Release Notes
Release Notes for Cisco Small Business IP
Phone SPA525G/525G2 Firmware
Version 7.4.7
December 17, 2010
These Release Notes describe the new updates and fixes in the Cisco Small
Business IP Phone SPA50X firmware version 7.4.7.
Contents
This document includes the following topics:
•
Changes Since Cisco Small Business IP Phone SPA 525G/525G2
Firmware Version 7.4.6
•
Known Issues
•
Related Information
Changes Since Cisco Small Business IP Phone SPA 525G/
525G2 Firmware Version 7.4.6
Updates were made and problems were fixed.
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Release Notes
Updates Since Firmware Version 7.4.6
Link Layer Discovery Protocol for Media Endpoint Devices (LLDP-MED)
The Cisco SPA500 Series and Cisco SPA300 Series IP Phones support LLDP-MED
for deployment with Cisco or other third-party network connectivity devices that
use a Layer 2 auto-discovery mechanism. Implementation of LLDP-MED is done in
accordance with IEEE 802.1AB (LLDP) Specification of May 2005, and ANSI TIA1057 of April 2006.
For more information on LLDP-MED, including configuration instructions, see
Chapter 5, Configuring Security, Quality, and Network Features, in the Cisco Small
Business SPA300 Series, SPA500 Series, and WIP310 IP Phone Administration
Guide.
Voice Quality Report Enhancements
The Cisco SPA500 Series and Cisco SPA300 Series IP Phones provide a new
parameter, Voice Quality Report Address. This parameter is used for configuration
of the phones to work with a SIP event package, SIP PUBLISH, that enables the
collection and reporting of metrics that measure the quality for VoIP sessions. This
parameter can be configured for each extension in the Ext <number> tab of the
configuration utility. More information can be found in Chapter 4, Configuring SIP,
SPCP, and NAT, in the Cisco Small Business SPA300 Series, SPA500 Series, and
WIP310 IP Phone Administration Guide.
Resynchronizing the Phone Configuration Based on the Time of Day
A new parameter, Resync At, has been added in the Provisioning tab of the
configuration utility. This parameter allows you to specify the time of day at which
you want the IP phone to resynchronize with the server; for example, to download
a new configuration. See the Cisco Small Business IP Telephony Devices
Provisioning Guide for more information.
Ethernet Port Information on the Cisco SPA525G/525G2
The Cisco SPA525G/525G2 now displays the type of Ethernet connection from
the IP phone to the switch in the configuration utility. Previously, this field was only
shown in the configuration utility for the Cisco SPA50X and Cisco SPA30X phones.
To view this field, in the Voice Tab, choose Info. The field is listed in the Phone
Status section.
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Macro Expansion for XML Provisioning
The Cisco SPA IP phones support macro expansion for use in XML provisioning.
For more information, see Chapter 2 and Chapter 4 of the Cisco Small Business IP
Telephony Devices Provisioning Guide.
Accessibility Control for the Phone User Interface
Firmware release 7.4.7 allows you to restrict the menus and options that phone
users see when they use the phone interface. The Phone-UI-user-mode parameter
can be enabled in a provisioning file or in the configuration utility. For more
information, see Chapter 6, Provisioning Basics, of the Cisco Small Business
SPA300 Series, SPA500 Series, and WIP310 IP Phone Administration Guide, and
Chapter 2 of the Cisco Small Business IP Telephony Devices Provisioning Guide.
SIP “Reason” Header in CANCEL Message Support
Firmware version 7.4.7 includes support for the SIP “Reason” header in CANCEL
messages. No configuration is required.
Fixed Problems Since Firmware Version 7.4.6—Phones Used
With a SIP Call Control System
Identifier
Summary
CSCth36730
Bluetooth headset doesn't always receive audio.
CSCth88811
Phone failed to boot if all DNS servers were not available.
CSCti19987
Phone did not properly interpret new line "\r" in XML.
CSCti23282
Phone displayed “Call Forwarded.” Changed to “Calls
Forwarded” to be consistent with the SPA50X family.
CSCti24477
Using language other than English, the call park softkey
was still displayed in English.
CSCti24500
Using language other than English, “None” in Information
and settings > Network Configuration > Transport Protocol:
was still displayed in English.
CSCti30028
When playing MP3 music, rapidly switching between music
tracks many times caused the phone to reboot.
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Identifier
Summary
CSCti51245
HTTPS used for contact, message, and logout in a line key's
extended function results in “request failed.”
CSCti54829
Phone was sending a null URL in the SUBSCRIBE message
when the “BLF List URI” contained an “@”.
CSCti60798
When using a click-to-dial application, the phone being
controlled displays “page from”. This behavior has been
changed so that the phone now displays “From:”.
CSCti65643
When several NOTIFY messages were sent in the same
TCP packet, the phone did not respond with 200 OK,
resulting in the phone losing synchronization with the
softswitch and the phone freezing.
CSCti65661
When phone was configured with an invalid language
dictionary, it would only use the Corporate Directory.
CSCti65669
Phone performed invalid DNS request after reboot when
image server was reset.
CSCti71602
Phone was not properly expanding $MA during the
provisioning process.
CSCti81304
Phone was not displaying name of caller even when caller
was defined in the phone's directory.
CSCti82585
BLF List changes were not handled dynamically. The new
behavior is that the phone will update its BLF list as part of
the SUBSCRIBE process.
