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Chapter 3 Configuring the Cisco ATA for SCCP
Configuring the Cisco ATA Using a TFTP Server
Step 3 Run the cfgfmt.exe tool, which is bundled with the Cisco ATA software, on the ata<macaddress>.txt
text file to generate the binary configuration file. If you wish to encrypt the binary file, see the
“Using
Encryption With the cfgfmt Tool” section on page 3-13.
The syntax of the cfgfmt program follows:
Syntax
cfgfmt [Encryption options] -sccp -tptag.dat input-text-file output-binary-file
– Encryption options are described in the “Using Encryption With the cfgfmt Tool” section on
page 3-13.
– sccp is the protocol you are using, which you must specify so that the cfgfmt tool will include
only the applicable protocol in the converted output binary file.
– The ptag.dat file, provided with the Cisco ATA software version you are running, is used by
cfgfmt.exe to format a text input representation of the parameter/value pairs to its output binary
representation. Be sure this file resides in the same directory from which you are running the
cfgfmt program.
– input-text-file is the input text file representation of the Cisco ATA configuration file.
– output-binary-file is the final output binary file that Cisco ATA uses as the TFTP
configuration file.
Example
cfgfmt -sccp -tptag.dat ata0a141e28323c.txt ata0a141e28323c
This example is based on a Cisco ATA MAC address of 10.20.30.40.50.60, which converts to the
two-digit, lower-case hexadecimal representation of each integer as 0a141e28323c.
Step 4 Store all binary configuration file(s) in the TFTP server root directory. For information about possible
configuration file names, see the
“Configuration Files that the cfgfmt Tool Creates” section on
page 3-14.
Step 5 Reset the Cisco ATA using the Cisco CallManager. (See the “Resetting the Cisco ATA Using Cisco
CallManager” section on page 3-23.)
After being reset, the Cisco ATA will download this ata<macaddress> binary configuration file as its
unique configuration file. This file takes precedence over the atadefault.cfg file. If the Cisco ATA finds
an ata<macaddress> file on the TFTP server, the Cisco ATA does not look for the atadefault.cfg file.