Enabling the large clock on Polycom IP phones (specifically the Polycom SoundPoint 501)
Polycom IP phones are, to use a technical term, a complete ballache to provision. The XML configuration file is rather opaque to say the least.
One thing that I keep coming back to, and keep forgetting how to do, is enable the large clock with the date and time instead of a background image. It’s simple once you know the directive to look for…if you can remember it. Google’s unhelpful, so hopefully this will get indexed!
Edit /tftpboot/sip.cfg and find a line containing ind.idleDisplay.enabled - change it to look like the following:
<indicators ind.idleDisplay.enabled="0" ind.idleDisplay.mode="">This will disable the idle display, and the phone will show the date and time instead. Easy when you know how!
Posted on Friday November 5th
