Handset Preparation for Cisco SPA 504G IP Phone

Before you can use SPA Call Manager Pro the Cisco SPA 504G Handset needs to have some settings enabled to ensure that it can interact with your PC properly.

First of all open a browser and go to the administration interface of your handset, just go to the IP Address of the phone, for example http://192.168.0.72 if you do not know the IP address of your phone, follow this link for step-by-step instructions:

How to find IP Address of Cisco SPA 504G IP Phone

 

You should now see the phone admin interface:

Cisco SPA 504G Admin Interface

Click on “Admin Login” and then “Advanced”

Enable Computer Telephony Integration(CTI) and Linksys Key System

From the Admin interface click on “SIP” from the top menu.  Change “CTI Enable” to “Yes”

Cisco SPA 504G Enable CTI

Scroll to the bottom of the page and set “Linksys Key System” to “Yes”

Cisco SPA 504G - Enable Linksys Key System

 

Set the Debug Server IP Address to the IP Address or hostname of your computer

Click on “System” and set “Debug Server” to the IP Address of your computers LAN Adapater:

Cisco SPA 504G Set Debug Server Address

Set the Handset Station Name

Click on “Phone” and enter your name into the “Station Name” box:

Cisco SPA 504G Set Station Name

Set the Debug option for EXT1

Finally set the “SIP Debug Option” for Extention 1 to  ”Full”.  Click on “EXT1″ from the Top menu and change “SIP Debug Option”:

Cisco SPA 504G Set Debug Level

Scroll to the bottom of the page and click “Submit All Changes” – The phone will reboot and will now be ready to work with SPA Call Manager.