# Manually Provisioning Cisco Phones

**Category:** Cloud PBX Handsets
**URL:** https://www.simtex.com.au/support/kb/cloud-pbx-handsets/provisioning-cisco-phones
**Published:** 2020-06-10

Cisco devices do not support Zero Touch hence require some initial manual configuration.

## Cisco Manual Provisioning

**Cisco devices do not support Zero Touch hence require some initial manual configuration.**

1. When the phone has booted, press the **Menu** key (picture of a page)

2. Gather the IP address

Colour screen devices – Menu – Status – Network Status – IP Address

3. B&W screen devices – Menu – Network – Current IP

- Within your web browser go to the **IP address** found in step 2

- Click **Admin Login** on the top right, type in username and password**
Username: admin

Password: admin

![](https://www.simtex.com.au/uploads/ciscospa_1_322742d4d2.png)

- Click Advanced** on the top right

- Click on the **Provisioning** tab

- Enter the following Profile Rule:

```
http://config.mycloudvoip.com.au/$PN_$MA.bin
```

![](https://www.simtex.com.au/uploads/ciscospa_2_9129217572.png)

- Click Submit All Changes

- The phone will look as if it has reloaded and return to the menu.  At this stage you must power cycle the phone – ie unplug the power/network and reconnect

### Disabling SPCP Mode Cisco Desk-phones

If you have obtained Cisco SPA phones which are trying to download SEPDefault or similar, the phones are in SPCP mode.  You can adjust the call control mode by running through the following.

1. Press the **Menu** key (picture of a page)

2. Select **3 – Settings
**![spcp-1](/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/spcp-1.png)

3. Select **11 – Call Control Settings
****![spcp-2](/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/spcp-2.png)**

4. **Dial * * #**   (you will see the little lock icon unlock)

5. Press **Edit** on  **Signalling Protocol
****![spcp-3](/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/spcp-3.png)**

6. Press **Option **which will adjust the protocol from**SPCP** to **SIP
****![spcp-4](/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/spcp-4.png)**

7. Press **OK**

8. Select **2 – SPCP Auto Detect
****![spcp-5](/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/spcp-5.png)**

9. Press **Edit**

10. Press **Y/N** to select **N
****![spcp-6](/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/spcp-6.png)**

11. Press **OK**

12. The phone will then reboot

## Related

- Article: https://www.simtex.com.au/support/kb/cloud-pbx-handsets/provisioning-cisco-phones
- Category: https://www.simtex.com.au/support/kb/cloud-pbx-handsets
- Knowledge Base: https://www.simtex.com.au/support/kb
- Full AI reference: https://www.simtex.com.au/llms-full.txt