How to set up a Cisco IP phone

A guide to setting up Cisco phones for use with CloudTalk

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Written by Pavol Varga
Updated over a week ago

To set up a Cisco IP phone with CloudTalk, the phone needs to be freshly "out of the box" or factory resetted (all previous files and set-up needs to be removed).


Generic factory reset procedure for most Cisco IP phones:


1. Press and hold #, power cycle the phone.


2. when a LED starts to flash, release #, and enter:


- Soft Reset (delete files): 123456789*0#
- Hard Reset (format flash): 3491672850*#

The phone will display Upgrading and erase its configuration.
If soft reset doesn't work, try a hard reset.

Log in to the phone Web Interface:

  1. Get the IP address of your phone:

Cisco SPA series phones:

a. Press the Setup button.

b. Scroll to network and press select.

c. Scroll to view Current IP. This is the IP address of your phone.

(OR - Press the Setup button, Enter 110, then press #. The IP address is recited - with older firmware)

2. On your PC, open Internet Explorer.

3. Enter the IP address in the browser’s toolbar

The web interface has four main tabs:

  • Voice — Contains information about your phone, including the following sub-tabs:

- Info — Contains system and phone information (read-only). Allows you to configure a password and network settings.

- Phone — Allows you to enable the screen saver.

- User— Contains settings for call forwarding, speed dials, call waiting, privacy settings, and audio settings.

  • Call History — Displays calls received and made from your phone.

  • Personal Directory — Contains your personal address book.

  • Attendant Console Status — Provides information about Cisco SPA 500S attendant consoles, if installed.

Insert your CloudTalk credentials using your web interface:

Login details can be found in the dashboard / Agents / Edit Agent - at the very bottom.

Server: sip.cloudtalk.io


make sure that "Show SIP login details" is enabled.

Log into the phone’s web configuration, then under "Basic Settings -> Ext 1"

Set the following settings:

Important notice: all features supported by the phone need to be set up manually in the phone interface.


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