Save Lono

A customer of VoiceIP Solutions sent me this useful tutorial for re-sampling Polycom Ringtones.   If you have an MP3 you like, it can be re-sampled for use with a Polycom IP SIP phone!  The procedure is pretty straight forward, Install Audacity with yum or your favorite package manager, re-sample the track, then edit the proper Polycom Soundpoint boot files.

Goals of this Post:

– Install Audacity Digital Audio Editor
– Convert a MP3 to Polycom compatible track
– Enable custom special Ringtone on Polycom Soundpoint IP SIP phone

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The Digium Asterisk Appliance has built-in features for handling Polycom SIP handsets.  It’s very easy to do and will save you the trouble of individually configuring the settings of each phone.  I have a Digium AA50 configured with a standard dial plan and a Polycom Soundpoint IP 501.

Goals of this Post:

– Configure AA50 Polycom Provisioning
– Configure Polycom SoundPoint IP 501 phone

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In my opinion the best IP business phones on the market are made by Polycom. Anyone that knows anything about the VoIP Industry knows that!  High quality Polycom desk phones combined with Asterisk are a great combination of quality/price. So to that end we’re doing this lab.

Polycom employs several methods of provisioning the SIP phones.  For general configuration Sound Point IP have an excellent built web GUI,  but for multiple phones Polycom has an XML based system as well.  Every Sound Point IP can be provisioned based on MAC address.  Polycom’s provisioning method makes use of TFTP, FTP, or HTTP to deliver firmware updates and individual phone settings.

The goals of this post:

– Configure FTP server for Polycom firmware and configuration

– Configure Asterisk SIP extension

– deploy firmware and XML configuration files to Polycom SoundPoint IP 501 SIP phone

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