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Set Up a Handset Automatically with the Username and Password
Typically, the system configuration is set up and maintained by your service provider, including multicell
systems. In Firmware Release 4.8, you can configure a multicell system automatically without a primary base
station. The multicell system uses one base station configuration file for all base stations.
After the base is configured, you pair the handsets with the base station to get the phone line to map to the
handset:
• Temporary: You can register handsets temporarily to the base station which is in promiscuous mode and
• Automatic: You use the handset to pair with the base station. This task allocates the handset with a phone
• Manual: You manually match a handset to a phone number, then pair the handset with the base station.
If the handsets need more than one line (private or shared), you can use automatic configuration for the first
line, then manually configure the other lines. See:
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Set Up a Handset Automatically with the Username and Password
When you power on a new handset, it automatically registers itself with the base station which is in promiscuous
mode. If the server requests authorization, you enter the username and password. When you need to register
multiple handsets, we recommend that you power on one handset to enter the credentials. The other handsets
don't receive the authorization request when they register.
The username and password can be a combination of letters, numbers, and symbols. The username can be
between 1 and 24 characters and password can be between 1 and 128 characters.
If you enter a wrong username or password, an error message displays. You have three attempts to enter the
correct username and password. If you fail all the attempts, the handset deregisters from the base station.
Restart the handset and enter the correct username and password, or contact your administrator.
Before you begin
Your administrator or service provider gives you the username and password.
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update the handsets. See these tasks:
• Set Up a Handset Automatically with the Username and Password, on page 44
• Set Up a Handset Automatically with a Short Activation Code, on page 45
number from the configured pool of numbers. See this task:
• Set Up the Handset Automatically, on page 45
See these tasks:
• Assign Handsets to Users, on page 50
• Start Handset Registration, on page 51
• Connect the Handset to the Base Station, on page 52
Add a Second Line to a Handset, on page 71
Share a Line Between Handsets, on page 72
Set Up the Cisco IP DECT 6800 Series (Workflow), on page 13
Phone Administration