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

[Kai-Uwe Jensen]

> 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