Not in this thread, but I did the same also. I am not trying to add support for a single model phone like Todd is, and I have addressed this several times well in advance of Todd's campaign.
I have reached out in the community and received good response but will not compete with Todd's effort. I am also not saying who is right or wrong. On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 11:26 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > In the "Polycom Support for 3.3 + and VVX500 and other next gen phones" > thread Todd stated the following: > > *> In time, I will start a campaign to begin development of a fund* > >* for members of the community that want this support to get involved in* > >* development of it by assisting in the funding of it. This will be a > first* > >* for this project, and hopefully the beginning of more projects like > this to* > >* come.* > > Difficult to judge who's right and who's wrong, it is also not important. > At least Todd attempted several times to get things started for 3.3 and > now 4.0 support for the best phones for SipX. > The replies on all attempts has been minimal. > I won't be of any help as my Management decided to go full MCST, my SipX > days are numbered........ > > It would be a real pitty if the community can't organise itself to build > support for the newer firmware. > Who/what/when/how were all the previous models made? > > Paul > > > From: Tony Graziano <[email protected]> To: sipXecs developer > discussions <[email protected]> Date: 30-04-2012 18:05 Subject: > Re: [sipx-dev] Support for 4.0.2+ and beyond firmware for Polycom > Sent by: [email protected] > ------------------------------ > > > > You stated you had a developer working on new firmware already, asked for > contributions to speed it along when I put out a call for volunteers, > bluntly, you said it was in progress so everything stopped on this side... > > On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 12:00 PM, Todd Hodgen > <*[email protected]*<[email protected]>> > wrote: > > > > That discussion was had and you effectively stopped it last time. > Excuse me? How do I stop a discussion Tony. I guess if you are saying > that my input to a discussion has the ability to stop it then I guess that > would be accurate. Geez Tony, I know you like to be blunt. But > ridiculous fails to accomplish much. > > On Apr 29, 2012 11:57 PM, "Todd Hodgen" > <*[email protected]*<[email protected]>> > wrote: > > > > The phone group should be able to become the master "container" of the > "firmware" used. It could certainly be an option. > > > > Yes, it could be an option. I guess it sounds like you are wanting to > have a rewrite of what is there today. I’m looking for options to modify > what is there. I don’t have an interest personally in rewriting what > works today. > > Explain? > > > > 1. Re-writing the sipxconfig field name/values for configuration yes, > agreed. That is a minimum requirement for 4.4.x support > > 2. Containerizing (is that a word) the firmware b phone group to allocate > the proper firmware. Agreed, that makes things easy. > > 3. Adding new feature to new fimrware and sending profiles based on > "profile name" instead of mac address (i.e. login/logout of phone via xhtml > to get the profile to load, hot reloading of phones without reboot, new > features like pin-locking, etc.). Hot loading of phones doesn’t require > this change – it work now when the phone simply loads 4.0.2x firware. The > rest of these features I don’t have knowledge of – it is an enhancement it > seems to the phones. Personally, I’d be happy to move the management of > these phones forward with the features sipXecs has today, along with what > is incorporated in the new firmware. > > > > For example, on my desktop today, I have the ability to move my mouse from > Screen 1, to Screen 2, to the screen of the Polycom phone. This requires > no rewrite of sipXecs, just the firmware on the phone to support it. The > VVX1500 plugin has all of the requirments for video support for that phone, > and it will be a part of the VVX500 phone as well. Once the mouse is > there, my keyboard is typing directly on the Polycom phone. Enter URI, > click on the directory, search by name, etc. Nothing required by sipx for > this, just the firmware. > > > > You can add lines, remove lines, change extensions, etc. and in many > instances it just works, nothing is required for that. > > > > You should just load a phone with that firmware and see what it is capable > of doing. > > > > This is the reason why there should be an involved discussion prior to > people starting to make changes to the templates. