H323 Telephone Installation
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Issue 23e (Friday, February 15, 2019)
IP Office™ Platform 11.0
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Installation: Phone Registration
2.9 Backup/Restore Settings
1600 and 9600 Series H.323 IP Telephones support using an HTTP server as the location to which they can backup and
restore user-specific data. The address for this backup server is set separately from that of the file server used for phone
firmware.
These options are used if the location of the HTTP server for backup/restore has been specified in the phone
46xxsettings.txt
file.
·
The address of the HTTP server for backup/restore operation is separate from the address of the HTTP server used
for phone firmware files downloads.
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The HTTP server being used for backup/restore will require configuration changes to allow the phones to send files
to it.
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If the IP Office system is being used as the file server for phone installation, it can also be used for the phone
backup and restore functions. That includes
. When using auto-generation, some settings
within the restore file are based on the user's IP Office settings. This is therefore the recommended solution where
possible.
Backup is used when the phone user logs out of the phone. During the log out process, the phone creates a file containing
the user specific data and sends that to the BRURI location. The file is named with the user's extension number as a prefix
to
_16xxdata.txt
; for example,
299_16xxdata.txt
.
Restore is used when a user logs in at the phone. The phone sends a file request for the appropriate file based on the
user's extension number. If the file is successfully retrieved the phone will import the settings and, after a
"Retrieval OK"
message, continue as normal. If the file cannot be retrieved, a
"Retrieval failed"
message is displayed and the phone will
continue with its existing settings.
Specifying the BRURI Value
If you are using the IP Office system as the file server it is recommended that you also use it as the backup and restore
server. This option requires no additional configuration. If there is no
46xxsettings.txt
file on the IP Office system, it will
auto-generate the file when it is requested by a phone and will include its own IP address as the backup/restore server
address. If there is
46xxsettings.txt
file on the IP Office system, you can edit the backup/restore server address
manually using the process below to set it to match the system's IP address.
If you want to use another server, edit the BRURI value in the
46xxsettings.txt
file. You will also need to ensure that
the server being used is configured to allow the uploading of files to the specified folder on the server.
1. Open the
46xxsettings.txt
file.
2. Locate the line containing the
SET BRURI
value.
3. If the line is prefixed with
#
characters, remove those and any spaces.
4. After
SET BRURI
, enter a space and then the address of the HTTP backup server, for example
SET BRURI
http://192.168.0.28
. If necessary, specify the path to a specific server directory and/or include a specific port
number; for example:
SET BRURI http://192.168.0.28/backups:8080
.
HTTP Authentication
HTTP Authentication can be supported. If set it will be used for both the backup and the restore operations. The
authentication credentials and realm are stored in the phone's programmable, non-volatile memory, which is not
overwritten when new firmware is downloaded.
Both the authentication credentials and realm have a default value of null. If the HTTP server requires authentication, the
user is prompted to enter new credentials using the phone. If the authentication is successful, the values used are stored
and used for subsequent backup and restore operations.
Manual Backup/Restore Control
Users can request a backup or restore using the Advanced Options Backup/Restore feature as detailed in the user guide
for the specific telephone model.
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