intercom and Paging support (*New 3.10)
BLF support (*New 3.10)

How to Configure

Set Configuration

The LG-Nortel 6800 sets maybe configured directly from the sets. Although this is not the easiest method it does give you lots of flexibility. The key items to configure are:

  • IP Address (Settings 1 then 2)
  • Subnet Mask (Settings 1 then 3)
  • Gateway (Settings 1 then 4)
  • Primary DNS Server (Settings 1 then 5)
  • TFTP Server Address (Settings 3 then 8 then 2)
  • All related SIP paramters for your user accounts
    Panel

    LIP-6804 sets have no display so configuration is a little more challenging. The following shows how to configure the 6804 via the set:

    Panel

    LIP-6812 and 6830 sets a display and full screen driven set of menus to help in configuration. The following shows the menu structure of the 6812/6830 via the set:

Web Configuration

The LG-Nortel 6800 sets have a local web based interface which maybe used for configuration. It is available as shown. User: private Password: lip

sipX Configuration

Screens and instructions to come.

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Button Labels

The 6800 series sets have paper labels that can be labeled. Here is a spreadsheet to help in printing labels. The template maybe downloaded here. oldxx:(Click Here)|xecsuserV4r2:Configuring LG-Nortel LIP-68xx Phones^lg6800_button_labels.xls\

Required Firmware

In order to utilize the LIP-6800 series sets the proper firmware must be used. That firmware is version v1238 sp and is available here for download. Using the standard sipX device file functionality the sets maybe upgraded.

Troubleshooting

Some useful troubleshooting tips for the LG-Nortel 6800 sets are:

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