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: > *[email protected]*<[email protected]> > [mailto:*[email protected]*<[email protected]>] > On Behalf Of Douglas Hubler > Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2012 5:22 PM > To: sipXecs developer discussions > Subject: Re: [sipx-dev] Support for 4.0.2+ and beyond firmware for Polycom > > On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 3:46 AM, Todd Hodgen > <*[email protected]*<[email protected]>> > wrote: > > I’d like to suggest that a new section be added to the Device file > > section of the GUI for the Polycom phones. Today, there exists a > > section for uploading Firmware (current) and for adding Firmware for > > legacy phones. I’d like to propose a temporary section for adding the > > 3.3.x versions of Firmware also. > > I would think controlling firmware version by phone group would be more > useful then by phone model. > _______________________________________________ > sipx-dev mailing list* > **[email protected]* <[email protected]> > List Archive: > *http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-dev/*<http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-dev/> > > _______________________________________________ > sipx-dev mailing list* > **[email protected]* <[email protected]> > List Archive: > *http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-dev/*<http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-dev/> > > > > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Tony Graziano, Manager > Telephone: 434.984.8430 > sip: *[email protected]*<[email protected]> > Fax: 434.465.6833 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Linked-In Profile:* > **http://www.linkedin.com/pub/tony-graziano/14/4a6/7a4*<http://www.linkedin.com/pub/tony-graziano/14/4a6/7a4> > Ask about our Internet Fax services! > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > LAN/Telephony/Security and Control Systems Helpdesk: > > Telephone: 434.984.8426 > > sip: *[email protected]*<[email protected]> > > > > Helpdesk Customers: > *http://myhelp.myitdepartment.net*<http://myhelp.myitdepartment.net/> > > Blog: *http://blog.myitdepartment.net* <http://blog.myitdepartment.net/> > > > _______________________________________________ > sipx-dev mailing list* > **[email protected]* <[email protected]> > List Archive: > *http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-dev/*<http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-dev/> > > > > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Tony Graziano, Manager > Telephone: 434.984.8430 > sip: *[email protected]*<[email protected]> > Fax: 434.465.6833 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Linked-In Profile:* > **http://www.linkedin.com/pub/tony-graziano/14/4a6/7a4*<http://www.linkedin.com/pub/tony-graziano/14/4a6/7a4> > Ask about our Internet Fax services! > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > LAN/Telephony/Security and Control Systems Helpdesk: > > Telephone: 434.984.8426 > > sip: *[email protected]*<[email protected]> > > > > Helpdesk Customers: > *http://myhelp.myitdepartment.net*<http://myhelp.myitdepartment.net/> > > Blog: *http://blog.myitdepartment.net* <http://blog.myitdepartment.net/> > > > _______________________________________________ > sipx-dev mailing list* > **[email protected]* <[email protected]> > List Archive: > *http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-dev/*<http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-dev/> > > > > LAN/Telephony/Security and Control Systems Helpdesk: > > Telephone: 434.984.8426 > > sip: *[email protected]*<[email protected]> > > > > Helpdesk Customers: > *http://myhelp.myitdepartment.net*<http://myhelp.myitdepartment.net/> > > Blog: *http://blog.myitdepartment.net* <http://blog.myitdepartment.net/> > > > _______________________________________________ > sipx-dev mailing list* > **[email protected]* <[email protected]> > List Archive: > *http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-dev/*<http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-dev/> > > > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Tony Graziano, Manager > Telephone: 434.984.8430 > sip: *[email protected]*<[email protected]> > Fax: 434.465.6833 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Linked-In Profile:* > **http://www.linkedin.com/pub/tony-graziano/14/4a6/7a4*<http://www.linkedin.com/pub/tony-graziano/14/4a6/7a4> > Ask about our Internet Fax services! > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > LAN/Telephony/Security and Control Systems Helpdesk: > Telephone: 434.984.8426 > sip: *[email protected]*<[email protected]> > > Helpdesk Customers: > *http://myhelp.myitdepartment.net*<http://myhelp.myitdepartment.net/> > Blog: *http://blog.myitdepartment.net* <http://blog.myitdepartment.net/> > _______________________________________________ > sipx-dev mailing list > [email protected] > List Archive: http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-dev/ > > > _______________________________________________ > sipx-dev mailing list > [email protected] > List Archive: http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-dev/ > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tony Graziano, Manager Telephone: 434.984.8430 sip: [email protected] Fax: 434.465.6833 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Linked-In Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/tony-graziano/14/4a6/7a4 Ask about our Internet Fax services! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- LAN/Telephony/Security and Control Systems Helpdesk: Telephone: 434.984.8426 sip: [email protected] Helpdesk Customers: http://myhelp.myitdepartment.net Blog: http://blog.myitdepartment.net
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