VSP735 Administrator and Provisioning Manual
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Provisioning Using Configuration Files
Configuration File Types
The phone is able to retrieve and download two types of configuration file.
Depending on your requirements, you may want to make both types of configuration
file available on your provisioning server.
The two configuration file types are a general configuration file and a MAC-specific
configuration file. The types differ in name only. The formatting of the files’ content
is identical.
The general configuration file contains settings that are required by all phones in the
system.
The MAC-specific configuration file is a file that only a single phone can retrieve. The
MAC-specific configuration file name contains a phone’s MAC address and can only be
retrieved by the phone with a matching MAC address.
The filename formats for both files are:
General file: <model>.cfg
MAC-specific file: <model>_<MAC Address>.cfg
The <model> variable is the VTech deskset model; for example, VSP735. For more
information about the MAC-specific configuration file, see Guidelines for the MAC-
Specific Configuration File on page 88.
If the provisioning URL specifies a path only with no filename, then by default the
phone will fetch both files.
However, if the provisioning URL specifies both a path and filename, then the phone
will only fetch the single configuration file specified.
Both the general and MAC-specific files can contain any of the available configuration
settings. A setting can appear in the general configuration file or the unit
configuration file, or both files, or neither file. If a setting appears in both files, the
setting that is read last is the one that applies.
When the phone fetches both a general and a MAC-specific configuration file, the
general file is processed first. You can configure a setting for most of your phones in
the general file, and then overwrite that setting for just a few phones using the MAC-
specific file.
Data Files
The configuration file can also include links to data files for product customization.
Allowed data types include the following:
Directory (contacts, blacklist) in xml format
Certificates (server, provisioning, LDAP, Broadsoft) in pem format
Logos (a bootup logo and an idle screen logo) in .bmp format.
Links to data files are in the configuration file’s “file” module. This is where you enter
any URLs to the data files you require.
None of the data files are exported when you export a configuration file from the
phone. However, you can export a Directory or Blacklist .xml file using the WebUI.
After modifying the .xml file, you can use the configuration file “file” module to have
