[Asterisk-Users] Polycom IP 500 bitmaps and Idle Display Animation

[Marty Mastera]

> > Has anyone got this to work?  Under Idle Display Animation, the 
> > administrators guide says "For example, a company logo could be 
> > displayed"..
>  
> > In the ipmid.cfg file, I enabled 'ind.idleDisplay.enabled' 
> (ie changed 
> > it to 1), and under the IP 500 section, I added an entry for the 
> > bitmap that I want to display: bitmap.IP_500.66.name ="arf" 
> but from 
> > there I'm not sure where to go...what do you change to tell 
> the phone 
> > to actually use that bitmap on the main screen during idle 
> conditions?
> 
> Here's what worked for me (after much trial and error): Like 
> you did, enable the idle display and define my own bitmap 
> (astlogo). Then, in the <Animations> <IP_500> block, modify 
> the entry for IDLE_DISPLAY to use the new logo:
> 
> <IDLE_DISPLAY ind.anim.IP_500.38.frame.1.bitmap="astlogo" ...
> 
> And lastly, in <gi> <IP_500 ... you need to properly position 
> your logo.
> Mine is 100x36, so here's my ideal positioning:
>   ind.gi.IP_500.10.physX="51" ind.gi.IP_500.10.physY="6"
>   ind.gi.IP_500.10.physW="100" ind.gi.IP_500.10.physH="36"
> 
> I *think* this was all that was needed. After rebooting the 
> phone, it will initially display a blank idle display (with a 
> small time/date display). Go into one of the softkey menus 
> (i.e. MyStat or Buddies) and exit back to the main menu: 
> there's your logo. No idea why it wouldn't show initially.
> 
> Also, contrary to the wiki, my IP500 can display 8-bit bmp 
> bitmaps. The logo I'm using was created as a Windows Bitmap. 
> A 'file' command against the bitmap returns "astlogo.bmp: PC 
> bitmap data, Windows 3.x format, 100 x 36 x 8".
> 
> -- kuj


Thanks very much, you've got me well on my way now...

Marty