[asterisk-users] Polycom config file location

[Douglas Garstang]

This is an override file. They are an addendum to the main sip.cfg and phone1.cfg files.

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> From: Mojo with Horan & Company, LLC [mailto:mojo at horanappraisals.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 10:02 AM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Polycom config file location
> 
> 
> K, here's something a phone coughed up the other day:
> <?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>
> <PHONE_CONFIG>
>          <OVERRIDES reg.1.ringType="17"/>
> 
> </PHONE_CONFIG>
> 
> and here's another chunk from another phone.
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>
> <PHONE_CONFIG>
>          <OVERRIDES reg.1.fwdContact="312" reg.1.fwdStatus="0" 
> call.callsPerLineKey="1" reg.2.callsPerLineKey="8" 
> reg.2.thirdPartyName="" reg.2.type="private" reg.2.label="" 
> reg.2.displayName="" reg.2.address="" reg.1.thirdPartyName="" 
> reg.1.ringType="17"/>
> 
> 
> 
> </PHONE_CONFIG>
> 
> madness, huh?  I think these are situations in which 
> configurations made 
> to the phone had to be written here to override the global 
> provisioning 
> files.  These exist in the ftp account's home dir as *-phone.cfg
> 
> Moj
> 
>  > I'd love to see ngrep output of the communication between the phone
>  > and the FTP server for this.
> 
> why? I think the xmelly cfg files are proof enough.
> 
> 
> 
> Douglas Garstang wrote:
> > Been working with Polycom 301/501/601 for almost a year now 
> and I've 
> > _never_ seen that behaviour!
> > I'd love to see ngrep output of the communication between 
> the phone and 
> > the FTP server for this.
> > 
> >     -----Original Message-----
> >     *From:* Alex Robar [mailto:alex.robar at gmail.com]
> >     *Sent:* Monday, July 17, 2006 6:48 AM
> >     *To:* Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> >     *Subject:* Re: [asterisk-users] Polycom config file location
> > 
> >     Our 501's upload their configs to the server by themselves... Is
> >     this uncommon? Seems to me that if you had no config on 
> the server
> >     at all but pointed the phones there anyways, they should upload
> >     their current set of files there and then default to 
> using that set
> >     of configs until the server is updated.
> > 
> >     Alex
> > 
> >     On 7/17/06, *Jerry Jones* <jjones at danrj.com
> >     <mailto:jjones at danrj.com>> wrote:
> > 
> >         If you at least setup your ftp server, and point 
> the phones to it,
> >         they will save a copy of their contact database so 
> that will not be
> >         lost.
> > 
> >         Just edit and save an entry after server is ready 
> and it will
> >         create
> >         the file.
> > 
> >         No too hard to use the web browser and look at each 
> phone to get its
> >         current settings and manually create a config file.
> > 
> > 
> >         On Jul 16, 2006, at 5:04 PM, Avi Miller wrote:
> > 
> >          > Stephen Murphy wrote:
> >          >> My question is: How do I get the current config 
> files the
> >         phone is
> >          >> using off the phone?
> >          >
> >          > AFAIK, you can't. :( You can only provide new 
> configuration files
> >          > from your FTP/TFTP server. However, the Polycoms 
> do strange
> >         things
> >          > when they've been configured in multiple 
> locations. You might
> >         find
> >          > the phone overwriting the configuration files 
> with its original
> >          > configuration.
> >          >
> >          > That is not confirmed though. I've just seen my 
> Polycoms do
> >         weird
> >          > stuff in the wild. :)
> >          >
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