Automatically configuring Snom VoIP Telephones for Asterisk
Sunday, April 27th, 2008If you configure VoIP Telephones for use with the Asterisk PBX you usually have to edit at least three places: sim.conf, extensions.conf ant the phone itself. I wanted a way to have configuration at a single place like this:
# MAC TelNr SIP-Username Monitor Caller-IDs Realname 0004132620A2 4130 pudel 4623,4629,4677,4630 Carsten Pudel 000413262E20 4110 bibo 4132,4116,4124,4131,4138 Birgit Bonrath 0004132620a7 4111 edornseif 4122,4137,4901,4611,4133 Evelyn Dornseif 00041323B063 4112 mdornseif 4110,4132,4116,4124 Dr. Dornseif
MAC is the MAC-Address (can be found under the phone below a barcode), TelNr is the desired extension where this phone should be reachable, SIP-Username is the sip user name you wish to use for this phone. Monitor Caller-IDs is the list of other phone numbers (up to 8) which should be monitored via the special buttons on the right of a Snom telephone.
The Python script snom.py reads the configuration shown above from a file called snom.txt. It then generates a lot of new configuration files:
| sip-snom.conf | SIP Account information, usually put into sip.conf by typing #include sip-snom.conf |
| extensions-snom.conf | Dialplan information, usually put into your extensions.conf by typing #include extensions-snom.conf in your [default] context. |
| extensions-intercom-snom.conf | Generates a context [intercom-allsnoms] which allows you to speak a messge through the loudspeakers of all your snome phones. Include it in your extensions.conf with something like exten => 1234,1,Goto(intercom-allsnoms,s,1) |
| dhcpd-snom.conf | can be used by your dhcp-Server to give out reasonable adresses to your snom phones |
| phonebook-snom.txt | A phone book in Trac Wiki Syntax. |
| snom/phonebook.xml | Phonebook in XML Format used by Snom Phones |
| snom/snom3×0-000413XXXXXX.htm | Configuration for phone with the MAC-Address 000413XXXXXX |
| snom/snom3×0-keys-ZZZZ.pdf | Keyboard Layout for Phone with Extension ZZZZ. Needs ps2pdf from the Ghostscript package |
To make Snom Auto configuration (”Mass Deployment“) work you need to update your Phones to Firmeware V7. You also need a webserver beeing able to deliver the directory ./snom/. I assume the Webserver is available at the IP-Address 172.28.1.2.
Finally you need some additional files:
snom/snom3x0.htm – master configuration file
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <setting-files> <file url="http://172.28.1.2/snom/general.xml" /> <file url="http://172.28.1.2/snom/phonebook.xml" /> <file url="http://provisioning.snom.com/config/web_lang.xml" /> <file url="http://provisioning.snom.com/config/gui_lang.xml" /> </setting-files>
snom/general.xml – configuration for all you phones
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <settings> <phone-settings> <challenge_response perm="&">off</challenge_response> <filter_registrar perm="&">off</filter_registrar> <guess_number perm="&">off</guess_number> <user_phone perm="&">off</user_phone> <silence_compression perm="&">off</silence_compression> <date_us_format perm="&">off</date_us_format> <time_24_format perm="&">on</time_24_format> <user_outbound idx="1" perm="$">172.28.1.2</user_outbound> <user_host idx="1" perm="$">172.28.1.2</user_host> <user_pname idx="1" perm="$"></user_pname> <user_active idx="1" perm="$">on</user_active> <user_sipusername_as_line idx="1" perm="$">on</user_sipusername_as_line> <ntp_server perm="$">172.28.1.2</ntp_server> <timezone perm="$">GER+1</timezone> <web_language perm="$">Deutsch</web_language> <language perm="$">Deutsch</language> <tone_scheme perm="$">GER</tone_scheme> </phone-settings> </settings>
Nov configure your Phones to get the Configuration from your Webserver and you are done. Ether use DHCP or edit the phones configuration at Advanced -> Update -> Setting URL:
Save, reboot and you should be done.
Now all Phones
* Are configured automatically
* get nice printed labels
* get a up-to date phonebook
while you yourself have only to edit a single file – snom.txt. This was tested with “Asterisk 1.2.24-BRIstuffed-0.3.0-PRE-1y-k”.