[Asterisk-Users] Polycom registration

[Erik Barker]

You can also find very valuable information here:

http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Polycom+Phones

This helped to get me started with the Polycom IP600 phones and provided
all the firmware/config files, DHCP configs, etc that I needed.

Now, if I could simply find the firmware files etc for the Polycom
Soundstation IP 3000 conference stations!!

Polycom does not want to provide any of these files to me unless I
become a solutions partner (which they say I cannot for some reason).

I just bought 2 conferencing stations, and now have no support or
upgrades for these units :(

Anyone have these files?


-- 
Erik Barker


On Fri, 2004-04-23 at 13:56, John Baker wrote:
> Keep reading the instructions.  You simply must invest some time here. 
> On the page it says:
> 
> "To get the full documentation and recent firmware releases for these 
> phones go to this website: http://www.freedomphones.net/polycom/files/
> (cache)
> The firmware files also contain some default configuration files that 
> you can use as a base of configuring your phones. "
> 
> Ah ha!  There's the files you want!
> 
> I used proftpd for my ftp server.  It was pretty easy.  I don't know 
> about your uppercase problem.  But you can change the user name and 
> password on your phone.  On the page (read it please) it says,
> 
> "To get into the Admin interface on the hardphone the password is '456'"
> 
> I think you can change your user name to whatever you want there.
> 
> You can use vi to edit the xml files.  Just be careful.  I screwed mine 
> up with pico and it took me forever to figure out where my mistake was.
> 
> And the docs aren't lacking.  It's just that the Polycom folks made them 
> very hard to find.  They want phone jockeys to work on these things and 
> not hackers like us.  The manual they have is very extensive and you can 
> download it at either their web site or the same site referenced above.
> 
> John
> 
> Roger wrote:
> 
> > John Baker wrote:
> > 
> >> Try following the instructions at
> >>
> >> http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Polycom+Phones
> >>
> >> I think you don't have your MACADDRESS.cfg file set right.  I've never 
> >> used the web interface.
> >>
> > The problem is I don't seem to have a reference to the format of that 
> > file or what options I can put in it.  Some docs I've looked at 
> > reference the distribution.zip file as having some default templates.  
> > However the Polycom cd that came w/ the phone has not such zip file..  
> > :(  I'll need that zip file, any ideas on where to get it.
> > 
> > Also upon looking things over I setup a ftp server BUT the RH9 box I was 
> > running would NOT add user named 'PlcmSpIp' in.  Upper case letters just 
> > wouldn't work.  So I put in the user 'plcmspip' and then manually put in 
> > the upper case letters in /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow...
> > 
> > In the future I 'should' be able to change that to something other then 
> > the default values.  I've search over the menus(pressing menu, settings, 
> > authentication) gave the a 'reg user' and password.  I changed that to
> > 
> > user: 110
> > password: test
> > 
> > but the 0004f200b70e-boot.log still says its using u=PlcmSpIp 
> > pw=PlcmSpIp to log in.  Ideas on how to fix that?
> > 
> >> If it still doesn't work after that, write back.
> >>
> > Sorry - the Cisco phones had cruddy docs to.  While the polycom phone 
> > itself looks better, better display, more buttons, better menus - the 
> > docs are still lacking..
> > 
> >> John
> >>
> >> P.S.  Make sure you use a good xml editor when fixing up the cfg files.
> > 
> > 
> > Have any suggestings?  I've always used vi....
> > 
> > 
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