How to change the locale for the Cisco 7940 IP phone and the CallManager web pages

How to change the locale for the Cisco 7940 IP phone and the CallManager web pages

Document number: 81019

The locale on the Cisco 7940 IP phone display and the CallManager web pages determine which language will be used. If none is selected, the display and web pages will automatically be displayed in the default of English.

To change the locale for the phone display:
1. Log on to the Cisco CallManager at http://callmanager/ccmuser.
  For additional information, see Eureka! document 81014 — How to log on to the Cisco CallManager for the Cisco 7940 IP phone.
2. Click the Change the Locale for this phone link.
3. Click the down arrow to the right of "User Locale for this phone" and select the preferred language by single clicking on it.
4. Click the Update button.
The page will refresh and the following Status message will appear: Update completed successfully; User Locale for this phone updated. The phone display will go through a new configuration and the display will now appear in the language selected.
To change the locale for the CallManager web pages:
1. Log on to the Cisco CallManager at http://callmanager/ccmuser.
2. Click the Change the Locale for these web pages link.
3. Click the down arrow to the right of "User Locale" and select the preferred language by single clicking on it.
4. Click the Update button.
5. A dialog box will appear that says, "Your User Locale has changed to a setting that requires a different language. Do you want to switch to the new language [language selected] now? Click OK to switch or Cancel to continue in the current language [current language]." Click OK.
The page will refresh and the following Status message will appear in the language selected: Ready.