Eric Varsanyi wrote:
> I've been incubating some local changes for Polycom phone configuration and 
> I'm curious if they have a broader appeal and if I should work at tuning them 
> up for possible inclusion.  Apologies if even speaking of such is forbidden 
> here (I see lots of external patches being committed without discussion here 
> so I fear I'm on the wrong list for such talk).

No, this is the right place..

> 
> In a nutshell I've added to sipxconfig:
>    1) A way to set the sound effects wav files for ringtones (under Sound 
> Effects in the UI)
>    2) A way to set the intercom notification tone chord (also under Sound 
> Effects), including silencing it completely
>    3) An additional speed dial field (per entry in user and user-group speed 
> dials) for a custom ringtone (this is not polycom specific though I did not 
> try to modify any of the other plugins to use the ring field).
> 
> The upshot is you can configure custom rings by uploading wav files as 
> 'unmanaged files' then pointing at them in the UI. You can create speed dial 
> entries that use the custom rings so you get a custom ring for a specific 
> caller. My motivation was to get a nice 'doorbell' sound when someone calls 
> in from a doorphone w/o having to manually set up 10 phones or hack the .vm 
> templates (and deal with the changes being reverted on every RPM upgrade).
> 
> I'm also working now on a way to add an extra configuration file to the top 
> level polycom config file list (on a per phone or phone group basis) so one 
> can write raw polycom config, upload it as an unmanaged file and use the UI 
> to point a phone or group at it. I realize this takes some pressure off 
> updating the plugin templates for new features and that may not be desirable 
> (or is it?).
> 
> #1 and #2 are pedestrian changes to the polycom plugin (XML, properties, and 
> template changes). #3 involved changes to the DB schema and java classes for 
> user and group speed dials.
> 

This looks like a good addition. It'd be great to have it in the mainline. 

Please raise a new issue here -- http://track.sipfoundry.org/browse/XX and 
attach your patch. 

Thanks!

Arjun
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