Snom Summer Special – Buy 5 Get 1 FREE!

snomProVu are delighted to bring you the ‘snom summer sales special’, until the middle of August we are running a promotion on the snom 821 and snom 870.

snom 821

snom 821

The most popular handset in the 8 series range due to its versatility, price and feature set which recently qualified for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2.

**Buy 5 snom 821s and get one snom 821 free, all with snom OCS edition Firmware included!**

snom 870

snom 870

The latest model of the 8 series is the snom 870 with 5 way call conferencing, 12 different SIP identities, 12 freely programmable virtual keys and an advanced touchscreen display enabling 5-way conferencing via drag and drop.

**Buy 5 snom 870s and get one snom 870 for free!**

ProVu and snom are offering you the following snom summer sales special, valid until August 15, 2011.

To place your order for this amazing offer please contact a member of the ProVu Sales Team on 01484 840048.

Reasons why NOT to buy the German variant of the Gigaset DX800A for use in the UK

Over recent days, having tested a German variant DX800A purchased from two of the Amazon UK German traders I have discovered the following:

  1. Fixed line is only configured for ISDN, major issue for most UK users unless they are connecting to ISDN.
  2. Outbound call “line” Selection differs: when you make a call using UK variant you can select from DX800/IP line (if set up), Fixed Line (PSTN) & Mobile. For German variant you can only select ISDN, IP & Mobile. I looked through the Web UI and can find no option to enable the PSTN.
  3. German language menu settings as default (we know about this already and can be changed in the menu).
  4. German language for answering machine voice option prompts which cannot be changed. This makes the answering machine completely unusable to anyone that doesn’t speak German.
  5. Gigaset.Net doesn’t and can’t be used for outbound calling (refer to point 2, need to call via the DX800A which isn’t offered as a connection path).
  6. German PSUs.
  7. German language UG.

The UK version of the Gigaset DX800A is only available to Gigaset Pro Authorised and Certified resellers.

Find out more about becoming a Gigaset Pro Authorised reseller

Aastra Promotion – buy 10 and get 1 FREE

Aastra PromoHere at ProVu, we have been working closely with Aastra and are pleased to announce this fantastic offer to you

Through the month of July we are able to offer you a BUY 10 GET 1 FREE offer on the following phones:

There is no limit to the number of offers you can purchase.

To place your order and for more information please contact a member of the sales team on 01484 840048

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

ProTalk SIP door unit now support Broadsoft platform

We are delighted to announces that the New ProTalk firmware support integration with Broadsoft platform.
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For more information please contact a member of ProVu staff at 01484840048 or look at our website for ProTalk Range .