CSCti94703
WiFi signal level showed fluctuating signal bars when
connected through wireless. There was no problem with
the phone; the signal level display calculator included
variables that caused the fluctuation. The signal level now
displays consistently.
CSCtj15785
Reorder Delay value is now defaulted to 255. Refer to
https://supportforums.cisco.com/docs/DOC-12123.
CSCtj16034
Cisco XML API next key does not function correctly.
CSCtj17840
When reading USB stick, “cancel” did not operate properly
if pressed multiple times.
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Identifier
Summary
CSCtj50672
The endcall softkey behavior was different than the
SPA50X. The behavior now replicates that of the SPA50X
phone.
CSCtj50815
The phone was not sending INFO during the 180 ringing
phase resulting in early media such as DTMF not being
sent.
CSCtj79767
With Feature Key Synchronization (FKS) and call forward no
answer (CFNA) the ringtime period is based on seconds,
not ringtimes. CFNA is now handled only on the server so
ringtimes will not trigger local timer on phone.
CSCtj80506
The $PSN provisioning variable was expanding to
“SPA525G” and not “525G.”
CSCtj85314
When searching BroadSoft XSI Advanced Directory
Searches and no information was found, the phone
displayed “Authentication Error.” This has been changed so
that phone displays “Search Failed” under these
circumstances.
CSCtj85408
When searching BroadSoft XSI Advanced Directory
Searches and the user presses the dial softkey, no INVITE
is sent to the Broadworks SIP Proxy.
CSCtj86072/
CSCtj99640
In the SIP PUBLISH report, the from-tag and to-tag were
incorrect.
CSCtj86105
In the SIP PUBLISH report, the Remote Address port is
always 5060.
CSCtj86363
In the SIP PUBLISH report, the port of RemoteAddr is
wrong.
CSCtj87952
RTCP packets are not sent when the call is on hold.
CSCtj87953
$MA, $MAC and $MAU macro variable expansion was
expanding using upper case instead of lower case.
CSCtk07737
Weather application stopped working due to changes at
weather information provider. The phone now points to an
alternate weather information provider.
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Identifier
Summary
CSCtk08830
After a transfer, caller ID information was not updated for
the new caller. This has been corrected by updating the
caller ID from the re-INVITE.
CSCtk53654
When registered to Asterisk, the SPA500S did not place
the first call on hold when a second call was picked up.
Fixed Problems Since Firmware Version 7.4.6—Phones Used
With a Smart Phone Control Protocol (SPCP) System
This section lists fixed problems found in phones used with an SPCP call control
system; for example, the Cisco Unified Communications 500 Series (UC500)
System.
Identifier
Summary
CSCth36730
Bluetooth headset doesn't always receive audio.
CSCti36452
After a factory reset, the phone omitted to display “From”
when it should have displayed “From: 202.” After the phone
had rebooted once, it would correctly display “From: 202.”
CSCti57430
Phone resets with 2 attendant consoles populated with
45+ used keys.
CSCtk07737
Weather application stopped working due to changes at
weather information provider. The phone now points to an
alternate weather information provider.
Known Issues
The following table lists known issues, including the identifier and to which
protocol the issue applies (if phones are used with a SIP call control system or if
phones are used with an SPCP call control system).
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Identifier
Protocol
Description/Workaround
CSCti52792
SIP/SPCP
Ringback tone low during conference before
answer scenario.
Symptom: During a three-way conference call,
audible ringback is hard to hear for all call legs. The
phone attempts to conference a call when the third
leg is within a alerting state.
Workaround:
CSCtk01115
SIP
None.
Receive 503 service unavailable, and phone drops
the call.
Symptom: A Call Leg is dropped after REFER
usage is followed with a NOTIFY message that has
a sipfrag with a 503 (Service Unavailable). The
phone is terminating the dialog. On some feature
servers, you can only park one call at a particular
extension at a time. If you attempt a second park
attempt, the REFER is followed with a NOTIFY
telling you the REFER failed.
Workaround:
CSCtk08803
SIP/SPCP
Park only a single call.
Voice packets delayed with 100% bandwidth on
PC port.
Symptom: Under high traffic load on the PC port,
the voice packets can be delayed, causing audio
degradation. This occurs with a 100% traffic load
on the PC port.
Workaround: Reduce the traffic load to less than
100% on the PC port.
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Identifier
Protocol
Description/Workaround
CSCtk09757
SIP
Two XML macros fail on the SPA525.
Symptom: The following macros fail on the
SPA525, but work on the SPA50X phones:
$AUTHIDn
$DISPLAYNAMEn
Workaround:
CSCtk69252
SIP/SPCP
None.
Random GUI freezes when displaying Getting
News animation.
Symptom: Retrieving News can randomly freeze
the phone display.
Workaround:
CSCtk69834
SIP/SPCP
None.
One-way voice after multiple calls when cell phone
is paired to SPA525G2.
Symptom: After paired phone answers the call,
the paired phone could hear the voice while the
other endpoint could not hear anything.
Workaround: Switch the audio to the cell phone
to restore two-way audio.
Related Information
Support
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Support Community
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Cisco Small Business
Support and Resources
www.cisco.com/go/smallbizhelp
Phone Support Contacts
www.cisco.com/en/US/support/
tsd_cisco_small_business
_support_center_contacts.html
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Release Notes
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