Polycom Version 1.4.x 17 User Manual

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Administrator Guide - SoundPoint

IP / SoundStation

Installation and Operation

2.2.2.1.2.2 Application Configuration Files

Typically, the files are arranged in the following manner although parameters may be
moved around within the files and the file names themselves can be changed as
needed.

Per-phone settings phoneXXXX.cfg

Application settings

sip.cfg

Core settings

ipmid.cfg

Note

The order of the configuration files listed in CONFIG_FILES is significant.

• The files are processed in the order listed (left to right).
• The same parameters may be included in more than one file.
• The parameter found first in the list of files will be the one that is effective.

This provides a convenient means of overriding the behavior of one or more phones without
altering the baseline configuration files for an entire system.

Category

Description

Example

Core

Contain parameters that affect the basic operation of the phone
such as voice codecs, gains, and tones. All phones in an installa-
tion usually share this category of files.

ipmid.cfg

Application-
specific

Contain parameters that dictate performance of a particular phone
application.

Typical parameters include the IP address of an application server.
All phones in an installation usually share application-specific
files. This file would normally be modified from Polycom tem-
plates.

sip.cfg,
mgcp.cfg

User

Contain parameters unique to a particular phone user. Typical
parameters include:
•

display name

•

unique addresses

Each phone in an installation usually has its own customized ver-
sion of user files derived from Polycom templates.

phone1.cfg