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June 2011

Cisco Small Business Phones and LDAP directory

Cisco Small Business phones (the SPA-3xx and SPA-5xx ranges) support central address books using LDAP.

The settings are notoriously difficult for people unfamiliar with LDAP to get right. Here is my example using an OpenLDAP server:

Cisco LDAP settings screenshot

So in my LDAP tree I’m using sn for surname and cn for first name.

Set up with Microsoft Active Directory shouldn’t be too much different from this but the exact settings will just depend on your AD structure.

Automatic Redirection and Configuration

Just to clarify,

If you order a phone with provisioning server redirection from ProVu, then this service is fully automatic.
We just setup the profiles you require and our servers do the rest.

This means:

  1. We are happy to offer redirection or configuration, even on a single phone order
  2. Once we have setup a profile for your company, this happens automatically on any order. Nobody has to remember to do it
  3. We can do your shipments very quickly – we don’t open any boxes.
  4. We don’t do any copy and pasting or such time consuming. Nothing to mess up.

This isn’t new. Our systems have been fully automatic since 2005.

We are happy to provide phone redirection.

But you might also like to look at our hosted service prosys phone management system.

Connecting ProTalk SIP door phone with Digital keypad and Push button

In my Previous blog post, I explained how to connect a digital keypad with ProTalk door unit. That was entertaining was is`nt :). Now lets add a push button to the previous scenario to make things more exciting.

The blog post will go through the process of attaching all three components together. Each module comes with separate connection cables that can be found in packaging. You should have following cables with each module.

a. Audio/Video module:

>> 1 x 8 pin connector (CC8)

b. Digital Keypad:

>> 1 x 5 pin connector (CC5)
>> 1 x 3 pin connector (CC3)

c. Push Button:

>> 1 x 3 pin connector (CC3)

Lets start connecting these components step by step.

1. Connect CC8 cable to 8 pin connector on Audio Video module.

2. Connect one end of CC5 to Output(CN2) and one end of CC3 cable to Input(CN1) connector on the keypad.

3. Connect CC3 cable to the Input(CN1) on the push button.

If everything is connected correctly, it should look something like this.

Now lets move forward to last few step.

4. Connect other end of CC3 cable connected to push button to LT(3 pin) connector on A/V module.

5. Connect second end of CC5 cable from keypad to EXP(5 pin) connector on the A/V module and CC3 cable to the Output(CN2) on the push button

6. Finally, last step is to connect the CC8 cable to the push button. One thing to keep in mind is, each cable from the 8 equate to “key 3-10” on the web interface. i.e.

black = 3rd pushbutton
orange = 4th pushbutton
green = 5th pushbutton
white = 6th pushbutton
red = 7th pushbutton
yellow = 8th pushbutton
brown = 9th pushbutton
blue = 10th pushbutton

Since our scenario just has one push button in place, I need only one out of 8 cables i.e. Black. So last step is to plug the stripped end of the black cable to the green screw terminal block on the push button.

Click picuture 1 or 2 to see final connections.
Picture 2

NOTE: Microphone is part of front frame on Skyline units and not shown in pictures above. Please make sure to connect it to the sip module

Now log on to the web interface of the door unit and configure the unit to get things started.

ProTalk SIP Door Intercom with Broadsoft platform

Recently, we have successfully completed interop testing of the ProTalk SIP door unit with Broadsoft platform (not broadsoft certified).

Here is a quick how-to guide to configure ProTalk SIP door unit with Broadsoft Server.

Firstly, the firmware on the door unit has to be on VoIP version: 1.99.2. To check the firmware version, web browse to door unit and click on Service page.

Then set the device as follows:

  • SIP Proxy Server Address : as.broadsoft.com (provided by server provider)
  • SIP Proxy Server Port : 5060
  • SIP Registrar Server Address : as.broadsoft.com (provided by server provider)
  • SIP Registrar Server Port : 5060
  • Outbound proxy Address : IP address of outbound proxy server(provided by server provider)
  • Outbound proxy Port : 5060

Secondly, enter the user details. User name part is the only bit that is tricky. To get the username for door phone, look for “Line port” field under device configuration. Line port setting should be something like abc123_321@domain.co.uk. You only need to put name part of sip uri i.e. abc123_321 as username. Finally enter password and authentication password and press save changes to register the device. Click here to see a snapshot showing require Broadsoft server user details.

This should allow you to make and receive calls from Door unit.

For more information on ProTalk range click here